Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Let’s talk coffee
- Thread starter jmattbassplaya
- Start date
I'm curious to read what you think. I was never able to find a washed Ethiopian I like.
-Mike
-Mike
First thing I noticed was much less chaff during the roast. What don’t you like about washed Ethiopian coffee?
I don't find it is as bright and fruity as I get with natural. Each one I have tried was 'heavier' than I want it to be with my Ethiopians.
I roast Ethiopians for a specific reason and brew method. There's a couple recipes my wife makes that she prefers a light roast natural Ethiopian. The washed ones never fit the bill for us there either.
-Mike
The washed coffee is excellent, to my taste. The natural beans were great too, but a little woolly and rustic. The washed comes off floral and sweet vs heavy, ripe and syrupy with the hambela goro. I should add that I’m rarely dissatisfied with the coffee I roast. It’s still better than most anything at my local shops.
Last edited:
Big fan of the moka pot. Super consistent and pretty fast.
I'm a big fan. It's simple, robust. After nine years of almost daily use its perfectly fine.
My wife and I recently joined our son in getting a cold brew setup. We all agree that the cold brew coffee is more robust while being and less bitter and smoother all at the same time. Biggest surprise to me is my medically required decaf has never tasted better, much more like coffee should.
Right on! Similar to a bass tone, oh how satisfying to get your coffee 'tone' dialed in just right.
Enjoy brother!
-Mike
Got a weird one for you all…beer flavored coffee??
Received it as a gift. I’ve been making it into cold brew and it’s…not terrible
. Strangely, it has some malty characteristics of Moose Drool. Wouldn’t buy more.
Received it as a gift. I’ve been making it into cold brew and it’s…not terrible
. Strangely, it has some malty characteristics of Moose Drool. Wouldn’t buy more.
There's beer-flavored coffee, so...Got a weird one for you all…beer flavored coffee??
View attachment 6996771
Received it as a gift. I’ve been making it into cold brew and it’s…not terrible
Got a new toy and took it for a spin.
This popper roasts hot! I was aiming for a lighter roast and the time from first crack to where I ended up (full city+ ish) wasn’t long. Overall roasting time was about half compared with my usual popper. It’ll take some trial and error to dial in.
This popper roasts hot! I was aiming for a lighter roast and the time from first crack to where I ended up (full city+ ish) wasn’t long. Overall roasting time was about half compared with my usual popper. It’ll take some trial and error to dial in.
Trying this. Made in NB, I went and visited my partner's family. Saw this in a grocery store, their gimmick is somehow processing the beans with salt water or sea salt to mimic getting soaked in salt water like they were on a leaky wooden ship in old timey pirate days.
I'll be honest in that I couldn't tell you it tastes salty, or even all that different from regular coffee. But I have seen people add a bit of salt to coffee. As far as coffee goes, it's decent.
Nice.
That's where it all started with me. I hacked up an air popper I bought at Fred Meyer for $30. I still have it.
-Mike
Kind of going against the zeitgeist, there. These days I would expect beer flavoured coffee to taste like oranges and mangoes.
Or coffee.
Here's a question for all you coffee people:
I do a fair amount of airline traveling for work and personal trips. As we all know, there's nothing more crucial than that morning cup of coffee at the gate for those early flights. Or that afternoon cup when you're jet lagged.
Here's where the problem starts. Me and my wife are both black coffee drinkers. However, we still have to stand in the 30 minute line while we wait for all the people to order their specialty drinks to their exact standards. Our transaction takes 20 seconds once we get to the register. It's annoying.
I've been kicking around this idea for a kiosk at the airport that only serves quality drip coffee. No espresso, no lattes, no frozen drinks, no food, no BS. Just brewed drip coffee from a good supplier. One size, one price. You'd grab your cup, fill it, pay the attendant, then go about your day. There would be cream and sweetener available, but that's it.
Is this something that would be used by the masses? I'd personally love it, but would it be a sustainable business?
I do a fair amount of airline traveling for work and personal trips. As we all know, there's nothing more crucial than that morning cup of coffee at the gate for those early flights. Or that afternoon cup when you're jet lagged.
Here's where the problem starts. Me and my wife are both black coffee drinkers. However, we still have to stand in the 30 minute line while we wait for all the people to order their specialty drinks to their exact standards. Our transaction takes 20 seconds once we get to the register. It's annoying.
I've been kicking around this idea for a kiosk at the airport that only serves quality drip coffee. No espresso, no lattes, no frozen drinks, no food, no BS. Just brewed drip coffee from a good supplier. One size, one price. You'd grab your cup, fill it, pay the attendant, then go about your day. There would be cream and sweetener available, but that's it.
Is this something that would be used by the masses? I'd personally love it, but would it be a sustainable business?
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Yeah, us black coffee drinkers are probably the tiny minority these days. The last time I was in a European airport, it was even worse. Drip coffee isn’t really a thing there, and the coffee stand had ONE employee that had to pull espresso for every order. It was hell.
