My Coffee Journey
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@gotwf said in My Coffee Journey:
but the blade grinder can also make a damn good cup o' joe. Just takes a bit more "expertise" to get there
You know ... Alton Brown recommends using a standard blade grinder for coffee as well. Take that how you will.
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@julian said in My Coffee Journey:
You know ... Alton Brown recommends using a standard blade grinder for coffee as well. Take that how you will.
I is also more enjoyable. Burr grinder is a passive, push a button and come back in a moment operation. Blade grinder has you actively involved, engaging your senses. Because in that moment, it becomes all about a synergy of sight, sound, and time. Takes time and paying attention but once you find that groove, you can tune it a bit as situation warrants. Although I am still consistently too fine for french press.
My $0.02. Ya' gets whats ya' pays for. Caveat emptor.
Peace. Out.
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@julian said in My Coffee Journey:
Must resist...
s/resist/have/g
Yikes!
Although a bit tame for a true Ferrari Red...
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Note: The astute among us may note the notable discord noted in the rebel yell use of a #4 filter in a #2 cone. Yowzers!!
I reckon that rig is conservatively twenty-five years young. Maybe closer to thirty. I think I paid around five of six bucks for it in a starter set that included a green ceramic mug and a few #2 filters.
The rest is history. From the Mexican border to Alaska the green Melitta rig has never failed to make coffee. Amazing!
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@julian said in My Coffee Journey:
@gotwf how much coffee are you making at a time?
How much coffee do you drink at a time, eh?
Usually, a single cup. Although at times one may choose to "super load" the rig and go for two pour overs sequentially. Much better to just have a second cone.
And third, fourth, and so on. Then boil a group pot of water and each can "season" to taste. This approach prioritizes/optimizes for quality over quantity.
Which just aint' gonna' cut it for some people. My wife, for e.g., likes very strong coffee. And lots of it. So she uses an automatic coffee maker and needs a couple cups intravenously to jump start her mornings. Last weekend her Cuisinart automatic rig and burr grinder both bit the dust. Good riddance! Worst coffee maker ever! Hence falling back to the old tried and true #2 cone. Oh yeah, the #4 filters are used in the automatic 12 cup rig. #4's will work in a #2 cone just dandy. Long after any fancy fangled automatic drip rig sporting useless features has given up the ghost...
