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I will need to get used to it the glass is big for me and the pour fill it quick.Dealer for: Roasted coffee and TechT products.Comment
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I was running low on coffee and decided to try ordering from Coffee Bean Direct. I ordered from their website but they sell through Amazon as well. I ordered on a Sunday and had the coffee on Wednesday.
I ordered 2.5 lbs bags of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe and dark Brazilian Santos.
I kept about 1/2 lbs in each bag and vacuum sealed then froze the rest. I’ll drink more of the Ethiopian so I put 1 lbs per bag and 1/2 lbs of the Brazilian per bag.
The Ethiopian is a light/medium roast.
It is a winner for sure. Bright and smooth with a nice crisp acidity on the back end that makes you want to take another sip. I will be buying this in 5 lbs bags in the future.
The Brazilian beans are dark and oily
The coffee has a rich bold flavor but was also smooth. It is an enjoyable cup and worth a try if you like dark roasts. There are a few other dark roasts that I want to try but I will come back to this and order more.Comment
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Some of you guys have asked about my coffee advent calendar in years past.
The limited quantities run out quick, so buy one asap if you are inclined to!Comment
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Anyone try a bodum PEBO? A Swedish colleague showed me his and... well, I'm intrigued. If nothing else, it looks like more fun than a normal pour over.Comment
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Sounds like it might be a good half-step off the Nespresso pods, then. $3 a day in pods adds up quick. -
I have one. I don't use it as a daily driver, but bring it out occasionally. I like to use it when company is over, because it's fun to watch. You have to heat it just right to not over boil and agitate the grounds, yet still maintain vacuum. Fun little item. -
Early Christmas present... can confirm, it's fun to watch and makes good coffee. Just a hair more robust than a pour-over through a paper filter, and minimal sediment.
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So I was particular about coffee pre-lockdown. I am now pretty obsessive/snobish. I have collected a variety of gadgets and have my eye on a few others.
Aeropress is my daily go to
Moka pot is a stand by
V60
Chemex
Bodum vacuum pot
French press
I have a Ratio Six for big batch (company) brew
I've also learned how to make Thai iced coffee with Oliang.
My normal bean is a local roaster who would deliver to my door through lock-down. While I've ventured out with other roasters at times, his roast is good and we helped each other through a season.Comment
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flyweightnate mentioned the Vertuo pods. I picked up a Vertuo 'round head' recently and have been ordering a variety of pods. Anyone have recommendations? So far I'm honing in on Stormio or Odacio as my daily, though I've yet to start trying americanos with the espresso pods.
It's a neat little system. The foam is gives everything a creamy mouth feel, which is nice, but it lacks the flavor of real crema. From memory, the original Nespresso pods make a significantly better espresso.Paintball Selection and Storage - How to make your niche paintball part idea.
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That it does... my wife has the Vertuo at school, and I have the original at home. (The beauty of Dallas... people like George Clooney but don't know they don't like espresso, so there's a bloated secondhand market for these things!)
Some of the Vertuo machines have a way to adjust settings through the buttons - like trigger programming an old Angel. Maybe you can find a way to get the little pods (altissio?) to make a crema.
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I have the original Nespresso machine. I've tried a lot of different pods and they all seem to taste the same, kind of average. There are a few that were downright terrible. Maybe they are better with milk. for the most part I've only tried them as espresso shots. I haven't used it much in the past year.Originally posted by Siress View Post
From watching videos on the Vertuo machine it looks interesting.Comment
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Anyone have or have used a Karmira. It's one device I haven't got my hands on. I'd rather not pay 100's for it.Comment
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My lovely wife got me a pure over coffee maker and matching cup for Christmas. This makes a really good cup of joe. It does let a bit of sediment through, but the shape of the cup helps keep you from drinking em.Comment
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My wife happened to snag a Philips 3200 series on a freecycle site. I can't believe someone would just give away a $600 coffee machine, but that's what they did. They say they just got tired of cleaning it. It makes absolutely amazing coffee too (for that much money, it had better). I've been enjoying rich freshly ground coffee every morning ever since. Frankly, it's better than the stuff I've had from some coffee shops - certainly better than the stuff I've gotten from places like Starbucks. My Keurig and even my French press have been collecting dust ever since.
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I got this cheapy coffee mill months ago at World Market. I have been avoiding using it just because it seemed like it wouldnt work that good with real use.
Well it does take a few minutes to bust up q couple if cups, but the grind is so much more consistent than my electric spinny blade style grinder.
Ive been running my BenoitOWN coffee through it. Today is Ethiopia Hararra. Its so delightful and Id say maybe floral.Comment
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Anyone watch James Hoffman on YouTube?
It's pretty entertaining in it's extremity of coffee machines and techniques.Comment
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What is everyone’s preferred way of storing coffee?
I’ve been portioning the beans in vacuum sealed bags and then storing them in a cabinet. When I open the vac bag and put it in a mason jar and scoop out of there. I generally have 2 or 3 mason jars of different beans going at a time which is about a week or 2 worth of coffee for me.
I picked up 5 lbs of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from a local roaster the other day. They give a discount when you buy 5 lbs at a time and it is enough out of the way that it makes sense to buy 5 lbs at a time instead of 1 lbs bags. It is also a coffee that I really enjoy so that helps.
The guy was pretty generous when he bagged it and I ended up with almost 6 lbs.Comment
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Roasted beans contain many volatile compounds, so they don't age well at all. Simply pulling a vacuum on them to seal like you did extracted many of those volatile compounds as their respective partial pressures were trying to maintain equilibrium - artificially aging them a bit. Still, that's good for long term storage. Best bet would be to purge with nitrogen first, then pull a vacuum, then seal....in a metallic container. Most bagged crisps are metallic containers thanks to thin films of aluminum. Personally, I'm too lazy to care. I drink so much coffee it's not much of a problem anyway. When I do store, I either keep it in the sealed OEM package in the freezer, or put it in a mason jar in the freezer. -
ford I haven't had any issues with a bag losing the vacuum. From my understanding most of the co2 is off gassed in the the first few days after roasting. I don't bag it for at least a week after roasting, most times it is 2-3 weeks after roasting so most co2 will have been off gassed by then.
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