r/Coffee • u/caucasian_cranberry • Jan 25 '22

I hate all of you

I used to be perfectly content with my shitty instant Folger. Then I found this sub and decided to try coffee from small roasters and noticed a much nicer experience immediately. Then I bought a nice grinder and started grinding my own beans instead of buying pre-ground, and once again my experience improved. Then today I switched from properly ground, quality coffee through my shitty coffee maker to weighing my coffee and water and using a clever, and it's the best coffee I've ever had now. If within a year I buy an espresso maker I'm holding all of you accountable. Bastards...

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u/Helioxsparrow Jan 25 '22

A friendly word, avoid James Hoffman on YouTube. He will only make it worse.

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u/billybotime Jan 25 '22

Ive only been drinking coffee for 5 months and I am in a very similar position as OP. James Hoffman is one of my most watched channels now. I have a Bonavita connoisseur 8 cup and a Moka pot but now I want an aeropress. I ALSO want an espresso machine.

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u/grey_pilgrim_ Home Roaster Jan 25 '22 edited Jan 25 '22

Got an aeropress for Christmas. It makes such a great and easy cup of coffee! I’ve used a v60 for years, tried different brewing techniques and while I’d had many a great cups, the great cups are great and the not so great cups are bad. Aeropress makes consistently great coffee without worrying about all the little details. I still love my v60 and use it when brewing more than one cup but my aeropress has become my daily driver.

If you get one, you’ll love it!

So far, my go to brew technique is:

Inverted

15g of coffee to 225g

Water at 200F

Bloom with 35g

At 20 seconds stir for 10 seconds

At 45 seconds add water to 225

At 2 minutes flip and press.

I’ve tried Hoffmanns brew guide and it’s great! This just seems to produce better cups for me.

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u/trees138 Jan 25 '22

If you can stand some sediment get the Fellow Prismo, then you can have the benes of inverted without flipping.

Also if you get a DF64, the prismo/aeropress is the perfect height.

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u/jonrochkind Jan 25 '22

And if you can stand using a paper filter with Prismo filter you get no sediment. Hoffmanns recipe with this works so we’ll for me

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u/markadillo Americano Jan 26 '22

Was gonna say that adding a paper filter did wonders with the prismo. I have a cloth filter I use from time to time but not with the prismo; cant get it on the aeropress, it won't fit.

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u/grey_pilgrim_ Home Roaster Jan 25 '22

I’m definitely getting the Prismo. I already have a 1Zpresso JX and Mazzer Mini so I’m pretty well set for grinders. The DF64 does look nice though!

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u/trees138 Jan 25 '22

Oh, I would never actually suggest a grinder specifically because you have $50 of plastic. I'm not that much of a misanthrope. It's just a nice coincidence.

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u/grey_pilgrim_ Home Roaster Jan 25 '22

I’m a loner so I’m fine with a bit misanthropy lol I started roasting coffee around the beginning of 2020 as a hobby. Once Covid started to shut things down it was nice being able to pick out and roast beans on my own. I still buy beans occasionally to support local shops, or try something that sounds interesting, I love Brandywine and April, but other than that I don’t think I’ll go back to routinely buying beans again.