Small coffee shop in Alba, Italy
Aeropress! I actually just bought my brother one because he saw me making coffee one morning and gave me the 🤨 look. I told him to taste it and he exclaimed “damn, that is excellent coffee!” since he’s used to pre-made stuff and Keurig pods.
Yeah, aeropress really is the easiest to make, clean and maintain.
I have had mine and use it all the time for about 15 years now. Still works great. I just rinse the stuff off and leave it in the dish dry rack.
Yep. I love other methods too but aeropress seems to be the easiest method to get a consistently good cup of coffee. It’s not the best but that’s not what you’re looking for everyday.
I’ve tried multiple different recipes for pour overs and they always come out too acidic or “off”. I can’t seem to get it to brew long enough while pouring the water, it seems too delicate and easy to screw up. It’s pretty hard to screw up an Aeropress brew.
I even bought one for my parents house when I stay there and visit.
v60 easier to clean and maintain
I disagree, the Aeropress makes a nice puck of coffee which can easily be ejected out. The only thing you have to clean off is the oil (if you want, I never use soap and water, just water to give it a quick rinse). With a v60 the coffee grounds can get stuck in the mesh if you’re not using a paper filter, and if you are, it’s about the same cleanup, just wash off the oils and let it dry.
aeropress with normal paper filter, pick up the grounds and dispose, only the cone to wash, done. aeropress pop the grounds, scoop remainders on the plunger, wash the 3 pieces. no argument on the ease of brewing though, aeropress gets you 90% of the way there with almost no skill required
I just bang it out on the trash can after I eject the puck.
I find it harder to make good coffee. It can definitely make great coffee but you need technique.
Agreed, I don’t think I’ve ever made a good cup using a v60 and multiple different recipes that was comparable to a cup I made with the Aeropress.
That’s why I have my coffee shop to which I go for coffee.
I like to have my coffee when I wake up, in my own house, and not pay 3x the price for it 😉
I dug my aeropress out of storage not too long ago after like 5 years. it was one of my first coffee tools and I thought I moved on when I got better stuff. I gotta say it’s combination of convenience and taste is still unparalleled. It still works great and immediately went back into normal rotation lol
I agree, I’ve tried other methods (so far only pour over and French Press) and the Aeropress is by far the hardest to screw up. I’m usually adamant on my 2 minutes 30 seconds brewing time (I set a timer) but there have been times that I’ve forgotten to set it and let it brew for like 5-10 minutes and it still tastes largely the same. I still haven’t made a pour over that was as good as an Aeropress brew. French Press is close, but it leaves a bunch of ground coffee in the bottom of the cup.
French Press Gang!
Represent!
No filters so there’s no ongoing costs and I get them tasty bean oils. Easy to clean, cheap to buy, the French Press does it all, unless you want espresso.
Am I doing something wrong. They are a pain in the ass to clean. Don’t get me wrong I love my french press.
I guess it depends on your definition of clean. I use the classic Bodum French press, so your mileage may vary (some cheap presses catch more grounds in the screen area).
I wash the glass carafe like any glassware, and then simply rinse and wipe the press itself under the tap without soap throughout the week. Once every couple of weeks, I’ll dismantle the plunger and thoroughly clean it with dish soap to remove any stains.
I’ll be that guy. The picture shown is cold drip. Cold brew is when you mix coffee and water and left it in the fridge for x hours.
But really, among the pictures, I’d pick Napoletana simply because I’ve never had them.
I think they really mean cold brew. The time says 5 hours and maybe the machine is a filter thingy after they cold brew the coffee in the fridge.
Maybe, but 5 hours isn’t much time for a true cold brew. I am leaning towards cold drip, where the ice water slowly drips onto the grounds. In the right setup maybe that would take 5 hours.
Looks like you’re right. Does five hours seem anywhere near enough for cold brew, though? I typically aim for around 36 hours.
I’ve had overnight coldbrews, so five hours definitely sounds viable.
I typically do 18 hours. I’ve found longer than that the coffee tends to taste off.
36 hours…that’s got to be some bitter coffee.
