Hello, fellas ! A couple of weeks ago, during a sleepless night with my 4 month-old daughter, I watched a YouTube video made by James Hoffmann. The dude seemed nice and his video, at this time of the night, felt like ASMR. I enjoyed it and watched more. Many more. I...
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I got a Porlex Mini 2 and it ruins my coffee
So since I'm the only Coffee drinker in my household I thought it would be exagerrating to buy a big electric grinder. Reading about the Porlex, praised as one of the best hand grinders, I chose to get one of those instead. Since then my Coffee tastes bad:...
With the release of the Baratza Encore ESP, will it be possible to mod existing Encores to use the new adjustment system?
I recently upgraded to a Niche for espresso, so I don't think my Encore will be getting much use considering I can just use my Niche for filter as well when I want to change things up. Rather than letting my existing Encore collect dust, I'd want to upgrade...
How much grind adjustment makes a noticeable taste difference to most people?
I recently watched a Lance Hendrick video where he mentioned an experiment that showed people to notice a difference of 5 degrees celsius in espresso, but not 3 degrees. I'm wondering is there a certain number of microns that is noticeable? Like when I'm...
seasoned specialty coffee drinkers, are you ever surprised anymore?
I've been doing this for a while now, and this morning i found myself thinking i was 'finally almost through this bag' which i then almost immediately felt bad about, as i hadn't really experimented with it at all. Some context: i enjoy shopping...
Probably a long shot, but do any growers/roasters possible to try a Washed vs Natural of the same crop?
I'd like to better understand the in the cup difference between Washed and Naturals. I think it'd be a very fun experiment to try them side by side of the same crop. I can't imagine I'm the only person who's thought of this, but I'm...
Americano w/ 300 calories?!
I'm not counting calories or anything, but I was browsing the menu at my local coffee shop and saw that next to a 12 oz Americano it had 300 calories listed. That seemed rather... high? I thought it was just espresso/hot water, so like 20 cals max.... ...
How could I improve the brewing with a Sage/Breville precision brewer?
I've had the brewer for almost a year now, and I've stopped using it as no matter how I brew the coffee always tastes hollow and very weak. I've tried very fine ground beans almost espresso fine, to very coarse ground which doesn't change much....
Cant remember name of small roaster I found on here a while ago.
Havent been making pour overs in a while, but I feel like getting back into it, only I cant remember the roaster I used to use often. They were small batch, craft. Something like B& something B&W or B&R. .. i really cant remember, but i just remember this...
Adjusting for Odd Evolution
I am fairly new to specialty coffee, so please forgive my ignorance. I just brewed a washed, single-origin Kenyan (details below). When fresh and hot, I was getting notes of fig, passion fruit, hibiscus, and dried orange peel. It was quite lovely. However, as it...
Coffee maker “built in”
Need some help with a coffee maker recommendation, please! We are finishing a custom kitchen and have an appliance garage that will have pocket doors and a spot for a coffee maker. The area is “pre-plumbed” with a water line hook up. We are looking for: - Coffee maker...
Does different coffee have different subjective effects?
I've been using Lavazza Crema e Gusto coffee, which contains arabica and robusta. Recently, after watching a documentary on Illy, I bought Illy Classico, which is 100% arabica. I expected the only differences to be flavour and level of caffeine. I indeed saw...
Bought a Philips 3200 LatteGo… What can I get that’s better?
My wife and I bought a Philips 3200 LatteGo. We love how automatic it is, but hate how slow it is. I'm willing to spend a little more money if necessary (preferably not), but is there anything for less than $1500 that's better? submitted by ...
Roasting Coffee With Sunlight | James Hoffman
https://youtu.be/qV0bJHizJBA James Hoffmans latest video just dropped, where he attempts (and spoiler: succeeds) to roast coffee using the power of sun! His production value is getting incredible! I think this is his most visually stunning video to date! ...
Drip machine with flow rate control?
Anyone know of a drip machine that has a flow rate control? I know the Technovorm with the thermal carafe has a flow rate control lever but I'm looking for a more standard cheapo drip machine. James Hoffman had a couple in Europe that were no name machines with a...
Drip coffee problem [v60]
Every time I make a drip at home, it never comes out like it did at my favourite coffee shop. It's always overextracted. There's pouring the filter with boiling water, preinfusion etc. I've been fiddling with the grinder setting - no matter if it's...
Doing an experiment to prove someone on YouTube wrong. Yep, I had time today.
Normally I don't engage with the comments section, but someone said to always use distilled water in your espresso machine and I couldn't resist. Drawing on my (admittedly limited) knowledge of chemistry, distilled water has no ions and would strip the...
What exactly does TDS tell us?
So TDS Stands for total dissolved solids and is used commonly by the Coffee community to measure "extraction yield" in percentages, or similiar. The meter itself, as far as I know, measures the samples conductivity, especially focussing on...
Convince me to stop swirling my v60’s throughout the brew
Obviously you're suppose to do a swirl/stir at the start of the brew, but ever since I've started swirling my v60's intermittently throughout the brew, I've gotten much more cleaner and less astringent brews. I thought it made sense to keep...
Coffee Culture in Taiwan?
It seems like a lot of the best coffee tech, and many well-known, companies are based in Taiwan. I have a Q2 1zpresso and I'm looking into getting a Clever dripper. I notice both of these companies are Taiwan based, as well as other coffee gear companies like Kin...
The Beginner Friendly 3:3:3 Method (Hario Switch)
Hello, all! I just wanted to share a formula I've been getting pleasant results from lately. I have more experience with making espresso by hand as opposed to filter coffee; but I love drinking it, so I wanted to learn how to make my own. This is what I'm...
I fixed my Baratza Encore (appreciation post)
My six(?)-year-old Baratza Encore stopped working consistently last week. I'd noticed the grinding sounded different the last few weeks - lower-pitched and slower - and finally it just crapped out. All the usual tricks wouldn't bring it back to life. I spent...
I drank a lot of decaf (again), so you don’t have to: my recommendations
Back in August, I made a post where I reviewed a bunch of decaf coffees I'd tried and gave my ranking. In the comments, people offered up a ton of recommendations for other decafs to try. While I didn't get to try them all, I did try a whole bunch. As I...
anyone know about caring for coffee trees?
specifically about what kind of substrate/soil to use, watering protocol, and light needs? any info would be highly appreciated, as i've got an arabica tree on the way and don't yet know much about cultivating it! submitted by ...