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Cymbal Monkey posted:I took a chance last week and ordered some Monsooned Malabar, something a little unusual and I'd never had it. I love the flavour but its crema seems incredibly week. I make coffee in a cezve and I like a bit of crema, but getting it to stand with the malabar seems impossible. I'm guessing this is just a quirk of its usually high PH, but if not, does anyone have any suggestions? I use that in my espresso blends - up to about 1/10; I feel like it enhances the crema there. How does it taste as a single origin brew?
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porktree posted:I use that in my espresso blends - up to about 1/10; I feel like it enhances the crema there. How does it taste as a single origin brew? It's pretty alright, but not my favourite. I wanted a change from the yirgacheffe I've been drinking for a while now, so I took a flier on it.
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I’m basically two shots a day, and it still all feels nice and tight, and I do try to keep everything clean and well maintained with good water to reduce scale as much as humanly possible. That red gasket looks like a great open for when the time comes, thanks!
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Sweet Bloom Gesha Village Lot 86 My first Gesha and woooowzah. It's like the most floral Ethiopian I've had x2. So good. https://www.geshavillage.com/ - I mean there's even a crazy website about the beans. Munkaboo fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Jul 6, 2019 |
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Munkaboo posted:Sweet Bloom Gesha Village Lot 86 are you in denver too? i was just eyeing that the other day, but i didn't really need any more beans yet i've had other geshas, but it's been a while
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Jul 6, 2019 06:49
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Nah I just order from them often
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Jul 6, 2019 12:00
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Are all the small roasters moving to 12oz bags? My local place (Bodhi Leaf) is awesome, but just moved from 16oz bags @$17-18 and are now doing 12oz bags @$15+. It’s good coffee but holy poo poo they jacked the price, and I will have to either get more than one bag at a time or go at least once a week. Hashtag firstworld coffee problems
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Ultimate Mango posted:Are all the small roasters moving to 12oz bags? seemingly, yes all the good roasters here are at least $17+ for a 12 oz bag, and single estate stuff is frequently like $22
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Ultimate Mango posted:Are all the small roasters moving to 12oz bags? Switch to Turkish style brewing and make your bean use even more efficient!
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Jul 6, 2019 22:21
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There Bias Two posted:Switch to Turkish style brewing and make your bean use even more efficient! Drink the sludge, let not a speck of caffeine go to waste.
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This is one of the reasons I'm so silly about my grinder's annoying retention problem. I don't want to take a tiny brush to every nook and cranny of the thing at 6:30 am every time I make a cup of coffee but I also don't want to waste coffee that cost me almost $20 for 12oz.
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The retention thing is a big deal to me...there were huge amounts of beans in my Forte left between the hopper and the burrs. I figured purchasing something that had 0 retention and good build quality was the smart thing to do....right???  
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Ed Jurak posted:The retention thing is a big deal to me...there were huge amounts of beans in my Forte left between the hopper and the burrs. I figured purchasing something that had 0 retention and good build quality was the smart thing to do....right???  what the gently caress is that?
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Ed Jurak posted:The retention thing is a big deal to me...there were huge amounts of beans in my Forte left between the hopper and the burrs. I figured purchasing something that had 0 retention and good build quality was the smart thing to do....right??? Tell me more 
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I think it is a high-end microscope.
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My NDA prevents me from saying too much, but let's just say this little baby can break apart coffee beans with molecular degeneration and a blast of superheated plasma. It makes for a real interesting cup just kidding, but it should for this much money. it's a Lyn Weber EG-1, version 2 https://lynweber.com/ Txxt fucked around with this message at 14:31 on Jul 7, 2019 |
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Ed Jurak posted:My NDA prevents me from saying too much, but let's just say this little baby can break apart coffee beans with molecular degeneration and a blast of superheated plasma. It makes for a real interesting cup Does it also walk the dog for that price?
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There Bias Two posted:Does it also walk the dog for that price? I can't get the breed I want in the apartment I live in  so this is what I bought instead of the dog
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Jul 7, 2019 18:17
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They have a hand grinder version for $1,000. 
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Oneiros posted:
Thats their new Space Bong. It gets you galaxy brain high.
