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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: tom joad on December 29, 2016, 09:50:44 AM
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A cup (or two) of Joe is probably a constant in every Getbigger's life.
So do you usually buy it on the road every day or do you brew it at home?
Do you go with pre-ground coffee or fresh ground that you grind yourself?
Do you use a simple Coffee Maker or a French Press or a fancy expensive Coffee/Espresso Maker?
I spend my winters in Colombia and so I really enjoy my coffee down here.
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Starbucks 2x a day, everyday
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Starbucks 2x a day, everyday
big spender :)
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Starbucks 2x a day, everyday
how much is that in a year
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how much is that in a year
Good question. I get drip coffee so not incredibly expensive. I'm a gold card member so I get free refills.
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Never drank a coffee in my life.Dont understand people needing coffee to function.
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Folgers every morning on auto with butter pecan creamer ;D
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A real coffee lover should have all the proper equipment at home, coffee has being a part of time life as long as i can remember, I buy fresh coffee beans put it in the coffee grinder to get the fresh sweet smelling powder then I put it in the coffee machine and get a super strong cup of coffee, I sometimes add cinnamon, coconut milk or vanilla to mix it up and get different flavors.
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in before Wiggs saying the original coffee he brewed was black!!! Fact!!!
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Organic Bolivian coffee from Trader Joe's freshly ground with organic half and half no sugar (sorry Wiggs) made at home..........F Starbucks and paying them shit
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Currently I've been hitting 7-11 each morning (on vacation), but working on the ship we have coffee 24-7 in our cafeteria, however the quality coffee they provide us isn't the greatest, but being a bar manager I swing by our coffee bar in which we provide premium coffee's to our passengers, in which I always opt for our delicious Kona coffee, I also have an employee from Cuba who brings me coffee from there whenever he comes back from vacation. Special mention to Nescafe, when in Thailand this is what you will see pretty much everywhere, I love their instant coffee, good stuff.
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Never drank a coffee in my life.Dont understand people needing coffee to function.
Who needs coffee, when you have oil?
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Don't drink coffee or water at home unless you live in a gated community. If you drink coffee "on the road", only drink it from places that serve people who are considered middle to upper class as a whole. Starbucks is probably your best bet. Donkin donuts, 7/11 and gas station type places are a no no. Esp in lower income places. The latter is where experiments are being done with the water. Starbucks isn't 100% but you have a better chance of getting filtered water made with your drink. If you notice G04it's body, pretty decent physique but he's starting to grow moobs. That's from the water from 7/11 in his coffee over the years. He's basically turning into a woman. No offence go4it.
Lol..I've been going to 7-11 for less then 2 weeks my friend.
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Never drank a coffee in my life.Dont understand people needing coffee to function.
This is why you dont understand it.... ::)
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Don't drink coffee or water at home unless you live in a gated community. If you drink coffee "on the road", only drink it from places that serve people who are considered middle to upper class as a whole. Starbucks is probably your best bet. Donkin donuts, 7/11 and gas station type places are a no no. Esp in lower income places. The latter is where experiments are being done with the water. Starbucks isn't 100% but you have a better chance of getting filtered water made with your drink. If you notice G04it's body, pretty decent physique but he's starting to grow moobs. That's from the water from 7/11 in his coffee over the years. He's basically turning into a woman. No offence go4it.
Lmao ;D ;D
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Lol..I've been going to 7-11 for less then 2 weeks my friend.
:o :o :o :o DAMN it's working THAT fast :o :o :o :o
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Yes, with these tools
(http://i5.walmartimages.ca/images/Enlarge/_83/159/83159.jpg) (http://sprudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bodum-chambord-32-ounce-french-press.jpg)
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K-cups brother.
Although 7-11& am/pm have good coffee.
I-10 their "turbo"/high caffine stuf with the vanilla (van bean is better than drench vanilla). Well worth the $1.29
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Yes, with these tools
(http://i5.walmartimages.ca/images/Enlarge/_83/159/83159.jpg) (http://sprudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bodum-chambord-32-ounce-french-press.jpg)
Can't really go wrong with a french press.
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Never drank a coffee in my life.Dont understand people needing coffee to function.
You don't know what you're missing. You go from a morning asshole to a nice guy. Beats alcohol and cigarettes.
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French press and ground coffee is awesome
Nespresso machines make decent coffee too
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You don't know what you're missing. You go from a morning asshole to a nice guy. Beats alcohol and cigarettes.
This
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in before Wiggs saying the original coffee he brewed was black!!! Fact!!!
