Coffee

Monofletch said:
Does $30 for an aeropress sound about right??
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My wife bought me one two weeks ago and she said that's about right.

Gregory's is next to my new job. And I finally sucked it up and tried out the Rwanda that I sent you. The Batista uses an aeropress to brew it. She does what someone said to do which is turn it over upside down let steep for 40 seconds before flipping over. Rwanda was a very fun coffee but I prefer their regular blend a lot more!

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I have tried 5 or 6 brewing methods. Pour over with a Chemex, pour over with one of these single cup thingies, several different drip machines, AeroPress and finally a press pot.

The Chemex was disappointing. The drip makers were inconsistent. The AeroPress worked pretty well, but I prefer the press pot even though it leaves some fine grounds on the bottom
of the cup.

I had a problem with the AeroPress, After awhile the rubber plunger became sticky and was very difficult to use. I bought a new plunger and it works fine, but it was kind of expensive for what it is.

The AeroPress generated more posts on the coffee forums than any other device.
 
The one i am buying says it is a 4 cup Aeropress. Did I read it wrong?
 
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starbucks italian roast. i don't drink often. there used to be a local roaster that used to roast my father's coffee.. they place used to smell so good.
 
I roasted my own coffee for awhile. My wife doesn't like coffee, but she loved the odor of freshly roasted coffee.

I used a Westbend popcorn popper. I worked pretty well, but I had to use it outside. The chaff blew all over the place. I had to watch it closely so the beans didn't burn
and the stuff got all over my clothes and hair.

The real advantage to roasting your own is that green beans are much cheaper and can be stored for a long time. I never noticed much difference from good quality
store bought coffee.
 
Monofletch said:
Does $30 for an aeropress sound about right??
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I bought mine from the river about 2-3 years ago. I think I paid around $20.00-$25.00. The metal filter was around $20.00 but I think some other cheaper metal filters are around now.

Monofletch said:
The one i am buying says it is a 4 cup Aeropress. Did I read it wrong?
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I think they meant 4 small cups which equal 1 normal coffee mug similar to the Moka pots.
 
George Howell's Ethiopian Borboya 2 Terroir coffee.
Region: Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia.
Varietals: Mixed heirloom landraces.
Tasting notes: Candied lemon, apricot, ginger.
Process: Traditional washed.
Elevation: 5900-6400 ft.
Harvest: December 2012.
Roasted: 4/22/14.
Website: George Howell is obsessed with lightly-roasted coffees. He thinks they allow the flavor of the bean to come through, not just the roast taste.

Terroir is part of their branded label name, but you’re starting to hear that term a lot when describing a coffee. It’s a broad term that describes the region, soil, and climate that that particular coffee has grown up in. Terroir affects the way the bean grows and tastes.

The beans are really small. Something you often see from Ethiopian coffees. If you come to a Clover location, ask them to see them side by side with the Panamanian coffee from Barrington roasters. They are half the size. It has to do with the terroir.

Some coffee farmers in Ethiopia bring their coffee cherries to a wash station called Borboya where they are fermented in the sun and then washed in concrete channels with wooden racks. They are then dried on wooden racks in the sun. That’s how this coffee is being produced. It makes a nice round cup of coffee. As it cools down, you pick up some light acidity, and some sweet citrus notes start to come through.


Beans were small and not oily.


Really hard beans. It felt like grinding rocks. You can smell the strong tarty acidic aroma.


My first cup tastes tarty and acidic. I still have to adjust the coffee water ratio.
 
PrimitiveEnergy said:
I bought mine from the river about 2-3 years ago. I think I paid around $20.00-$25.00. The metal filter was around $20.00 but I think some other cheaper metal filters are around now.



I think they meant 4 small cups which equal 1 normal coffee mug similar to the Moka pots.
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I paid $24.95 for mine several years ago.

An "official" cup of coffee is 6 ounces, so 4 cups would be 24 ounces or one of my cups. :D
 
Some roasted goodness came in the mail today from Primitive. The wife was all over the Guatamalan peaberry. Can't wait to try some soon!

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Monofletch said:
The one i am buying says it is a 4 cup Aeropress. Did I read it wrong?
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They consider them to be 4 cups or to be more accurate, "shots" of espresso. The instructions say if you want more coffee then add water after the press. That is an 'Americano' which I do not like! I used my Aero a few times (it was a gift) but I find I prefer a good old French press. The Aero stayed in the US with my few belongings there.

I'm not a coffee snob, I'll drink somebody's nasty coffee if that's what they have, and I won't make a fuss, but when I'm making it, it's fresh ground beans, filtered water, and either a French Press or my Cuisinart drip coffee maker (I brought it from the US and use a transformer). My beans are also awesome! I have a small single origin fair trade organic dealer here in Bolivia's Yungas region that I contact and he roasts a small 2 kilo batch for me and puts it on a bus and I have it the next day!

I used to drink whatever I could get my hands on, and Chock Full of Nuts was my favorite. But everything changed back my freshman year in college. I noticed that when I drank the 'cheap' stuff that my belly gurgled around mid-day. I also had some beans and the days I ground and brewed there was no gurgling. I experimented on myself for a couple weeks and after that I never turned back!

I like my coffee strong and black!
 
Back in the States I found a small roaster in Travelers Rest, SC that had a unique flavor. It is called 'Leopard Forrest Coffee' and you can find them on the internet. They are single origin too. It is a guy from Zimbabwe who married a woman from SC. They import their own beans direct. Back in the day I got 2 coffee tree saplings from them. Very cool. They are definitely worth checking out. I liked their unique flavor. I think they've gotten into roasting flavored coffees now, but they still have their traditionalist. Good stuff!
 
I also received a care package from Ben today. Thank you.

I tried the Handsome roasters Dapper in my AeroPress. It seemed kind of weak. Then I realized that I still had my mill set for my press pot. :rolleyes:
I'll try it again tomorrow with a much finer grind.

My mill is a Hario slim grinder. It takes me about 2 minutes of furious grinding to get 4 tablespoons of ground coffee. Hey! It's good exercise. I can
hardly wait to see how long it takes for a fine grind.
 
Uff what did you think of the beans? I just tried the Ethiopian what a wonderful roast. Nutty and grassy flavors with a hint of egg nog almost when you add cream. Quite different from the floral fruity beans that I have been using to blend with the typical darker roasted beans available around NYC and supermarket beans like Starbucks! The Ethiopian I would drink straight up without blending. The wife really enjoyed it as well! Primitive can you remind me where you pick up your beans in Cali? I would love to see their descriptons so I can find an equivalent in NYC!
 


G&B Coffee: Heart Guatemalan Candelaria Peaberry, George Howell Ethiopian Borboya 2.
Stumptown: Houseblend, Hairbender.
Handsome: San Adolfo, Dapper.

I asked the coffee shops for a mix of drip and espresso beans.
 
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