my dad, rest in peace, used to brew coffee and turn the unit off after and let it breathe for 24 hours or so at room temp
if he was in a pinch he's drink a "fresh" cup
he called day old coffee and after he added a gig of cream and sugar not sure it mattered
When we're in two-person mode, we'll run the drip maker and usually have leftover coffee because we always think we have time but we don't. So the next day, that goes over ice while I think about making today's pot and the cycle continues. But I really do look forward to the day-old as much as the fresh, though I haven't done a side-by-side.
my dad, rest in peace, used to brew coffee and turn the unit off after and let it breathe for 24 hours or so at room temp
if he was in a pinch he's drink a "fresh" cup
he called day old coffee and after he added a gig of cream and sugar not sure it mattered
So you let it drip and never "press" it? I guess I could go read the internet.
I'm a big fan of the newly-acquired AeroPress but sometimes I want another cup but I am only in the mood for the fuss one time per day.
Yep. I saw one guy who re-floods the grounds to get more, but he also starts with Folgers, so his credibility is suspect.
The grounds all end up in the Lomi, so they meet a reasonable fate. I haven't figured the cup:grounds equation yet to see if it's a waste of coffee somehow. I think I like it more that I just don't care.
Trying a batch of cold brew (because it's hot as heck here). Most things say to brew at room temp, some say fridge. Anyone have any tips?
It's been a while but I do mine in the fridge.
I built a cold drip system by hooking irrigation pipe with a micro-emitter drip to the spigot on an ice tea carafe. Put coffee in the aeropress over a carafe and the emitter just above the coffee. I used water with lots of ice for the drip on advice of my barista, although he doesn't use ice for his commercial drip.
It was better than cold-brew but not enough better to justify the trouble. Still a fun project.
I make my cold brew concentrate this way. Then when I want a cup of hot coffee, I put this in a cup and add hot water. Want cold coffee? Add concentrate and some water and some ice.
Easy peasy and the Better Half⢠loves the flavor compared to regular brewed. Big difference.
So you let it drip and never "press" it? I guess I could go read the internet.
I'm a big fan of the newly-acquired AeroPress but sometimes I want another cup but I am only in the mood for the fuss one time per day.
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So do you go 12-24 hours at room temp and then into the fridge?
Exactly - typically 24 hours steeping at room temperature with the grounds, then drain it into the carafe and put it in the fridge. I'm a weird coffee drinker - it's always cold brew, and it's always served cold with milk, no sweetener. Same thing for my tea, except that's hot with milk, no sweetener.
Trying a batch of cold brew (because it's hot as heck here). Most things say to brew at room temp, some say fridge. Anyone have any tips?
I make my cold brew concentrate this way. Then when I want a cup of hot coffee, I put this in a cup and add hot water. Want cold coffee? Add concentrate and some water and some ice.
Easy peasy and the Better Half⢠loves the flavor compared to regular brewed. Big difference.
Ah, that headline made me think they'd work in a keurig which is too bad they don't but also keurigs are really fussy so maybe this hardware will be better.
I have doubts about how good the coffee actually would be after all that, though.
The Melitta isn't inconsistent, you are.
I prefer mine to the aeropress but mostly because it's easy.
edit: One of the reasons I wonder if I had covid early on is that I used to get a metallic taste from some coffee and I don't anymore. So I guess that's a win.
I agree but I don't agree that it's (much) easier.
I like how the aeropress puts out espresso. My iced coffees have been fantastic.
Since covid, coffee tastes different to me. Either flavorless, or just bitter. Sometimes I can get an exotic roast at a coffeeshop that has good flavor so I know it's possible, but our home drip brewer doesn't produce anything to get excited about, no matter how much I spend on beans. First of all, it doesn't brew small batches well, so I have to make 8 cups or nothing. Which is a waste, sometimes, because I pour a 24-oz go cup and leave the rest for iced coffee the next day, which is fine. I drink a lot of iced coffee and day-old doesn't make a difference when you can't taste it anyway. Even in the before times, it tasted fine to me.
So to cut down on waste, I bought one of those $8 Melitta pourover jobs. It's fine and I kind of always wanted one for camping, but it's inconsistent. So into the camping kit it goes.
Yesterday I finally âafter at least 20 years of pondering itâ got an aeropress. It might be too fussy for a busy morning (no setting a timer overnight and waking up to hot coffee) but it couldn't be simpler or faster (we have a 160° hot water tap on the sink) and tastes great. It doesn't brew long enough to get bitter and so I can brew it strong enough to get the good flavors out of the beans.
