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#761
Just found this club, thought I share, I love third wave coffee.

Anyone into Hario's or the Aeropress? Planning on getting an espresso machine also one of these days, Moka pot isn't cutting it, but need a better grinder! Moderate GERD though have to take it easy with coffee but a fun weekend hobby!

Looking above see some V60 enjoyers, post some gear tomorrow morning hopefully!
 
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#762
@salmon256 I'm a Hario fan. I bought my first ever server, the Hario beehive, about 10 years ago and still use it all the time. It pairs perfectly with my Hario gooseneck kettle.
As for a dripper, I have a ceramic V60 but prefer my GINO from notNeutral.
I never leave home without my Baratza grinder. We bought that one in 2007 I think it was. It wasn't cheap, but it's awesome.



-Mike
 
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pie_man_25 said:
I mostly just use a Moka pot. They're cheap and easy to figure out.

Coffee gear pays for itself pretty quickly though, given that a coffee at a joint is usually two or three bucks. A hundred to a few hundred dollars gets paid for over a couple months of continuous use.
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I hear you on the cost of professionally prepared beverages! I was surprised last summer at a neighborhood shop in Seattle when my iced Americano came to $7.00!! I can often find green coffee beans for around $7 per pound. A pound of beans turns into 10-12 servings. Yeah, coffee gear makes sense.
 
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I do love the Moka Pot, I probably sound so lazy, but it has just such an annoying cleaning process, but I love keeping it up on my shelf with my tea brewing products. Aeropress has been my main choice along with some of you guys as well, it is an amazing thing for vacation, fishing and running on trails I really love it and just love the culture it developed with the amazing things you see when Barista compete with them! The amount of recipes is insane for them, while I follow James Hoffman basic one cup recipe, I had so much fun with it. For now I need to invest in a grinder, I am thinking the J series from 1zpresso since it can cover Espresso and even Turkish coffee if I ever go down that line.

@MJ5150 That is beautiful! I never knew Hario use to make Kettles, let me rephrase that I know they mostly sell their kettles in Japan but not much outside of the US but I am guessing it was an old thing! Yes I LOVE the V60 I would love to even get a metal one or try the origami ones but just like you said that ceramic one has been amazing, I really want to get the server it comes, it just looks so cool and modern. Hario also makes some great tea brewing products and servers. You know what I am getting GAS for coffee gear :laugh::laugh:
 
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#769
I'm with you @salmon256 on Moka clean up. I tend to put it out of my mind and enjoy the drink first, then come back to it a little later on.
I don't venture far from my Hario and GINO for pour overs, but when I do I use a setup a friend of mine developed. I quite like it: Pure Over - The All Glass Pour Over Coffee Maker
However, it has some messy clean up too.

-Mike
 
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pisces_bass said:
I hear you on the cost of professionally prepared beverages! I was surprised last summer at a neighborhood shop in Seattle when my iced Americano came to $7.00!! I can often find green coffee beans for around $7 per pound. A pound of beans turns into 10-12 servings. Yeah, coffee gear makes sense.
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Basically. Granted - not enough money to make me rich, but I like the work.
 
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I enjoy the whole process from roasting to brewing. Each time I prepare a pour over it's an exercise in precision and relaxation, culminating with me (and friends at times) enjoying what I prepared. We even adopted a tradition from an Israeli friend of mine who shared with us how coffee is served where he is from. The prepared coffee is enjoyed in the order of oldest person first, then down to the youngest person. We skipped the part where you dump the used coffee grounds on the table and read your future in them.:)

-Mike
 
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MJ5150 said:
I enjoy the whole process from roasting to brewing. Each time I prepare a pour over it's an exercise in precision and relaxation, culminating with me (and friends at times) enjoying what I prepared. We even adopted a tradition from an Israeli friend of mine who shared with us how coffee is served where he is from. The prepared coffee is enjoyed in the order of oldest person first, then down to the youngest person. We skipped the part where you dump the used coffee grounds on the table and read your future in them.:)

-Mike
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Very much the same with me Mike!

The V60 is a process, and before the age of third wave coffee, being Italian American on my mothers side, she would tell me how it is such an art. Obviously quick in Italy as it is meant to be hanging out in the Bar on your day off but on a work day you sip that espresso quick! But you enjoy it, treasure it taste and it has been an amazing beautiful thing for years and I am happy to see the world enjoy that tradition and the many different tradition with coffee!

