Coffee Appreciation

No problems on my recent order (Sunday) using Chrome.

Just having a coffee

Appreciating it?

Experienced my first Yirgacheffe today, a revelation!

I've had an interesting (slightly sleepless) 1st week with the aeropress.

The main difference (to a mokapot) is how flexible it is. It's very easy to make good coffee one minute, bad coffee the next.

I'm yet to get onto my 'nice' beans so will save the MokaVsAero showdown for once I feel I've got a method nailed. The method I seem to be settling on for getting single shots is as follows;

15g ground fine (two notches from closed on a Hario Skerton mill).
50ml of water (2mins off the boil cooling in the cup).
Rinsed paper filter.
A gentle stir just to wet all the grounds.
15 seconds, then press (all the way).

It's not like a drink from my favourite barista, but it's almost as good as I got from my Bialette already.

Keen to hear ideas for improvement.

Experienced my first Yirgacheffe today, a revelation!

Which beans? You really need to try the current Has Bean Yirgacheffe Natural (Gedeb?) if you haven't already.

50ml of water (2mins off the boil cooling in the cup).

Is that just to warm your mug?

The Aeropress isn't great with dark roasts. I find with darker roasts that its better to use less water and top up if need be. Soft or bottled water is a good thing, and really noticeable in the drink.

The best drinks I get are with light or medium roasts, coarse grind like brown sugar, and steeped for a number of minutes depending on the bean and exact coarseness (between 3 - 10 minutes adjusting according to acidity and bitterness).

The 50ml goes from the boiled kettle to the cup for 2mins (to warm the cup and cool the water), then another cup so I can pour it onto the grounds. It's less faff than that sounds! It cools the water quicker than leaving it in the kettle.

I end up with a drink ~ 40ml.

I reckon your water will be too cool for brewing after doing that.

hhmm. I was after 80-85* and figure it takes a couple of mins to drop to 95* in the kettle. Do you loose more than 2* decanting?

I don't actually own a thermometer.

Pssh, thermometers are overrated and inaccurate, you were born with two thumbs, use one of them.

I've had an interesting (slightly sleepless) 1st week with the aeropress.

The main difference (to a mokapot) is how flexible it is. It's very easy to make good coffee one minute, bad coffee the next.

I'm yet to get onto my 'nice' beans so will save the MokaVsAero showdown for once I feel I've got a method nailed. The method I seem to be settling on for getting single shots is as follows;

15g ground fine (two notches from closed on a Hario Skerton mill).
50ml of water (2mins off the boil cooling in the cup).
Rinsed paper filter.
A gentle stir just to wet all the grounds.
15 seconds, then press (all the way).

It's not like a drink from my favourite barista, but it's almost as good as I got from my Bialette already.

Keen to hear ideas for improvement.

I tend to do 30 secs to bloom, 30 secs to infuse and 30 secs to press the plunger. I tend to use about 18 grams at a time but up it if I want a stronger flavour and lower it if I want it weaker.

I'd also use the water a bit quicker too. 1 min cooling maybe.

Experienced my first Yirgacheffe today, a revelation!

What did you get? Classic is citrus and green grass which I haven't had for ages.

Just did an experiment. 102° when the kettle switched off. 73° at 1 minute after 50ml put into cold cup.

^ Much faster than I thought. I tend to leave the water in the kettle rather than decanting.

Fancy doing another to see what it is whilst still in the kettle? ;-)

I had some of the Monmouth Kochere. Never realised coffee could taste quite like that! Need to experiment more...

500ml takes about 2 minutes to get to 95ish in my kettle.

I tend to do 30 secs to bloom, 30 secs to infuse and 30 secs to press the plunger. I tend to use about 18 grams at a time but up it if I want a stronger flavour and lower it if I want it weaker.

Do you pour in all the water for that 30 secs bloom or just enough to cover the grounds?

Just did an experiment. 102° when the kettle switched off. 73° at 1 minute after 50ml put into cold cup.

Ok, that is too cool. I'm going to vary temp first, then maybe look at grind.

you were born with two thumbs, use one of them.

Pssh, thermometers are overrated and inaccurate, you were born with two thumbs, use one of them.

You are Snail AICMFP

Do you pour in all the water for that 30 secs bloom or just enough to cover the grounds?

Just enough water to cover them.

My colleague is moving to Germany and as a gift I'd like to get him a coffee subscription that will deliver there.

probably once every 2 weeks ideally for 6 or 12 months.

any thoughts? hasbean?pact?

Is it a lady colleague?

So has anyone tried the Has Bean Baked Beanz blend yet?

^ And if so, does it make you fart?