Coffee Appreciation

The maintenance issues with the usual go-to home espresso machines are a large part of the reason for me getting a lever machine.
Spent a good few years working in coffee shops and the pro-spec machines tend to suffer from similar problems (and damn expensive to fix at times). Stripping away the complexity of pumps and valves for a big lever takes care of all but a heating element or pressure stat failure.

Apologies if this comes across as indoctrination! Each to their own and all that! Just sharing my experiences with manual vs pump-driven machines.

OR Coffee is good

You'll be happy with a Classic as long as you grind your beans fine enough... I had mine dialled in perfectly then decided to swap out the OEM shower screen and plate for something 'better' and things went tits up for a couple of days but now it's working better than ever... I have no intention of upgrading until this one dies on me, but they're so easy to fix why would you bother?!?

Yeh I think I’m leaning towards the new updated version of the classic. Not quite as convenient as the Sage but I like the fact it seems to be build to near commercial standards - I tend to be hard on stuff so being overbuilt is always a bonus - and it’s going do everything I’ll ever need from a machine.

Plus I’m a huge fan of stuff that’s designed to be user serviceable / repairable.

No sweat, and I had no idea that lever machines, though requiring more of a subtle touch, didn’t have the complexity of steam pumps.
Duh

My local coffee roasters have started fabricating their own dosing rings, I never knew such a thing existed til I saw their insta post the night before last... No more mess or wasted coffee!!!

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Good cafes in Manhattan

Any suggestions? Currently north of madison square

Central Perk

Managed to lose the filter cap for my aeropress - anyone got one going spare?

Slide into my DM's...

I was just in desperate need of coffee at work as I left mine home this morning by accident. Bought a Starbucks Americano as my employer has an on-site Starbucks. Oh my god. How do people drink this!?

Also have one at work.
Pity the guy that sits next to me who has a Starbucks latte, extra hot, with a triple shot of caramel syrup

We do have a 'Hej' coffee too which is fine, but it's mostly convinced me that the Aeropress is time and money well spent.

Yeah, unfortunately Starbucks is in full force here. In the main school building, in the cafeteria in the halls of residence attached to the school, also. On the street corner. Across the street. Etc. Etc. Etc. Closest decent coffee shop is a ten minute walk so forgetting my coffee really is bad.

I’m interested in the wilfa svart classic. My partner is pregnant at the moment so I’m only drinking 1/2 cups in the morning. Is it ok brewing this little? Sorry if this is a stupid question...

I do this with my Moccamaster because I'm lazy af and it works perfectly

Nice. Does the moccamaster keep it warm? It looks like the wilfa doesn’t keep it warm for more than half an hour so I’m not sure what’s right for me n0w

Edit: just seen moccasmaster has a thermos option which has swayed me.

I love the thermal moccamaster. KBGT is the model. I use one at home on a lamp timer and I just installed a double one at the shop for batch brew which has been a massive hit. Thoroughly recommended.

My understanding with the moccamaster is that there are versions with different filters - so there's one that is better suited to brewing a full 1.2l and one that has some kind of function that keeps the water in the filter chamber before letting it drip through - better for smaller brews. May want to check.

We have the standard thermos one at home which doesn't have any quantity regulation on it and just do a litre in the morning between two of us (work from home). Usually finished by midday.

Give it a clean every few months and edscobles your uncle.

I think the different cones are updates, one I bought a few years ago had a manual switch on the outlet so you could bloom it for a bit, the problem was if you’d forgotten about it the brew would overflow a litre of coffee full of grounds over your kitchen.

All the recent ones I’ve seen have an automatic stopper which allows you to pull the jug and not have it continue dripping. It also stops the brewing as there’s a switch that disengages the element when the jug is removed. The coffee tastes great without any meddling I find.

They have beer. No one in their right mind would be wasting time drinking coffee.

Interesting. But the size of that looks very large? Are they still only filling the portafilter or is there a measuring line inside? Just looks to me like way too much coffee.

We have a Nespresso machine. Someone stopped paying so there's only decaff.

Hello Kaffeine!

Tbf we still get the odd litre of overflow as sometimes the little trigger gets jammed up with grounds or just general 'stick'. We try and give it a wipe after each use but it happens (along with a proper deep puly caff go-over every now and then).

Seems like the moccamaster is forum approved then. I’ll get looking for one

That looks so handy. My grinder is usually the messiest thing in the kitchen.