Coffee People. Talk to me.

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[jfsisler]

Glad to see that there are other folks here who use a Keurig -- I live by mine. Can't say I drink coffee for the caffienne jolt, but I do love the flavor of hazelnut and the warmth of a steamy cup first thing in the morning. I have a reuseable filter so I can use my favorite hazelnut decaf (have to use decaf when on my allergy meds or else my heart rate gets too high), and I just love it. That being said, I'm on my fifth single cup one since 2010 --guess it's a good thing our electronics recycling people can take them. So far so good for this one though, especially since the warranty ran out last July. I like my coffee strong and bitter, about 1/3 warm milk, no sugar.

[Cookies]

I'm a coffee addict. I wish I could be a coffee snob but I don't really have the time or room for that. I get my coffee by microwaving water and pouring it over a filter. Goddamn dorm doesn't allow coffee machines. I can't even have an electric kettle.

Oh well. at least I have filters now and can make drip coffee, before I was making due with dining hall coffee. And that stuff not only tastes nasty, half the time there is no coffee.

Ahh, dorm days. I can't make it out of bed without a cup of coffee, so back then I snuck a mini brewer in my room and I would hide it in my hamper when the RAs came around. I'm no coffee snob but they slop they served in the dining hall was gag-worthy.

[tenney]

I have a reuseable filter so I can use my favorite hazelnut decaf (have to use decaf when on my allergy meds or else my heart rate gets too high), and I just love it. That being said, I'm on my fifth single cup one since 2010 --guess it's a good thing our electronics recycling people can take them.

Keuriq has said that their next gen unit will use DRM'ed cups -- cups with digital rights management to prevent people from using any cup not from Keuriq.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I have a reuseable filter so I can use my favorite hazelnut decaf (have to use decaf when on my allergy meds or else my heart rate gets too high), and I just love it. That being said, I'm on my fifth single cup one since 2010 --guess it's a good thing our electronics recycling people can take them.

Keuriq has said that their next gen unit will use DRM'ed cups -- cups with digital rights management to prevent people from using any cup not from Keuriq.

Nobody would buy one.

[Pens&Lit]

I have a Keurig at home with the K-Cup. As to the Clover video, there's a coffee shop near me that uses them for their by the cup coffee. The coffee that thing makes is nothing short of amazing.

[lisantica]

I just did a search of Starbucks near me with the Clover system....must drive 30 miles, but I intend to do so in the next day or two.

[Crazyorange]

Thanks for the video. It's great to see the process.

[Newjelan]

Starbucks closed down in Melbourne as they couldn't make a profit in a city of more than 4,000,000 people. We love coffee in Melbourne and are VERY particular about it. We're proud of the fact that chain store "coffee" houses doesn't succeed here and it's the artisans who do very well.

We have a specialist coffee roaster & supplier 100m from our house, another about 1km away and numerous (15 or so) cafés with awesome coffee within 500m as well as our own precision equipment. Coffee is an art form and an essential part of each day IMO.

[Scrawler]

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It is my dream to have either this or the Gaggia hissing and steaming copper and brass machine in my kitchen.

[rgperedo]

I have a small Moka that I've had for about 4 years. I bought it the first time I lived in Italy. I love the simplicity of it. I also have a nice (cheap) milk frother also bought in Italy. My whole set up economical. I use mostly Lavazza dolce e gusto espresso I also enjoy Lavazza qualitá oro which is much deeper in taste. I drink either regular doppio espresso, dry cappuccinos or shakeratos with amaretto. I love love coffee. Also I found some decent Lavazza coffee here but the selection is skimpy, and very overpriced.

[Holsworth]

Having sold my Nespresso machine due to lack of kitchen space (as well as the fact they seem so wasteful) I got myself a small but effective set up - a hario skerton mill, a V60 1 cup dripper and some beans. I've got a bit of a Monmouth coffee addiction, and thankfully a friend at work who walks past Sourced at St Pancras a few times a week who can pick up some beans for me when I run out!

[ardgedee]

I've become dependent on the Aeropress for my daily brew. The secret turned out to be using a sufficiently fine mesh screen and a nearly-espresso grind in the Hario. The other secret is mastering the upside-down method.

[I like mango pudding]

Yes I too love my aeropress. I just use a paper filter because after I finish pressing I just pop out the grinds right into the garbage with one fine mighty wack on the bottom of the press and it shoots out like a mini cannon ball of coffeee.

I too use the upside down method

[Toffer]

I keep looking at the aeropress and umm and argh at whether to buy one. What's the upside down method and what difference does it make?

[ardgedee]

The upside down (a.k.a. inverted) method is literally the technique of brewing coffee in an upside-down Aeropress.

See Aeropress's instructions for use and you'll notice they recommend setting the chamber directly on your cup and filling it with grounds and water, then stirring and adding the plunger.

To brew upside-down, stand the Aeropress on its plunger, with chamber fitted on top, fill the chamber with grounds and water, and then add the screen after stirring. When the brew time is done, the whole thing has to be flipped over onto a cup -- it takes a couple tries to figure out how to do this without a small mess, but it's not difficult. There are a lot of demonstration videos on YouTube.

The main advantage of the upside-down method is getting a stronger brew without over-steeping. It is also the best way to use metal filters -- with the standard method, the paper filters will usually hold back most of the water before you add the plunger, but mesh filters will not.

[TMac]

I've given up on Kuerig - 2 machines both stopped functioning in less than a year with moderate use. Going to try and find an Aeropress, sounds like it may be what I would like!

[I like mango pudding]

I keep looking at the aeropress and umm and argh at whether to buy one. What's the upside down method and what difference does it make?

The upside down (a.k.a. inverted) method is literally the technique of brewing coffee in an upside-down Aeropress.

See Aeropress's instructions for use and you'll notice they recommend setting the chamber directly on your cup and filling it with grounds and water, then stirring and adding the plunger.

To brew upside-down, stand the Aeropress on its plunger, with chamber fitted on top, fill the chamber with grounds and water, and then add the screen after stirring. When the brew time is done, the whole thing has to be flipped over onto a cup -- it takes a couple tries to figure out how to do this without a small mess, but it's not difficult. There are a lot of demonstration videos on YouTube.

The main advantage of the upside-down method is getting a stronger brew without over-steeping. It is also the best way to use metal filters -- with the standard method, the paper filters will usually hold back most of the water before you add the plunger, but mesh filters will not.

also, best seen on Ytube. do a search on "aeropress upside down " and you'll see what that means.

I just finished a second cup of coffee this morning from my aeropress using this method.

[Wile E Coyote]

The Aeropress does make a good cup of coffee but it is limited in the volume of coffee made per cycle. It does not fill my mug which isn't exactly oversized and forget about a travel mug.

The best IMHO is the simplest: A filter and cone. Complete control of everything.

[I like mango pudding]

The Aeropress does make a good cup of coffee but it is limited in the volume of coffee made per cycle. It does not fill my mug which isn't exactly oversized and forget about a travel mug.

The best IMHO is the simplest: A filter and cone. Complete control of everything.

Just brew at double strength and the add hot water left over from your kettle to top it up