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Mu Zeta posted:They have a hand grinder version for $1,000. This legit got me laughing
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My brother just got an electric gooseneck kettle and a chemex brewer. I sent him a link to that stumptown stoner pour video. He has not responded back yet 
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Ultimate Mango posted:Are all the small roasters moving to 12oz bags? Outside of farmers markets It’s been that way for years at the craft/2nd wave industry level. Bodhi is an outlier in that they also (try to) sell green coffee and kind of do that catch all style. You’ll enjoy that some roasters (just speciality) are going to 10oz now. That cracks me up.
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Since starting on stimulant meds I've become very sensitive to caffeine — I can only really do a single 5ish oz cup a day of caffeinated coffee, so even the 12oz bags are way too much for me to get through in 2 weeks' time before they go off. Is there anyone who sells in smaller amounts, like 6oz, or should I basically just look into roasting at home at this point?
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You should just roast it. You can probably make enough in an air popcorn maker in 10 minutes to last a couple weeks.
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Keret posted:Since starting on stimulant meds I've become very sensitive to caffeine — I can only really do a single 5ish oz cup a day of caffeinated coffee, so even the 12oz bags are way too much for me to get through in 2 weeks' time before they go off. Is there anyone who sells in smaller amounts, like 6oz, or should I basically just look into roasting at home at this point? You could always freeze your poo poo in a mason jar
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Ed Jurak posted:You could always freeze your poo poo in a mason jar This is not the colonoscopy thread, also that's a bad idea for coffee too.
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Mr. Mambold posted:This is not the colonoscopy thread, also that's a bad idea for coffee too. Freezing coffee has been shown to be pretty effective in preserving quality to the best of my knowledge.
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Mr. Mambold posted:This is not the colonoscopy thread, also that's a bad idea for coffee too. Months worth of results on HB has very little negative to say about freezing roasted beans. https://www.home-barista.com/forums/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=freezing+coffee Do you know something these posters don't? You a food scientist or something?
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I think the colonoscopy joke is a good indication of his origins.
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Ed Jurak posted:Months worth of results on HB has very little negative to say about freezing roasted beans.  We're all food scientists in this thread. .I was always told that freezing created water crystals which wrecked the little magical coffee tasties. Idk about home barista. I think the popcorn popper is the best alternative for the OP.edit- ah ok, huffpost, that final authority of everything says it's bad because it lets water into your coffee. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/store-coffee-freezer_n_6923568 Big Taint posted:I think the colonoscopy joke is a good indication of his origins. Hey, Hey! Back to Tartarus with you. Mr. Mambold fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Jul 12, 2019 |
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Mr. Mambold posted:
I would think that as long as you keep the container well sealed and don't take it out of the freezer often, you'd still preserve taste. I don't think it's the ice crystallization that causes issues as much as the freeze/thaw cycles, but I'm not an expert.
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There Bias Two posted:I would think that as long as you keep the container well sealed and don't take it out of the freezer often, you'd still preserve taste. I don't think it's the ice crystallization that causes issues as much as the freeze/thaw cycles, but I'm not an expert. I'm not an expert either.
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There Bias Two posted:I would think that as long as you keep the container well sealed and don't take it out of the freezer often, you'd still preserve taste. I don't think it's the ice crystallization that causes issues as much as the freeze/thaw cycles, but I'm not an expert. There is air in the container. Air freezes. It's going to get crystals and proceed to suck.
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Munkaboo posted:There is air in the container. Air freezes. It's going to get crystals and proceed to suck. Why would it suck, chemically speaking?
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MasterControl posted:Outside of farmers markets It’s been that way for years at the craft/2nd wave industry level. Bodhi is an outlier in that they also (try to) sell green coffee and kind of do that catch all style. Okay that’s funny. How long until you just buy 20 gram bags, single serving style?
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Ultimate Mango posted:Okay that’s funny. Got you covered pal: 
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Munkaboo posted:There is air in the container. Air freezes. It's going to get crystals and proceed to suck. i live in a pretty low humidity environment and usually only freeze properly vacuum sealed coffee(s), but i've never found a discernible difference in taste, and it took a fair bit of time for a significant reduction in crema as far as espresso's concerned you can easily get vacuum canisters or whatever if you're going in and out of it daily over a prolonged period though
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Tippecanoe posted:Got you covered pal: Speaking of which I am staying at a hotel next week that has a Nespresso machine. They charge ungodly amounts for capsules. What’s the best bet to pick up pods at retail these days?
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Tippecanoe posted:Got you covered pal: Each espresso pod has like 6 grams on those. Huge ripoff.
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