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Never drank a coffee in my life.Dont understand people needing coffee to function.
I suspect that after many years, coffee acts as purely a placebo effect. If you drink the same amount of coffee every day for 10 years, its simply not going to have a physiological effect on you any longer because your body gets used to it. Its like any drug. You have to increase the dose for a desire effect. Thus, any effect the coffee has on one's functioning is purely a placebo effect.
Most people drink coffee because its a cultural "thing." Every morning you have coffee. Its just what youre "supposed" to do.
ps - McDonalds has the best coffee.
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We always make Monte Cristo Coffee at Christmas time. Delicious, and gets you buzzing rather nicely.
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I prefer am/pm or 7-11 to Starbucks any day. Vanilla nut or vanilla bean with 75/25 vanilla creamer and Irish cream.... With 10 or so splendas.
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I prefer am/pm or 7-11 to Starbucks any day. Vanilla nut or vanilla bean with 75/25 vanilla creamer and Irish cream.... With 10 or so splendas.
Shizzos?
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Most widely abused drug in the world. Try doing your job sober, 99% (including myself) will fail.
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I suspect that after many years, coffee acts as purely a placebo effect. If you drink the same amount of coffee every day for 10 years, its simply not going to have a physiological effect on you any longer because your body gets used to it. Its like any drug. You have to increase the dose for a desire effect. Thus, any effect the coffee has on one's functioning is purely a placebo effect.
Most people drink coffee because its a cultural "thing." Every morning you have coffee. Its just what youre "supposed" to do.
ps - McDonalds has the best coffee.
Probably the dumbest post I've ever read from you, and that's saying a lot
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Probably the dumbest post I've ever read from you, and that's saying a lot
Go weigh your food, dummy. You're the last person to give any advice on diet or supplements, etc. seriously, look at some of your past posts :-\ :-\
If you think drinking the same cup of coffee for 30 years has the same effect on ones body, well, then...
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Grind coffee the night before, set the timers on the coffee maker, ready to go by 5 am. Two cups in the morning, a Rockstar at 12:45pm like clockwork. No stimulants after that.
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Grind coffee the night before, set the timers on the coffee maker, ready to go by 5 am. Two cups in the morning, a Rockstar at 12:45pm like clockwork. No stimulants after that.
Yeh, I think I can figure out why :D
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Alex Duetto machine for me.
Chemex for when people are over.
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I got a cold brew contraption for Christmas, so we'll see how that goes.
I think the French Press and the stove-top octagon shaped things make the best coffee, but I still use the Kuerig for convenience.
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ceph, caffeine effects do decrease over time, so SF1900 is right.
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ceph, caffeine effects do decrease over time, so SF1900 is right.
Which is why its a good idea to cycle on and off it, i usually take one week off every month and have zero caffeine, kind of like a reset, when i do this i just replace coffee with hot water with lemon..
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If you think drinking the same cup of coffee for 30 years has the same effect on ones body, well, then...
It'll have a lessened effect, sure, but it'll still have a measurable physiological & psychological effect.
The efficacy of caffeine has been proven way beyond any reasonable doubt, even in habitual users
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I make great coffee.
McDonalds coffee also is very underrated.
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I make great coffee.
McDonalds coffee also is very underrated.
Would love to share my coffee with you, no homo that is ~slurp!~
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Ha[ppWould love to share my coffee with you, no homo that is ~slurp!~
Same here big boy!! LOL :D
Happy New Year brother! ;)
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Ha[ppSame here big boy!! LOL :D
Happy New Year brother! ;)
Do we have a coffee date now? ~slurp!~ :D
Best wishes to you as well!
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Go weigh your food, dummy. You're the last person to give any advice on diet or supplements, etc. seriously, look at some of your past posts :-\ :-\
If you think drinking the same cup of coffee for 30 years has the same effect on ones body, well, then...
Who said it has the same effect? You wrote 'its simply not going to have a physiological effect any longer'.
And you're right, I am very hesitant to give diet/supplement advice. If only everyone were as considerate; yet the world is filled with blockheads like you who blunder through life spewing nonsense without care.
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It'll have a lessened effect, sure, but it'll still have a measurable physiological & psychological effect.
The efficacy of caffeine has been proven way beyond any reasonable doubt, even in habitual users
Exactly. People are truly clueless about their own bodies.
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Yeh, I think I can figure out why :D
lol ;D
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I got a cold brew contraption for Christmas, so we'll see how that goes.
I think the French Press and the stove-top octagon shaped things make the best coffee, but I still use the Kuerig for convenience.
