Coffee Appreciation

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My "Fancy Feast" (based on cat food and tomato paste tins) stove.

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I have the burr removal tool yes. the only other tools i've needed were standard bike toolkit ones.

You get less extraction with cooler water so you'll need a finer grind and/or longer steep. Try them one at a time and try both if it doesn't help. The other factor is the water will have been continually heated, which is not as good as using a kettle at home.

What travel filter is that? Looks great

Looks like one of these? http://www.gsioutdoors.com/ultralight-java-drip.html

Yah. Everything I drink at home I will also drink at home that week. Tastes exponentially better at home.

@withered_preacher Ha, no. I work in an almost entirely wooden building. We're not even allowed toasters due to the open element...

Thanks @StevePeel I have tried longer immersion post steep (don't usually invert but did try it and it didn't make much of a difference), but not a longer steep itself. I'll try an almost Turkish grind and see what happens!

It is @Thrustvector & @andyfallsoff

Microwave the water?

Ta very much, will check it out!

Tbh there’s not much you can do to work around poor water quality. Best to bring your own kettle as suggested above.

make the coffee at home and stick it in a thermos that has been properly primed with boiling hot water for 15 minutes before filling.

Ooh - is that a thing? That seems like it should obviously be a thing. I'm going to try that right now.
Edit: it's obviously a thing. I remember I used to put a splash of water in a mug prior to pouring but for whatever reason I stopped.

Also, buy a Technivorm. Changed my life.

absolutely. a properly warmed thermos will keep a drink steaming hot for 24 hours if you have a decent one.

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I ride to work 3 out of 5 days a week in the summer and leave at 5.45AM all year around whether riding or getting the train. It's 38km each way. I need to make the coffee at work. Making at home is too much hassle/noisy. Nice idea though. My own kettle is the best/most ridiculous option.

Or just a big batch of coldbrew. Seems to last quite a while without losing flavour in my experience.

@JB the other thing with those hot water taps is the water is proper rank. If you make a black tea, the scum that forms on the surface of the water is incredible. I assume it’s because it’s continuously heated like @StevePeel says, because the cold water from the same tap appears to be filtered so shouldn’t have limescale, or not much at least.

I've been drinking coffee from mugs like a mug.

I used to brew a 1.2l on the technivorm in the morning and drink a mug every hour or two. Usually there'd be a mug wasted at the end of the day. Recently impulsed a Klean Kanteen 12oz insulated and have come down to 420ml / +/-35gm on the technivorm. Have a small cup as soon as it's brewed and the rest goes in the Kanteen. Perfect temperature and keeps all day. Joy. And getting through half as much coffee.

I must be a heathen, always thought that coffee in spain and italy tastes reliably great, across the country, with nary a water filter in sight.

Mind you, you guys are in london, so maybe a filter is a good idea.

Klean Kanteens are awesome - I use mine all the time for basically just keeping coffee hot mostly at home.

I've lost the filter from my hario cold brewer - can I buy replacement in London? Amazon has one for like £12 which considering the price of a new one seems silly. But before I just buy another thought I'd ask the hive mind

Is there any where in Central London that has a selection of freshly ground coffee's from different roasters? I'm thinking something like an utobeer from borough market but for coffee.

I only ask as I quite often fancy a bag of square mile, or dark arts etc but they all have postage charges. Otherwise It'll be a bit of a cycle about :)

Not sure about different roasters, but you can swing by Monmouth in Borough Market or Bermondsey and they often have a decent variety of beans you can buy.