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big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
been eating chocolate covered coffee beans and drinking mediocre filter coffee the last few days

gotta get thos Beans

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Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

big scary monsters posted:

been eating chocolate covered coffee beans and drinking mediocre filter coffee the last few days

gotta get thos Beans

What a waste of coffee you loving idiot.

big scary monsters
Sep 2, 2011

-~Skullwave~-
have to make compromises when you're travelling

CrazyLittle
Sep 11, 2001





Clapping Larry

big scary monsters posted:

have to make compromises when you're travelling

ferrero pocket coffee is a good travel companion. it goes good with coffee.

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014




just got a fresh bag and im thinkin about those beans

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

the coffee

it's brewing

Malcolm XML
Aug 8, 2009

I always knew it would end like this.
cold brewin'

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

went for the afternoon mug of sludge

Moist von Lipwig
Oct 28, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Tortured By Flan
takin' a break from Thos beans with some diet soda but imma brewin summa that cold brewskie for tomorrow

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

Moist von Lipwig posted:

takin' a break from Thos beans with some diet soda but imma brewin summa that cold brewskie for tomorrow

nice, nice

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

triple sulk posted:

they're good yeah. really all of them are excellent.

gently caress you Sulk

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

I'm having weekend coffee

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
Drinking some coffee right now.

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



Smythe posted:

gently caress you Sulk

drat

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

just made a fresh pot on monday morning

Infinotize
Sep 5, 2003

i'll have a cap to go

Moist von Lipwig
Oct 28, 2006

by FactsAreUseless
Tortured By Flan
having iced cold brew

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder
does cold coffee bad in the fridge

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

does cold coffee bad in the fridge

after a cpl week yea

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
def gotta use it, on the daily, or it's gonna get literal mold and poo poo

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder
maybe ill freeze it

i made ... a bit too much

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
I like espresso very very very much.

I would like to espresso at home.

I am poor as poo poo and also don't have the space for an enormous machine with 27 stages or anything like that.

What is my best alternative to start on this expensive and dangerous route

BONGHITZ
Jan 1, 1970

Diet Coke from the bottle

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Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

the coffee is brewing

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder

Wild EEPROM posted:

I like espresso very very very much.

I would like to espresso at home.

I am poor as poo poo and also don't have the space for an enormous machine with 27 stages or anything like that.

What is my best alternative to start on this expensive and dangerous route

my experience with home espresso hasn't been great, but i haven't tried since i was like 20 so maybe there are good options???

Knuc U Kinte
Aug 17, 2004

I don't want to run out of beans, but I also want to try the new varieties I saw at the Bean Man's store.

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Knuc U Kinte posted:

I don't want to run out of beans, but I also want to try the new varieties I saw at the Bean Man's store.

it sounds like if you buy more beans, you won't have either problem :)

faxlore
Sep 24, 2014

a blue star tattoo for you!

had a double shot of espresso with cream before my exam hell yeah

teen bear
Feb 19, 2006

coffee and rhubarb cake right now

Usagi-Sauce
Dec 2, 2005

YAMOxNINJA
~otp~

Wild EEPROM posted:

I like espresso very very very much.

I would like to espresso at home.

I am poor as poo poo and also don't have the space for an enormous machine with 27 stages or anything like that.

What is my best alternative to start on this expensive and dangerous route

by most accounts a good grinder is the most important thing. electric ones idk much about. home coffee-nerd standards are the mazzer super jolly mini, rancilio rocky, they're huge and cost $500 or something stupid, iberital makes a cheap one (like $150 or something) that's said to be p nice and doesn't take up quite so much counter space

if you can handle ~2 minutes of hand grinding per shot, the japanese-made ceramic grinders (hario, porlex, kyocera) are great and comparatively dirt cheap.

machine: if you want something cheap & bulletproof that you shouldn't have to janitor beyond descaling, get an old gaggia home machine from before they put stupid fake-crema attachments in the portafilters.

the classic is probably the best and least likely to gently caress up but the baby or coffee deluxe should be fine too

avoid the cubika, gran, newer plasticky-looking models starting with baby, non-deluxe coffee

if you want hosed up mid-90s design to match your 20th anniversary macintosh the tebe and paros have the same guts, plus the paros has an okay grinder built in

you should be able to find this stuff used around the $100 mark.

my experience is that if you're not an enormous horrible nerd (ie someone who wants to spend time perfecting their Process rather than just drinking some nice coffee) you'll never need to "graduate" from this stuff

a whole lot of what you gain when you switch to a $1000+ setup is throughput and speed, ie a grinder that fills your basket in 10 seconds instead of 2 minutes and a machine that can pull a dozen shots in a row without needing time to heat back up, so don't worry about your rig being "inadequate"

anyway i like espressos and i also like minmaxing my effort:coffee ratio so i figure what worked for me should be p good for you, happy sludging friend :coffeepal:

Usagi-Sauce fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Jun 14, 2016

power botton
Nov 2, 2011

Usagi-Sauce posted:

so don't worry about your rig being "inadequate"

good advice

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



drinking coffee rn

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



outta beans at home tho gotta pick some up before the weekend

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes



i drank hot coffee outside in 90 degree weather on saturday so gtfo here with that iced coffee nonsense

yippee cahier
Mar 28, 2005

excellent advice above. really want to emphasise that at the lower and mid range, all bang for your buck will come from the grinder. if your machine can heat water and doesn't have a poo poo pump it will make good espresso.

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug
had a good spro and doppio from mr. west in Seattle yesterday

a bad spro from belle epicuriean also in Seattle today

didn't buy any good seeds to take home yet, running out of time since I'm at the airport

Usagi-Sauce
Dec 2, 2005

YAMOxNINJA
~otp~

yippee cahier posted:

excellent advice above. really want to emphasise that at the lower and mid range, all bang for your buck will come from the grinder. if your machine can heat water and doesn't have a poo poo pump it will make good espresso.

extremely this. i meet too many people who say home espresso isn't worth it and then i find out they were using a big tupperware thing of coffee they got ground at the shop two weeks ago, or some pre-ground stuff out of a bag.

gotta crunch up thos beans fresh fresh fresh, rule of threes (coffee's good for three months green, three weeks roasted, and three minutes ground)

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
jesus christ....................

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
The Coffee CareHaver DELUXE

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Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
like do you sit around and sip your 1.75 oz $200 machine coffee out of a tiny cup or do you just pound it like shots or what

i literally dont know ive never had expresso or whatever

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