Let me know how the cold brew thing works out, I fancied trying it my self, if I recall correctly you make a big jug up and keep it in the fridge and just warm it up when u need a cup.
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Let me know how the cold brew thing works out, I fancied trying it my self, if I recall correctly you make a big jug up and keep it in the fridge and just warm it up when u need a cup.
Will do - i takes 12 hours, so I'll give it a shot tonight for the a.m.
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French press and ground coffee is awesome
Nespresso machines make decent coffee too
Nespresso's patent has expired so cups can be made by other manufacturers = more choice, easier to buy, and much cheaper.
Nestle has since come up with Dolce Gusto, with which they can make more money as the patent still runs
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Mr Coffee drip style percolator for now. I like espresso but refuse to sacrifice the counter space to some kmart thing. When I see a kickass one I'll buy it. Nothing ostentatious, just no goddamn plastic.
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I suspect that after many years, coffee acts as purely a placebo effect. If you drink the same amount of coffee every day for 10 years, its simply not going to have a physiological effect on you any longer because your body gets used to it. Its like any drug. You have to increase the dose for a desire effect. Thus, any effect the coffee has on one's functioning is purely a placebo effect.
Most people drink coffee because its a cultural "thing." Every morning you have coffee. Its just what youre "supposed" to do.
ps -McDonalds has the best coffee .
Not the best, but surprisingly very good. I'm good for a cup from there a week.
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At home I use an electric kettle and Nescafe instant coffee.
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Can't taste much difference between any of the sludge. Drink a couple of cups for the stimulant effect is all. Would prefer to quit all caffeine but I'll go bonkers and have no energy.
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I suspect that after many years, coffee acts as purely a placebo effect. If you drink the same amount of coffee every day for 10 years, its simply not going to have a physiological effect on you any longer because your body gets used to it. Its like any drug. You have to increase the dose for a desire effect. Thus, any effect the coffee has on one's functioning is purely a placebo effect.
Most people drink coffee because its a cultural "thing." Every morning you have coffee. Its just what youre "supposed" to do.
ps - McDonalds has the best coffee.
Their coffee is pretty good indeed, but I can't say the same about the rest their menu chart. It's not that hard to find a place with better burgers & fries, Burgerking excluded.
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Grind coffee the night before, set the timers on the coffee maker, ready to go by 5 am. Two cups in the morning, a Rockstar at 12:45pm like clockwork. No stimulants after that.
711 big energy coffee>rockstar, etc
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I make great coffee.
McDonalds coffee also is very underrated.
i agree
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Gonna buy a new coffee Grinder to go with my tried and trusted French Press. Any recommendations?
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I drink Starbucks Kcups everyday
But Xmas time around work they kept gettting all the trainers starbucks
I don't ever go there so I didnt know
Fck all, the uptight b.itches at work made a big ass deal about , laughing and shit
Ghey
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Gonna buy a new coffee Grinder to go with my tried and trusted French Press. Any recommendations?
Most grinders are ok. Make sure a french press is tight enough. It should take some force to push the press for good filtration. Esp the cheap ones from IKEA push too easily.
The procedure: wait with pouring water till it stopped cooking and wait at least 5 minutes before pressing the fp handle.
Hope this helps, enjoy your coffee sir
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Fuck me none of you can make a decent cup of coffee by the sounds of things. You NEVER grind your coffee the night before, infact if you don't use it in 10 minutes it goes in the bin.
Use filtered water, good coffee beans, pressurized port a filter, steel tamper not the plastic one in the box. Grind fresh using only a burr grinder and use different size grinds for different pours. You should get a good crema that holds up to being stirred.
I use a delonghi burr grinder and a delonghi dedica ec680. Favourite roast is Columbia superior and of course Jamaican blue mountain coffee (though 90% of it in the USA is fake).
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Fuck me none of you can make a decent cup of coffee by the sounds of things. You NEVER grind your coffee the night before, infact if you don't use it in 10 minutes it goes in the bin.
Use filtered water, good coffee beans, pressurized port a filter, steel tamper not the plastic one in the box. Grind fresh using only a burr grinder and use different size grinds for different pours. You should get a good crema that holds up to being stirred.
I use a delonghi burr grinder and a delonghi dedica ec680. Favourite roast is Columbia superior and of course Jamaican blue mountain coffee (though 90% of it in the USA is fake).
Because making coffee is serious bidniss..