I’ve never heard of it either.
https://youtu.be/mX_OrQGFio4?si=8sj_GL5sYdmlzckJ
Edit: kinda reminds me of a Vietnamese coffee maker. Just with the integrated boiler.
What’s the one that looks like a blocky duck from the side?
That looks like it makes a tasty cup of coffee. Kind of like a cross between a moka pot and a Vietnamese brew.
I let my French press simmer for 20 minutes, as recommended by James Hoffman, but only when I bought properly grinded coffee.
Edit: I just saw the video again and he said 4 + 5 to 8 minutes for a 30gm of coffee and 500gm of water. I usually do the double and maybe for that I was also doubling the time? Lmao, have been so many years doing it like this that I was sure was the way he said it should be done.
Steep, surely? Simmering for 20mins would ANNIHILATE much of the flavor.
Coffee grinded for French press is really big, it needs a lot of time to extract the flavors, and after 20 minutes the temperature is just right.
Simmering means you’re probably putting it on a stove top trying to keep it just below boiling temp for 20 minutes.
Is that what you’re really doing? Or are you steeping?
Oh thank you. English is not my first language, sometimes make errors like that.
What I mean is that I put the coffee on the press, put the boiling water and let it there for 20 minutes.
Woah wait, 20 minutes? I thought his was like… 10 minutes total afterwards. Although he did also say “you can let it go longer if you’d like” or something I think.
Is there a big difference in flavor here? I grind my own beans fairly coarsely then brew for 4-5 minutes at 200°F and that seems pretty ideal.
I’d worry it wouldn’t be quite hot enough after waiting 10-20 minutes and the coffee tastes quite flavorful the way I do it, but I’d give it a try! What do you feel is properly grounded coffee for French Press?
What do you feel is properly grounded coffee for French Press?
“Please grind for French press” at the Starbucks barista lmao.
CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER!
I think these days I’m all about (actual) cold brew, but a French press is great when the hot coffee mood strikes. Some day I’d like to have a cold drip setup like a Yama but that’s at least half for it’s aesthetic value as a sculpture.
I feel like moka pots take longer than 5 minutes, but I hate how they make coffee too so I’m probably not using them right.
Add beans to water, water turn brown.
Add brown water to human, human turns woke.
Add humans to planet, war turns on.
add war to galaxy, galaxy turn dune.
The beans must flow
One of each
I had to check half of these out, as I never heard about them. What’s the pint of a Syphon? It just mixes hot water and coffey the same as pouring it in a cup. Seams needlessly overcomplicated.
It’s just another way to brew coffee. I found a Wikipedia page about and it appears to have been invented in 1830. Supposedly this method makes an exceptionally clear brew, low suspended solids. Looking at some pictures it doesn’t seem that complicated though there are some more artsy versions that make it complicated. If you do pour over coffee as your norm then this is probably a half step longer, but if you just have a machine then this is way more complicated.
- Drink coffee
- Bitch about something coffee related
- Continue drinking said coffee
- Repeat tomorrow.
Just stop drinking the burnt non fun part of cocaine.
Just stop drinking the burnt non fun part of cocaine.
I think you had a Freudian slip there, my friend.
Por qué no chorreado
Filtro V60?
Un poco diferente. V60 filtra con papel y un chorreado tiene una bolsa
Espresso! I love it, can’t get enough. I use a Flair 58 though, not a fancy dual boiler or anything.
An Italian friend turned me into the Moka and it’s been my go to every morning. It can turn my cheap store brand medium roast into something better than I can get at Starbucks (my only choice when at work). I don’t like particularly dark or burnt brews.
Plus, throw another cup into my Zojirushi thermos and it’ll stay fresh and hot for like 24 hours!
I grew up withbmoka and I recently discovered aeropress… it’s so much better with anything that is not 100% robusta
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll need to look into it. Around here, simply having anything that isn’t drip is usually considered fancy so it’s rare to get any decent recommendations, haha.
French press for me, but only because its simple. I use whatever whenever that doesn’t require a ten minute tutorial.
Where’s the drip?
Bottom left?
Respect the drip, Karen!