And then I poured it over ice and added milk and sugar but I can still taste good coffee. I need a better grinder now.
So tl;dr: Aeropress is the shit.
The Melitta isn't inconsistent, you are.
I prefer mine to the aeropress but mostly because it's easy.
edit: One of the reasons I wonder if I had covid early on is that I used to get a metallic taste from some coffee and I don't anymore. So I guess that's a win.
Since covid, coffee tastes different to me. Either flavorless, or just bitter. Sometimes I can get an exotic roast at a coffeeshop that has good flavor so I know it's possible, but our home drip brewer doesn't produce anything to get excited about, no matter how much I spend on beans. First of all, it doesn't brew small batches well, so I have to make 8 cups or nothing. Which is a waste, sometimes, because I pour a 24-oz go cup and leave the rest for iced coffee the next day, which is fine. I drink a lot of iced coffee and day-old doesn't make a difference when you can't taste it anyway. Even in the before times, it tasted fine to me.
So to cut down on waste, I bought one of those $8 Melitta pourover jobs. It's fine and I kind of always wanted one for camping, but it's inconsistent. So into the camping kit it goes.
Yesterday I finally âafter at least 20 years of pondering itâ got an aeropress. It might be too fussy for a busy morning (no setting a timer overnight and waking up to hot coffee) but it couldn't be simpler or faster (we have a 160° hot water tap on the sink) and tastes great. It doesn't brew long enough to get bitter and so I can brew it strong enough to get the good flavors out of the beans.
And then I poured it over ice and added milk and sugar but I can still taste good coffee. I need a better grinder now.
So tl;dr: Aeropress is the shit.
I had one, and it made great coffee. But early morning on the boat, need a coffee to make a coffee, combined with an open topped precariously perched container of hot water and grounds just didn't work well for me. I got rid of it due to space concerns, but I do think about getting another for some of our other travels now.
Since covid, coffee tastes different to me. Either flavorless, or just bitter. Sometimes I can get an exotic roast at a coffeeshop that has good flavor so I know it's possible, but our home drip brewer doesn't produce anything to get excited about, no matter how much I spend on beans. First of all, it doesn't brew small batches well, so I have to make 8 cups or nothing. Which is a waste, sometimes, because I pour a 24-oz go cup and leave the rest for iced coffee the next day, which is fine. I drink a lot of iced coffee and day-old doesn't make a difference when you can't taste it anyway. Even in the before times, it tasted fine to me.
So to cut down on waste, I bought one of those $8 Melitta pourover jobs. It's fine and I kind of always wanted one for camping, but it's inconsistent. So into the camping kit it goes.
Yesterday I finally âafter at least 20 years of pondering itâ got an aeropress. It might be too fussy for a busy morning (no setting a timer overnight and waking up to hot coffee) but it couldn't be simpler or faster (we have a 160° hot water tap on the sink) and tastes great. It doesn't brew long enough to get bitter and so I can brew it strong enough to get the good flavors out of the beans.
And then I poured it over ice and added milk and sugar but I can still taste good coffee. I need a better grinder now.
So tl;dr: Aeropress is the shit.
i don't think i've ever tried one
glad your taste bugs are back
Yup. We always pack it in the luggage. Fits nice including some pre-ground, not much weight, and you can usually get hot water no matter where you are (except Park MGM, jerks). My âare you really buying another way to make coffeeâ Better Half⢠really likes it. Score!
Since covid, coffee tastes different to me. Either flavorless, or just bitter. Sometimes I can get an exotic roast at a coffeeshop that has good flavor so I know it's possible, but our home drip brewer doesn't produce anything to get excited about, no matter how much I spend on beans. First of all, it doesn't brew small batches well, so I have to make 8 cups or nothing. Which is a waste, sometimes, because I pour a 24-oz go cup and leave the rest for iced coffee the next day, which is fine. I drink a lot of iced coffee and day-old doesn't make a difference when you can't taste it anyway. Even in the before times, it tasted fine to me.
So to cut down on waste, I bought one of those $8 Melitta pourover jobs. It's fine and I kind of always wanted one for camping, but it's inconsistent. So into the camping kit it goes.
Yesterday I finally âafter at least 20 years of pondering itâ got an aeropress. It might be too fussy for a busy morning (no setting a timer overnight and waking up to hot coffee) but it couldn't be simpler or faster (we have a 160° hot water tap on the sink) and tastes great. It doesn't brew long enough to get bitter and so I can brew it strong enough to get the good flavors out of the beans.
And then I poured it over ice and added milk and sugar but I can still taste good coffee. I need a better grinder now.