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Spent years being picky about coffee...have a commercial Keurig machine, did the foo-foo $4 stuff etc....then stomach couldn't take it for a while and I switched to English black tea.
Recently a friend got me started on Taster's Choice instant coffee in the mornings. No shit. It's actually good and no watching/waiting on the coffee maker for your fix. I would have never tried it without an outside influence.
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Spent years being picky about coffee...have a commercial Keurig machine, did the foo-foo $4 stuff etc....then stomach couldn't take it for a while and I switched to English black tea.
Recently a friend got me started on Taster's Choice instant coffee in the mornings. No shit. It's actually good and no watching/waiting on the coffee maker for your fix. I would have never tried it without an outside influence.
(https://images.rapgenius.com/13b553b2211dc0ae0ec66d1c466a77a4.555x582x1.jpg)
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Got lazy over the years and now use K-Cups at home. (Though that is much more pricey than buying a big can of coffee).
($60.00 a month compared to like $10.00 a month)?
Free coffee all day at work if needed, but I normally just have one there after lunch to keep me from getting tired feeling...
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On a serious note, what do you guys add to your coffee? I just use the cheap great value K cups and add a shot of skim milk, cause I'm trying not to consume any extra sugar, but this definitely leaves something to be desired and DOES not compare to adding flavored creamer lol.
Is there another healthy but better tasting option?
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Yes, with these tools
(http://i5.walmartimages.ca/images/Enlarge/_83/159/83159.jpg) (http://sprudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bodum-chambord-32-ounce-french-press.jpg)
lol my exact set up, with Dunken doughnuts Medium whole beans. You really don't even need cream
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Spent years being picky about coffee...have a commercial Keurig machine, did the foo-foo $4 stuff etc....then stomach couldn't take it for a while and I switched to English black tea.
Recently a friend got me started on Taster's Choice instant coffee in the mornings. No shit. It's actually good and no watching/waiting on the coffee maker for your fix. I would have never tried it without an outside influence.
Pick your taste buds up off the floor a little bit brah.
Have a little dignity.
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McDonald's can be OK, not great, OK, however, it's inconsistent. Why? They often are either cold or they rush to brew you a fresh pot and pull it before it finishes making it waaay too bitter and bold
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The price for Mickey D's coffee just rose 54 cents here. I'm not lovin it.
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McDonald's has Free Coffee Week two or three times each year in Canada ... that's when I go to McDonald's. :)
Do they have the same promotion in the U.S.?
Also, some McDonald's have free refills year-round.
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On a serious note, what do you guys add to your coffee? I just use the cheap great value K cups and add a shot of skim milk, cause I'm trying not to consume any extra sugar, but this definitely leaves something to be desired and DOES not compare to adding flavored creamer lol.
Is there another healthy but better tasting option?
Good question. Most of us probably don't add sugar. I live a little bit on the edge and usually add one Splenda. Are you guys fussy about particular artificial sweeteners? Or do you like your coffee "black, strong, hot, and keeping you up all night?" (no homo)
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McDonald's can be OK, not great, OK, however, it's inconsistent. Why? They often are either cold or they rush to brew you a fresh pot and pull it before it finishes making it waaay too bitter and bold
Agree 100% on this. Had their coffee once and thought it was awesome....then the next few, not so much.
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Currently I've been hitting 7-11 each morning (on vacation), but working on the ship we have coffee 24-7 in our cafeteria, however the quality coffee they provide us isn't the greatest, but being a bar manager I swing by our coffee bar in which we provide premium coffee's to our passengers, in which I always opt for our delicious Kona coffee, I also have an employee from Cuba who brings me coffee from there whenever he comes back from vacation. Special mention to Nescafe, when in Thailand this is what you will see pretty much everywhere, I love their instant coffee, good stuff.
Royal Caribbean Cruises? Used to work one of their ships (Majesty of the Seas) in my early 20's.
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I use a Moka Pot for my coffee but I fucked it up today. Grinding the beans up is always better but if you keep your coffee in stone wear containers, its preserved
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15871881_1527589827255222_812125459259294971_n.jpg?oh=af563db98fc0978fdf838f71d16a62c9&oe=58E289EB)
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I suspect that after many years, coffee acts as purely a placebo effect. If you drink the same amount of coffee every day for 10 years, its simply not going to have a physiological effect on you any longer because your body gets used to it. Its like any drug. You have to increase the dose for a desire effect. Thus, any effect the coffee has on one's functioning is purely a placebo effect.
Most people drink coffee because its a cultural "thing." Every morning you have coffee. Its just what youre "supposed" to do.
ps - McDonalds has the best coffee.
