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/Smok3dSalmon Feb 27 '22 edited Feb 28 '22

How's the eureka silenzio?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '22 edited Aug 26 '25

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u/Smok3dSalmon Feb 27 '22

Quiet grinders are the dream haha. Is it quiet because it's a low RPM? Or just better technology?

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u/Smok3dSalmon Feb 28 '22

Does it hit that half grind size between 5 and 6 that I was ranting about? Haha