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@Ron Mexico got me thinking on this.

So I’ve been making my own pour over coffee. Anyone else do this? How good at it are you? What are your favorite beans to buy? I wanna master this ****. The whole process generally takes me 6-10 minutes.
 
Here’s my basic procedure. Get the beans out. Weigh them.

Then get my coffee pot. Pour water in and weigh it so I have about 12-14x the amount of water than I did beans.

Start boiling the water. As it begins to heat, pour beans into my grinder. I grind five seconds at a time (wish I could do more like 2-3 but I don’t have that option)…I wait about 45 seconds into between each grind (it usually takes about 4 takes to grind them all) and during that down time (and as water continues to heat), I put the paper coffee filter into the metal filter that my pour over device came with. Then I take the grounded beans and pour them into said paper filter and shake the device gently to make sure the grounds are level.

Once the water hits 195 degrees (my kettle has a thermometer on it which is sweet) I take it off, bring it to the grounds (which are in the filter of the pour over device) and slowly water all the grounds starting on the outside and going in an inwardly spiral shape until I hit the middle and all the grounds (on top at least) appear wet. Wait 45 seconds. Use more of the 195 degree water and pour over again this time starting in the middle and working out in a spiral til they are all wet again….wait 45 seconds. Do it a third time and usually fourth with time in between…

Keys I’ve read online or noticed through trial and error:
1. Let the water boil to 194-204. Above that and it’s so hot that the coffee can taste ashy.
2. For my particular device, I don’t need the paper filter but I noticed when I didn’t use it and just used the metal filter it came with, the coffee tasted more ashy. So I put the paper one inside the metal one.
3. Go slow with the pour over of water. The first pour over should not result in coffee actually dripping down at all or at least barely.
4. Blends are meh.
5. Go slow with the grinding. If you grind say 15 straight seconds to ground all the beans straight through, the metal blades get hot and thus affect the beans, causing them to develop a metallic, ashy taste.
 
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Keefe said:
@Ron Mexico got me thinking on this.

So I’ve been making my own pour over coffee. Anyone else do this? How good at it are you? What are your favorite beans to buy? I wanna master this ****. The whole process generally takes me 6-10 minutes.
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I love pour overs at home, or french press. I find whole single sourced beans. Usually it's best from a local coffee shop that knows their ****. I like the light roast berry flavored ones but I like a few of the rich flavors. Sometimes I mix different ones. I have bought online but it's hit or miss. I have really liked going to places here in China that grows coffee beans and eating the beans raw from a few places and picking the ones I like and taking them to someone that roasts them locally. Beans here aren't the best but it's still much better than random coffee you buy.
 
If y'all aren't drinking kopi luwak you ain't shiit for coffee drinkers. ;)
 
I've been doing cold brew at home for the last 15 years or so. It tastes better, is faster to make a single cup, and is less acidic.

Despite what people think, you can use cold brew to make hot coffee - it's not just for iced (although that is delicious as well). To make it, just let the ground coffee sit in water for 12-24 hours, drain it, then you have a concentrate. Mix that 1 part coffee to 3 or 4 parts hot water (or cold, depending) and, boom, great coffee.
 
gandalfe said:
I've been doing cold brew at home for the last 15 years or so. It tastes better, is faster to make a single cup, and is less acidic.

Despite what people think, you can use cold brew to make hot coffee - it's not just for iced (although that is delicious as well). To make it, just let the ground coffee sit in water for 12-24 hours, drain it, then you have a concentrate. Mix that 1 part coffee to 3 or 4 parts hot water (or cold, depending) and, boom, great coffee.
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I just put coffee and cold water in my french press in the summer time and put it in my fridge for about 24 hours. Its very easy and tastes great.
 
I press the 'on' button in the bottom right corner of the touch screen. While the machine is heating I make sure it is topped off with water. When it says it is ready to go, I open the top using the compression lever, put the pod in, close the top on the pod, hit the option for 'strong', up the pour to 12 ounces, and hit the brew button on the screen. The coffee I'm currently loving is the San Francisco Bay Coffee French Roast in the fully compostable pods.

Being from San Francisco and with the attention to environmentally friendly packaging, they're probably super-lefty but you can't argue with the coffee. It is super tasty. It is bonus that it doesn't take me 15 minutes to make a cup of coffee and there are no dishes to do afterwards.

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Ya know, I might go the instant coffee way during the work week. Cheap as fugg and super quick. Truthfully though, water works just as well. I usually drink 30-40 ounces before I leave the house and it really helps get me going.
 
Keefe said:
Ya know, I might go the instant coffee way during the work week. Cheap as fugg and super quick. Truthfully though, water works just as well. I usually drink 30-40 ounces before I leave the house and it really helps get me going to the toilet every 10 minutes.
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FTFY
 
Keefe said:
Ya know, I might go the instant coffee way during the work week. Cheap as fugg and super quick. Truthfully though, water works just as well. I usually drink 30-40 ounces before I leave the house and it really helps get me going.
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Wait. 30-40 ounces of water or 30-40 ounces of coffee really helps you get going?

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Keefe said:
Ya know, I might go the instant coffee way during the work week. Cheap as fugg and super quick. Truthfully though, water works just as well. I usually drink 30-40 ounces before I leave the house and it really helps get me going.
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I very much enjoy G7 Black Instant Vietnamese Coffee (Amazon) with a French press. It's Americano like. It makes me feel one part classy/one part trashy. My preferred wheelhouse.
 
I have a small delonghi espresso machine at home that uses capsules. I use it plenty because it's fast. Recently my work just got a big one that you add fresh beans to and it grinds and makes a good cup of coffee. I want to get one for home now.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I just put coffee and cold water in my french press in the summer time and put it in my fridge for about 24 hours. Its very easy and tastes great.
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Same thing, basically. The thing I use (brand name Toddy) holds a whole pound of coffee, so I make enough for a week or 2, depending on how many people are drinking it.
 
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