No. Just no. If you are talking about their foo-foo coffees, they aren't bad but their regular coffee sucks Goodrums dick.
Tim Hortons
Dunkin Donuts
Krispy Kreme.
Those are my top 3.
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I've a dolce gusto machine, I only use it for the hot chocolate drink, coffee isn't my thing, I'd rather a cup of tea
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I only tea-bag Green Tea.
Never got into the coffee culture.
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Vince, could you please flip that spoon around on the right hand side?
My OCD thanks you.
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Vince, could you please flip that spoon around on the right hand side?
My OCD thanks you.
haha
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No. Just no. If you are talking about their foo-foo coffees, they aren't bad but their regular coffee sucks Goodrums dick.
Tim Hortons
Dunkin Donuts
Krispy Kreme.
Those are my top 3.
how do you rank their donuts?
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how do you rank their donuts?
Krispy Kreme.
Krispy Kreme.
Krispy Kreme.
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okay fellas, end of thread. I bought the Ninja Coffee Bar machine at Costco. HOLY FUCK! amazing shit right there. Making single cups is a breeze with no need for those bullshit K Cups. Different strength brews and sizes. Even has a milk frother that is awesome. Only cost $129 which is like a few months of starbucks. Best part is you can brew straight into the travel mug. Thing is a beast.
I store my beans in a Co2 releasing container and use a Burr Mill grinder right before I'm ready to brew. Cheap to get from Amazon.
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okay fellas, end of thread. I bought the Ninja Coffee Bar machine at Costco. HOLY FUCK! amazing shit right there. Making single cups is a breeze with no need for those bullshit K Cups. Different strength brews and sizes. Even has a milk frother that is awesome. Only cost $129 which is like a few months of starbucks. Best part is you can brew straight into the travel mug. Thing is a beast.
I store my beans in a Co2 releasing container and use a Burr Mill grinder right before I'm ready to brew. Cheap to get from Amazon.
You bring a good point by storing your beans in a vacuum container. I use a larger version of this one.
(http://ghk.h-cdn.co/assets/cm/15/11/640x640/550090f012a2c-vacu-vin-medium-vacuum-canister-s2.jpg)
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Fuck me none of you can make a decent cup of coffee by the sounds of things. You NEVER grind your coffee the night before, infact if you don't use it in 10 minutes it goes in the bin.
Use filtered water, good coffee beans, pressurized port a filter, steel tamper not the plastic one in the box. Grind fresh using only a burr grinder and use different size grinds for different pours. You should get a good crema that holds up to being stirred.
I use a delonghi burr grinder and a delonghi dedica ec680. Favourite roast is Columbia superior and of course Jamaican blue mountain coffee (though 90% of it in the USA is fake).
Nice try, but you drop the ball like any other bozo. First of all, pressurized port a filters are for fucking imbeciles, secondly only fucking amateurs use delonghi products and only fool amateurs claim that they can make good cup of coffee using them. Here is minimum system for home barista:
(http://cafetoria.fi/eshop/665-thickbox_default/rancilio-silvia-espressokeitin-e-edition-2016.jpg) (http://www.1st-line.com/store/pc/catalog/Rancilio/SDRockyV3_detail.jpg)
and
(https://010.ie/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Rocket-Bottomless-Filter.png)
You can't even compare delonghi piece of shit with these products, and the coffe you can make with these. Then you add little drop of this
(http://whiskeygoldmine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/casa-noble-crystal-blanco-tequila1.jpg)
and you have nice cup of coffee ;D
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We have some badass baristas on Getbig..
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I use a Moka Pot for my coffee but I fucked it up today. Grinding the beans up is always better but if you keep your coffee in stone wear containers, its preserved
(https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15871881_1527589827255222_812125459259294971_n.jpg?oh=af563db98fc0978fdf838f71d16a62c9&oe=58E289EB)
Secret life of the mocca pot..butt plug at night, coffee maker at daytime...Please wash it between sifts.. ;D
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We have some badass baristas on Getbig..
Just wannabees like me. If you like a cup of coffee every now and then, why don't drink it as good as it can be? It cost some money, it take some effort but at the end, you get far better coffee than you get from most of the coffee shops. Furthermore, you know how it is done, what is in it and how it should taste AND you have endless variety of coffee beans to choose. Today I use Etiopia Yirgacheffe beans, tomorrow some beans from Menendez, El Salvador. Just 35€ per kilo, or 18$ per lb ;D
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Christ it's a cup of coffee not science. Oh my god, you are such a bad ass you make the baddest cup of hot flavored water around.
