Coffee Appreciation

Sumatra Wahana Coldbrew 32g/500ml for 12hrs. Into fridge for tomorrow. Got a smaller (125ml ish) Kilner bottle I will fill & add some crushed ice to drink whilst marshalling in the sunshine at club tri tomorrow.

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Thank you @StevePeel for the extremely fast shipping on your Espresso Blend.
Looking forward to trying it!

Cold brew getting ready for tomorrow's walk. Aldi beans as I forgot/ran out of more expensive ones...

Here is what the Yellow Bourbon packaging looks like.

Thanks again @StevePeel !

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See your espresso blend and raise you.

Thanks @StevePeel !

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N'aww you guys... Great photos, I hope you're all enjoying it.

What's the census on manual grinders these days? Did heaps of research about 10 years ago and got a second hand Zassenhaus. It's been used daily since and is about to fall apart.

Google tells me the Hario Skerton, is this a good call? Anything else I should consider? Only grinding for V60 so doesn't have to do super fine grind

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13722162/

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Aces, thank you

@Vince - what's that grinder hiding behind Steve's coffee package?

my 2nd krupps just broke, need something else and that looks about the right size.

https://sageappliances.co.uk/collections/coffee-grinders/products/the-smart-grinder-pro?variant=40400713348

I had it for 2.5 years and it has been working flawlessly

thanks, could be the one.

I'm still toying with getting one of these
https://www.coffeehit.co.uk/handground-coffee-grinder-black.html
@cornelius_blackfoot replied and said it was good. It needs to a big step up from my current Porlex to justify spending the money.
If I decide to go for it I'll have a Porlex mini and a Bodum electric grinder up for sale soon.

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13726058/

Just completed the purchase of a second hand Fiorenzato F5 for my espresso setup at home (Gaggia Classic), looking forward to testing out those 64mm burrs. Good upgrade from my current MC2!

If you were gonna put up that much cash, I'd be inclined to go for a made by knock (http://www.madebyknock.com/feldgrind.html) I haven't tried the handground though so don't know how it compares.

Had a play with one belonging to a friend - really like the design/build quality but overall found the experience too similar to my Porlex tall to justify. Like the different angle for the handle rotation on the Handground - looks much easier on the wrist. But as up thread (in fact I think you put me onto it) I've ordered a Wilfa : )

I got a Hario cold brewer. It makes lovely cold brew and is very easy to use. Would recommend

Yeah that's my worry. As I've got a Porlex already I'd want a considerable step-up to justify the spend.

I have a porlex, and I unless I was gonna upgrade to an electric grinder, I don't think I would bother. Full disclosure though, I make coffee as a day job and I'm very lazy about it at home, so might not be too invested in the quality of grind 😂

Porlex does perfectly acceptable grind for most uses, so for 79 quid for a hand grinder upgrade I'd skip a couple of bags of coffee this month and try to stretch budget to 100 for the electric Wilfa.

I've got an electric grinder too.
But I'm going to be traveling long term so would like a hand grinder that can match my electric (or pretty close) for consistency of particle size.
Also should mention that I won't be traveling by bike so not worried about size/weight.

I have to confess that I do have a relatively irrational reason that contributes to my love of the Porlex. It fits in an aeropress like this hotdog in a seattube:

http://i.imgur.com/nEpI4Mz.gifv

I have to disagree about the vertical rotation - my grinder has the handle on top, spins horizontally and I find that I effectively use both hands when I'm grinding - right hand turns the handle and the left hand moves sympathetically. Hard to explain, but if you look from on top you'd see the hands crossing and uncrossing as I grind the beans.
With the handle affixed a la Handground, the non-handle-turning-hand (technical term there) can only serve to resist the motion instead of assisting with it.

I'm still practising with my Hario skerton, but I found yesterday that lifting it up off the worktop and using both hands is way easier than trying to hold it still and using only one hand.