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I make myself a pot of Arabic coffee on the weekends: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_coffee
It takes about 10-15 minutes during which you have to actually watch the pot to make sure it doesn’t boil over, but it’s worth it.
Mmm, depression coffee.
Jk. I usually switch to other caffeinated drinks to mix it up, like tea or mate.
I waffle between a v60 and an aeropress most days, but if I'm feeling it and I've got the time, then I'll use a vacuum pot.
I think Bodum products are cool, just never used one myself
I feel kind of bad about it too lol
A close friend of mine that I used to work has a brother that designs Bodum products
He was always proud of that, and I would always forget about it and never try their products in support of his work
Whenever I've needed a Bodum equivalent product I've always just bought the first one I found and it's never been at a place that has Bodum
Kalita Wave 🌊
Same! I love my Kalita. Pour over is dead simple. Just wish I could boil water faster.
I don't really switch up the brewing method any more, I basically only drink steep and release-style pour overs.
I mix it up by getting new beans shipped to me on a monthly basis. Keeps things fresh enough for me.
Honestly once I went aeropress I could never go back.
My partner loves the aeropress.
Fair enough! I just like being able to break the routine every now and then to do something new. It's actually becoming a bit of an issue 😅. I'd love a space on my kitchen wall to display all the different brew methods I have and would like to collect more. Right now I've got a gaggia classic pro for espresso, Bialetti for moka, a pour over brewer, cold brew carafe, this vacuum brewer, aeropress, a chemex, and just a regular ol' drip machine that's kinda been retired by now. I'd love to find an affordable Europiccola to refurbish!
Before I got my gaggia classic, my routine would be v60 on weekdays before work with an aeropress here and there and moka pot on the weekend. The process of moka pot brewing feels so zen to me
Please tell me how you make good espresso on that machine? I cannot for the life of me make anything good without milk
I use a French press every now and then. My kids bought me a fully automatic espresso machine a couple of years ago and that’s my everyday brew. Press 3 buttons and done. I’m getting lazier as I get older.
I used to have a large metal commercial vacuum brewer. It was great for large gatherings.
I'm a fan of Kyoto cold brew and am thinking of getting a tower so I can brew it at home in the summer.
But I also just got a lever espresso machine so that'll probably keep me busy for a while.
What does this achieve that a bottle in the fridge doesn’t other than costing 298$ more?
There's a cafe I go to that has a tower and I find Kyoto cold brew tastes better (notes are more prominent) and is noticeably smoother than regular cold brew.
You could argue it's marginal, but the same could be said for spending thousands on grinders and espresso machines versus a $100 machine and $20 grinder. Everyone's going to value their workflow differently.
What effect does that machine have on it though? I wonder if it’s that or the beans.
The cafe offers both methods using the same bean of the day so that leads me to believe it's the process.
I think it's due to the slightly more active extraction of dripping water but I don't want to pretend like I fully know so I'll defer to what I've read online.
My standard is a moka pot. One of those and I'm good all day.
Tomorrow for brunch I'm doing Irish coffees with waffles.
i sometimes like to do a filtered french press type setup, mix boiled water and coffee, let steep, then pour through a sieve into a filter over my cup. makes a muddy brew thats kinda dinery and very fullbodied compared to my normal pourover.
Use weekend to try to tweak brewing method up to get the perfect brew method for whatever beans I have at the time. This is a mellow medium roast? Perhaps I'll try it in the moccamaster with a coffee sock? Little on the carmely side? Let's dig up the French Press (I only use this with a filter btw). Tastes great in my v60 but I'm brewing for two? Let's bring out the chemex. Would love to get a siphon someday but that would be a special occasion only kind of thing I think.
Our moccamaster is the daily driver/workdays. Afternoons are v60 (if only for one of us) or chemex for two mugs. When we have company over and people wanna sample coffee, aeropress all day. Americanos take no time and people suck em down. French press on the lazy mornings.
When I'm feeling fancy, I usually aeropress. In summer, I often go cold-brew instead, so I also have a setup for that.
This is great! I use my Hario syphon at least a few times a week…love how quick and easy it is. Other days I normally do v60, Orea v3, or espresso with the Cafelat Robot.
I alternate between French Press and Aeropress.
With the Aeropress, I alternate between metal filters, and paper filters because both taste slightly different.
If I run out of beans or ground, then instant it is!
I put the aeropress away after the cap jumped a thread and a shot near boiling water all over myself. 2nd degree burns are a bad way to start the morning.
My one Aeropress accident, I was holding it by the cylinder, filling it with hot water, and the plunger fell out.
I learned to hold it by the plunger after that.
I found one of those at a thrift store! I had no idea the top came with a stand. It's become my daily brewer! It makes a great cup!
I have an aeropress for making a smaller amount t of coffee. I have a metal filter that has a special valve that's supposed to make something espresso adjacent. It sort of works.
I'm a french press kind of guy.
I use my French press most of the time and a single serve drip when I’m in a hurry.
Clever dripper at the office during the week because it is super simple and the least time consume way to get a filtered cup of coffee.
V60 brewer or Kono brewer (with V60 filters) on the weekend with better coffee beans. Recently I have been favoring the Kono since it has less bypass.
I've been using an aeropress at home. It makes a nice smooth cup of coffee with little cleanup afterwards.