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Verismo $59
https://store.starbucks.com/products/verismo-v-brewer-011060691 (https://store.starbucks.com/products/verismo-v-brewer-011060691)
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Nice try, but you drop the ball like any other bozo. First of all, pressurized port a filters are for fucking imbeciles, secondly only fucking amateurs use delonghi products and only fool amateurs claim that they can make good cup of coffee using them. Here is minimum system for home barista:
(http://cafetoria.fi/eshop/665-thickbox_default/rancilio-silvia-espressokeitin-e-edition-2016.jpg) (http://www.1st-line.com/store/pc/catalog/Rancilio/SDRockyV3_detail.jpg)
and
(https://010.ie/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Rocket-Bottomless-Filter.png)
You can't even compare delonghi piece of shit with these products, and the coffe you can make with these. Then you add little drop of this
(http://whiskeygoldmine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/casa-noble-crystal-blanco-tequila1.jpg)
and you have nice cup of coffee ;D
I have used a silvia a fair bit, it is a decent machine. It does like a fine grind, though - so it is very important not to skimp on the grinder as some coffees will cause you issues, if not. Cheap burr grinders are the ones you need to beware of as grinding fine comes at a cost.
For those that do not know, the rate of flow out of the head, into the glass is a good gauge of whether your grind is good.
Naturally, some people may be reading stuff like this and shaking their heads, but I'm sure you can all understand that different beans will require different grind settings to get the same consistent pour. I mean, if I grind wood into dust from different trees, the flow rate will be different, won't it? Softer woods vs harder woods etc
My advice to anybody who doesn't understand this stuff and thinks it is lies is stay thinking that.. you'll save money. If you must search the truth, buy a silvia and a grinder and some roasted beans and watch what happens if you leave your coffee grinder on a static setting, without adjusting it for the extraction time. Hint: some coffees will be good, others will be terrible.
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Just wannabees like me. If you like a cup of coffee every now and then, why don't drink it as good as it can be? It cost some money, it take some effort but at the end, you get far better coffee than you get from most of the coffee shops. Furthermore, you know how it is done, what is in it and how it should taste AND you have endless variety of coffee beans to choose. Today I use Etiopia Yirgacheffe beans, tomorrow some beans from Menendez, El Salvador. Just 35€ per kilo, or 18$ per lb ;D
African & Mid American beans are known for the best aroma and flavor. The closer to the sun, the higher the market price..
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Nice try, but you drop the ball like any other bozo. First of all, pressurized port a filters are for fucking imbeciles, secondly only fucking amateurs use delonghi products and only fool amateurs claim that they can make good cup of coffee using them. Here is minimum system for home barista:
(http://cafetoria.fi/eshop/665-thickbox_default/rancilio-silvia-espressokeitin-e-edition-2016.jpg) (http://www.1st-line.com/store/pc/catalog/Rancilio/SDRockyV3_detail.jpg)
and
(https://010.ie/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Rocket-Bottomless-Filter.png)
You can't even compare delonghi piece of shit with these products, and the coffe you can make with these. Then you add little drop of this
(http://whiskeygoldmine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/casa-noble-crystal-blanco-tequila1.jpg)
and you have nice cup of coffee ;D
Take a look at the Alex Duetto. That is what I rock.
Also a Mazzer Mini grinder.
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I was thinking more of something that looks nice in the kitchen than of its performance. Seems like the technology to push steam through grinds would be well established and the kmart model would do it just as well as the ferrari.
I still don't want anything made of fucking plastic for purely aesthetic reasons, and I'm content with my good 'ol Murican cup 'o joe drippy maker, but I want to know if the more expensive espresso maker produces a better cup. And if so, how? More pressure? More volume? Higher temp steam (in b4 u already said moar pressure)?
Ceteris paribus, grind, etc, wassup machine vs machine?
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I was thinking more of something that looks nice in the kitchen than of its performance. Seems like the technology to push steam through grinds would be well established and the kmart model would do it just as well as the ferrari.
I still don't want anything made of fucking plastic for purely aesthetic reasons, and I'm content with my good 'ol Murican cup 'o joe drippy maker, but I want to know if the more expensive espresso maker produces a better cup. And if so, how? More pressure? More volume? Higher temp steam (in b4 u already said moar pressure)?
Ceteris paribus, grind, etc, wassup machine vs machine?
