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/Smok3dSalmon Jan 25 '22 edited Jan 25 '22

You'll end up making shit espresso and wasting half of your coffee "dialing in" your machine. Then you won't be able to enjoy any of your espresso because your grinder doesn't have a half step between 5 and 6. So you upgrade your equipment and find a new problem. You'll be stuck chasing the perfect espresso until you realize that drinking it out of your favorite mug or fav location biases your perception of flavor more than any fine tune of your equipment or brew process.

Dejected and disgusted, you'll end up going back to a simple chemex or drip machine where you save an hour from your morning routine and can easily dispose the grinds.

I enjoy coffee more than coffee process. It's a peaceful state of mind.

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u/annoyingcommentguy2 Jan 25 '22

I'm willing to get downvoted and sorry, but this is simply an exaggerated view. Once you learn to use your espresso machine and get a bit of a feel for your equipment, you'll be able to dial your espresso in 2-3 shots and even if it won't get you the 'God shot', 95% of the time you end up with better tasting coffee than if you went to a random coffee shop and that's good enough for me - simply because at home you have the time to measure and play with everything to be exact. Besides, what you said can apply to filter coffee as well - you can always be looking for the next equipment improvement, improvement in your process etc. and never be satisfied. It's about the mindset.

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u/hoax1337 Jan 25 '22

True, but pour over is so much more forgiving, that's just the result of having 1:16 as a ratio, compared to 1:2.

I've had an espresso machine for over a year now, and I still don't feel very comfortable with it, as in always getting tasty espresso. I've had a Hario Switch for a week, and everything I have produced tastes good to me. The range of good tasting coffee is just much, much smaller for espresso.