The Coffee Thread
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HomespunEffects
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I gave up coffee about a month ago. The kind we liked was no longer available.
Jarick
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Dug my non-functioning Ember mug out of a box to see if I could get it working. Same as before, it connects to the phone, then loses connection. But then I found out the mug doesn't actually need to be connected to anything and by default it will heat up to 135F.
So I've been enjoying nice hot coffee and tea and all day today AND I don't need to have the stupid app anymore!
So I've been enjoying nice hot coffee and tea and all day today AND I don't need to have the stupid app anymore!
iaresee
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I have much love for my Ember but holy cow are they $$$.
norminal
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My cup of coffee doesn’t last long enough for me to need an Ember.
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Will watch that shortly!
I gave up on espresso...I was having fun with a Bambino for a bit but it's a lot of work to make a little coffee. I like pour over coffee unless I'm at a coffee shop where I'll get a latte.
I'm still using Chemex most mornings with my Fellow Ode 2 grinder. It works really well. This is dumb but I learned last week that it's not necessary with Chemex to pour in a little water at a time to brew like a V60, that you can more dump in a lot of water and let it draw down because of the thicker filters. That makes life easier and I don't taste a difference!
Other thing I'm doing, I switched to black coffee instead of a little half and half, and I'm mixing up a protein shake with some of the brewed coffee along with milk and protein powder for breakfast.
I gave up on espresso...I was having fun with a Bambino for a bit but it's a lot of work to make a little coffee. I like pour over coffee unless I'm at a coffee shop where I'll get a latte.
I'm still using Chemex most mornings with my Fellow Ode 2 grinder. It works really well. This is dumb but I learned last week that it's not necessary with Chemex to pour in a little water at a time to brew like a V60, that you can more dump in a lot of water and let it draw down because of the thicker filters. That makes life easier and I don't taste a difference!
Other thing I'm doing, I switched to black coffee instead of a little half and half, and I'm mixing up a protein shake with some of the brewed coffee along with milk and protein powder for breakfast.
Jarick
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I heard you're getting a lot of snow and cold, and schools are closing too!
We've had so little snow in Minnesota this year and last which is crazy. I just shoveled for the second time of the year this morning, in mid January! But the year before last, we got absolutely buried in snow, as much as I've seen since I was a kid.
Honestly i don't mind dry winters without much snow. The cold isn't so bad, but shoveling and plowing several blizzards a year gets really old.
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Funny, I told my wife earlier this morning, "imagine living in Minnesota and getting this for months at a time?!"
I've only been up to Rhinelander, Wisconsin in that part of the country, but that's about it, and it was in the middle of January. Wth was I thinking?
Jarick
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I spent a few nights with family and their "Drip Machines" over the Holidays.
Man, talk about slumming it! The bitterness and acridity is just
I am such a Pour Over snob. Good to be home making my own Brew in the mornings.
If I had way more counter space I may consider getting one of the fancy "automatic pour over" machines, or maybe a Moccamaster or something. But it's just something else that can break, and the Chemex is so simple.
norminal
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Those make outstanding coffee once you get them dialed in. If I drank more than 2-4 cups a day, I’d own one. We just don’t have a need for that kind of capacity in our house.
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I grew up on car shop coffee in one of those big coffee makers like in the old diners.I spent a few nights with family and their "Drip Machines" over the Holidays.
Man, talk about slumming it! The bitterness and acridity is just
I am such a Pour Over snob. Good to be home making my own Brew in the mornings.
Then trucking, Ive drank every gas station coffee imaginable.
Drip brew Folgers is a Godsend.
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i get ours from aldi. its pretty good. its not gourmet shit that you would talk about instead of some dead guy in the back of the car you want me to clean up but still pretty good for the money.
have switched from dark roast to medium in the last few years.
have switched from dark roast to medium in the last few years.
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It's quite exiting when you get to dial in your brewing method and actually can taste the notes described on the package of some great fresh beans :)Started navigating to Lighter Roasts. Shit packs a wallop!
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