(http://storehoney.com/Images/ProductsImages/6CupMokaexpress.jpg)
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I was thinking more of something that looks nice in the kitchen than of its performance. Seems like the technology to push steam through grinds would be well established and the kmart model would do it just as well as the ferrari.
I still don't want anything made of fucking plastic for purely aesthetic reasons, and I'm content with my good 'ol Murican cup 'o joe drippy maker, but I want to know if the more expensive espresso maker produces a better cup. And if so, how? More pressure? More volume? Higher temp steam (in b4 u already said moar pressure)?
Ceteris paribus, grind, etc, wassup machine vs machine?
I have an isomac zaffira.. pretty nice looking
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(http://storehoney.com/Images/ProductsImages/6CupMokaexpress.jpg)
I have a kuerig, but still maintain the this stovetop method is the best homemade coffee i've ever had. Absolute gas - stronger than any I've made in any other apparatus I've owned.
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African & Mid American beans are known for the best aroma and flavor. The closer to the sun, the higher the market price..
After tasting +20 different beans, these seem to be my favourites at the moment. I don't say they are the best coffee there is, but after +20 and before 56 558 other coffee beans, these are what I like just now. What is nice about real espresso, you can drink lot of it because while there is as much aroma than you can get out from coffee, there is still only small amount of caffeine. That bottomless port a filter is for triple espresso, so I use quite large cups for my cappuccino ;D
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Take a look at the Alex Duetto. That is what I rock.
Also a Mazzer Mini grinder.
Ranchilio Silvia is the cheapest real espresso machine there is, and it is all I need. I know there is lots of finer and probably far better machines, but I don't want pay thousand of euros for coffee maker. I am no sommelier, I dont have taste buds fine enough to taste the difference of 550€ and 2550€ machines, so it would be stupidity to spend more money in this hobby. I also know that there is lot of people who are dazzled by the price and all that chrome and meters, but who don't know fuck about coffee. By your arguments it seem to me that you are one of those ;D
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Nice try, but you drop the ball like any other bozo. First of all, pressurized port a filters are for fucking imbeciles, secondly only fucking amateurs use delonghi products and only fool amateurs claim that they can make good cup of coffee using them. Here is minimum system for home barista:
(http://cafetoria.fi/eshop/665-thickbox_default/rancilio-silvia-espressokeitin-e-edition-2016.jpg) (http://www.1st-line.com/store/pc/catalog/Rancilio/SDRockyV3_detail.jpg)
and I
(https://010.ie/images/stories/virtuemart/product/Rocket-Bottomless-Filter.png)
You can't even compare delonghi piece of shit with these products, and the coffe you can make with these. Then you add little drop of this
(http://whiskeygoldmine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/casa-noble-crystal-blanco-tequila1.jpg)
and you have nice cup of coffee ;D
Nice! Can't argue with that, beautiful bit of kit. Have to disagree on delonghi being a piece of shit though, it's one of the highest-rated home coffee machines and tastes better than 99% of places I gets coffee from. It's not the gold standard of coffee but it should at least be a bare minimum to be using before comparing quality.
(https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=delonghi+dedica+ec680m&safe=off&client=ms-android-orange-gb&prmd=svin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD_ozQz6_RAhXE0RoKHZ3bDaQQ_AUICSgD&biw=592&bih=280#imgrc=MS1AZ47rv_JBUM%3A)
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that espresso machine and grinder look kinda like a mismatch
... the espresso machine looks sharp while the grinder looks a little cheapo (but maybe it works well?)
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that espresso machine and grinder look kinda like a mismatch
... the espresso machine looks sharp while the grinder looks a little cheapo (but maybe it works well?)
Completely different designs, just like men & women, but often opposites attracts...
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DUMB BUT TRUE STORY ..... Just before I joined the USMC (RAH!!) I used to pay 10 t0 20 cents for a cup of coffee in downtown San Francisco (and that usually included a doughnut) and then all those years in the Corps I don't recall ever buying a cup of coffee because we always had a pot boiling under some tree in some forsaken jungle.
So when I was released from active duty I saw a Starbucks and decided to give it a try.
Stood in line and got a cup and had a dollar bill in hand to pay the cashier ... expecting to get about 80 cents in change.
Almost shit my knickers when she asked for $2.00 more for this little cardboard cup of joe.
I paid the balance and semi-politely asked her what happened to the ten-cent kind ... but she had no idea what I was talking about.
And now those five cents doughnuts are three bucks a piece.
I think I'll sign up again.
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Ha Stunt, you must have served for at least 50 years :D
BTW, which coffee had the best taste?
