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Coffee

whoaru99 said:
1 lb (well, two 1/2 lb batches) fresh out of the roaster.

This bean goes into the first snaps of 2nd crack. Prime drinking starting in ~3 days.

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Cool another Behmor guy. I’ve had mine 5 years. I can’t recommend getting the 1600 plus board and going manual enough. I can get 1/2 pounds of hard beans to 1st crack plus 2 minutes in about 13 minutes. I also like 3 days rest.
 
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Yes I have. That would be big step up. Besides the initial cost which seems fair enough my concern would be parts and service. Scoring a used Probat stupid cheep would work nicely as well.
 
The local roaster upsized from a 1kg Mill City roaster a while back. Was hoping I could score it at a good price but he seems not interested in selling. Perhaps he figures I'd go into competition and, to some degree, he might be right. My target audience would be small batch specialty roasts, friends and family sorta deal. His segment is higher-volume standard Columbian for his coffee shop, the bakery, some supermarket contracts, and a few other coffee shops in surrounding towns.
 
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Hey
My new coffee maker showed up today.
The 1st pot was pretty thick. I think I'll have to cut way back on the coffee per pot. I'm pretty sure my heart wont take many more jolts like that. Im just using the folgers that I was using in my Mr. Coffee so far. Eric
 
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I used my Aeropress as my daily driver for more than a dozen years while I was living single after the divorce, filling it with good old Kirkland ground coffee from the true three-pound cans. I like the coffee and the ritual involved in making it each morning. Heat the water in the tea kettle, put in the grounds in the holder of the giant syringe like apparatus, give it a stir and let it steep for awhile and then press out a shot of coffee. Add more water to taste. I used a permanent stainless steel filter, rather than deal with the disposable paper ones. I liked the fact that there is little chance that you'll be finding grounds in the bottom of your cup, unlike other presses often have.

I would still be using it today, however, when my gal moved in, bringing along three kids, my brother and sister-in-law bought us a Keurig and we do pods now. Still go for the less expensive brand of coffee and buy the 80 pod box with our club card. We tried medium, French (dark) and Italian (dark, but not as dark as French) and have settled on the Italian (I guess it's in the genes).

Anyway, I miss using the Aeropress, but not so much that I'd give up the convenience of the Keurig. I still use the Aeropress for camping and motorcycle trips/rallies, along with my JetBoil stove.

With the Keuring I do worry about the millions of pods that are going into the waste-stream every day though.
 
Eric n Kc said:
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Hey
My new coffee maker showed up today.
The 1st pot was pretty thick. I think I'll have to cut way back on the coffee per pot. I'm pretty sure my heart wont take many more jolts like that. Im just using the folgers that I was using in my Mr. Coffee so far. Eric
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You jumped to the head of the class there Eric. Seek out a local roaster and get some great beans to go with the new machine. 16:1 by weight is a good place to start.
 
PaperBoy007 said:
I used my Aeropress as my daily driver for more than a dozen years while I was living single after the divorce, filling it with good old Kirkland ground coffee from the true three-pound cans. I like the coffee and the ritual involved in making it each morning. Heat the water in the tea kettle, put in the grounds in the holder of the giant syringe like apparatus, give it a stir and let it steep for awhile and then press out a shot of coffee. Add more water to taste. I used a permanent stainless steel filter, rather than deal with the disposable paper ones. I liked the fact that there is little chance that you'll be finding grounds in the bottom of your cup, unlike other presses often have.

I would still be using it today, however, when my gal moved in, bringing along three kids, my brother and sister-in-law bought us a Keurig and we do pods now. Still go for the less expensive brand of coffee and buy the 80 pod box with our club card. We tried medium, French (dark) and Italian (dark, but not as dark as French) and have settled on the Italian (I guess it's in the genes).

Anyway, I miss using the Aeropress, but not so much that I'd give up the convenience of the Keurig. I still use the Aeropress for camping and motorcycle trips/rallies, along with my JetBoil stove.

With the Keuring I do worry about the millions of pods that are going into the waste-stream every day though.
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I use an Aeropress with a coarse Disk filter for travel as well. I need to get a Jet Boil for those Interstate rest area coffee breaks before our next road trip.
 
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If you didn't already know. I have been drinking QT original and black for 23 years.
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This is my home brew. Medium grind and light roasted. Black of course.
 
For us early arrivals at work we have an 8 cup coffee perkolator. Have been trying many coffees to finds ones that taste good perked. Can't find Chock-full-of-Nuts New York Roast anymore. Discovered Folgers Black Silk.
 
FONSguy said:
For us early arrivals at work we have an 8 cup coffee perkolator. Have been trying many coffees to finds ones that taste good perked. Can't find Chock-full-of-Nuts New York Roast anymore. Discovered Folgers Black Silk.
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Brew up a pot of Cafe Bustelo, and blow `em out of their seats.... :D
 
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