Coffee for sure has become more a weekend thing hilariously for me, sadly with a recent moderate GERD hit, (Only 23 and feel like an old man haha!) it isn't that bad with a change diet and so I can take some acidic things but with my light diet already it can make me dizzy on empty stomachs, but I enjoy it. Especially around here in NY today it is a beautiful spring day and I love just enjoying a nice cup from a V60 or an Aeropress on trail and enjoying small things in the world. It is really great on weekends I would prepare decaf and play my bass all night, great replacement for soda!
 
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#773
This thread is amazing, tons of good information in here.

My setup is some cheap conical burr grinder, because at some point in the last 20 years I head that was the move, an electric kettle and a french press. I buy whole beans from a local shop that I like a lot. I really love dark roast, the smoother the better. I have some complaints with this setup, but overall it's good enough for me.
 
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#774
Couple of years ago I lost the taste for a cappuccino every day and started drinking my coffee black. First thing I noticed was untextured machine coffee feels kind of watery in the mouth. I ended up replacing the moka pot I'd long since given away. Luckily I found the old conical burr grinder in the back of a cupboard. Next I had to change the beans I use. Currently I like Brazil Santos for the smell. Probably room for more experimentation there.

Preparation isn't scientific, by any means. But there's a measured dose out the grinder and I can eyeball how much water I add in my favourite cup. I'm happy with the consistency. Somehow, scrubbing the pot after every brew seems less onerous than descaling the Breville every month. Although I know lm kidding myself there.

All up, pleased to report I'm enjoying my beans and water experience immensely.as a bonus it kind of feels more honest than an appliance as well
 
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There's a sweet deal at Amazon for a decent espresso machine. If you want to get started making espresso drinks at home, learning how to steam/froth milk and so on but maybe felt the three and four figure prices for those machines made it not worth it, here's one for under $85 before tax, if applicable.

De'Longhi Stilosa Manual Espresso Machine, Latte & Cappuccino Maker, 15 Bar Pump Pressure + Milk Frother Steam Wand, Black / Stainless, EC260BK, 13.5 x 8.07 x 11.22 inches https://a.co/d/7R3aBPj

It's nothing special, but it's a nice little machine to start out on. Then you can upgrade later with all the money you save not going out for coffee.

-Mike
 
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#776
Speaking of money you saved by not going out for coffee, unless I am on the road I find it insane to spend the money that coffee shops are charging these days. I make coffee at home, and also have a little coffee machine in my office. I just don’t have enough disposable income to buy coffee the way it seems most people do right now.
 
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Chris Fitzgerald said:
Speaking of money you saved by not going out for coffee, unless I am on the road I find it insane to spend the money that coffee shops are charging these days. I make coffee at home, and also have a little coffee machine in my office. I just don’t have enough disposable income to buy coffee the way it seems most people do right now.
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Same here my friend.
In a related story, a local grocery store is remodeling a corner of their deli to open a Starbucks. It is replacing a smaller coffee stand that sold Seattle's Best. While not a full on coffee bar, they had drip coffee and a person who could pull shots and make basic drinks. It was a neat little stop for it's simplicity and not so bad coffee.
I was asking the gal in the deli yesterday if they were excited about the Starbucks opening soon. She said no and that most folks who work there won't be able to afford the drinks Starbucks makes.

-Mike
 
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MJ5150 said:
Same here my friend.
In a related story, a local grocery store is remodeling a corner of their deli to open a Starbucks. It is replacing a smaller coffee stand that sold Seattle's Best. While not a full on coffee bar, they had drip coffee and a person who could pull shots and make basic drinks. It was a neat little stop for it's simplicity and not so bad coffee.
I was asking the gal in the deli yesterday if they were excited about the Starbucks opening soon. She said no and that most folks who work there won't be able to afford the drinks Starbucks makes.

-Mike
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We had a Starbucks open up inside a King Soopers grocery store here, with a preexisting Starbucks right next door to the grocery store in it's own store front. They are literally separated by about 20 feet and a wall.

There is also another Starbucks on the other side of the same parking lot about 100 yards away.

It's crazy.
 
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