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If that makes you happy, why not. Just for clearing things up: There is some different categories of the espresso machines:
1. El Cheapo piece of crap machines you can buy everywhere, petrol stations etc.
2. Market machines which you can buy from K-mart etc.
3. Real espresso machines, which you can buy from speciality- shops.
That Delonghi apparatus is what K-mart sell to the people who have no understanding what so ever about the espresso. Try to do this with it:
You see, in your pressurised port a filter there is one tiny little hole, and coffee is forced through it by pressure, so coffee is literally sprayed through the filter to the cup. That make your coffee lot more bitter and harsh. In that video you see how the coffee is filtered without forcing, just by using right amount of coffee grinned to the perfect particle size. This kind of espresso is smooth as silk, not bitter at all and you have every bit of the aromas what that coffee bean can offer.
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do you espresso enthusiasts basically always choose espresso over regular brewed coffee? (whether at home or out and about?)
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Fuck me none of you can make a decent cup of coffee by the sounds of things. You NEVER grind your coffee the night before, infact if you don't use it in 10 minutes it goes in the bin.
Use filtered water, good coffee beans, pressurized port a filter, steel tamper not the plastic one in the box. Grind fresh using only a burr grinder and use different size grinds for different pours. You should get a good crema that holds up to being stirred.
I use a delonghi burr grinder and a delonghi dedica ec680. Favourite roast is Columbia superior and of course Jamaican blue mountain coffee (though 90% of it in the USA is fake).
Sounds like a lotta` work to me.
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Let me know how the cold brew thing works out, I fancied trying it my self, if I recall correctly you make a big jug up and keep it in the fridge and just warm it up when u need a cup.
Finally got around to trying it. You are correct. What you get is a big jug of concentrate. You can add a shot or two to cold/hot water.
It actually works - the coffee has the overall smoothness that you get when you order it at Starbucks/DD.
The only issue is that it takes time and effort (1st problem of peace). I will stick with it, likely more in the summer to have the iced coffee on hand.
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any of you guys hop on board the Bulletproof coffee hype (the last few years) and give it a whirl?
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any of you guys hop on board the Bulletproof coffee hype (the last few years) and give it a whirl?
Have tried it. It's delicious.
But I'm not about to substitute breakfast of coffee, butter, and oil.
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Have tried it. It's delicious.
But I'm not about to substitute breakfast of coffee, butter, and oil.
(with all those cals) I guess it's an either-or proposition.
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If that makes you happy, why not. Just for clearing things up: There is some different categories of the espresso machines:
1. El Cheapo piece of crap machines you can buy everywhere, petrol stations etc.
2. Market machines which you can buy from K-mart etc.
3. Real espresso machines, which you can buy from speciality- shops.
That Delonghi apparatus is what K-mart sell to the people who have no understanding what so ever about the espresso. Try to do this with it:
You see, in your pressurised port a filter there is one tiny little hole, and coffee is forced through it by pressure, so coffee is literally sprayed through the filter to the cup. That make your coffee lot more bitter and harsh. In that video you see how the coffee is filtered without forcing, just by using right amount of coffee grinned to the perfect particle size. This kind of espresso is smooth as silk, not bitter at all and you have every bit of the aromas what that coffee bean can offer.
That video is hypnotic, I bet that's what it looks like when my anus spews wet shits.
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Lots of cons to the "naked" portafilter.
That was all the rage about 10 years ago, but has largely died out.
I used one for many years, but have switched back. Used it exclusively when I had an Andreja Premium Espresso machine.
Since I went to the Alex Duetto (mine is version 3, they are up to 4 now), I use the traditional portafilter.
I will say that the naked portafilter makes one learn proper tamping methods/pressure.
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Tim hortons 2-4x a day. Usually a medium regular coffee in the morning, and a few decafs throughout the day.
Waste of money. I gotta stop.
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any of you guys hop on board the Bulletproof coffee hype (the last few years) and give it a whirl?
Haven't tried it, but I don't believe the hype about it when Dave Asprey claims that most other coffee brands are loaded with molds.
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any of you guys hop on board the Bulletproof coffee hype (the last few years) and give it a whirl?
Yeah, tried it for a week. Game me horrible stomach cramps. Of course he claims it gives him lots of energy but that is because that fucker is amped on all sorts of amphetamines and Adderal alternatives
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That video is hypnotic, I bet that's what it looks like when my anus spews wet shits.
you read my mind.
why are we thinking about anuses spewing hot liquid? no homo, i assume
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Haven't tried it, but I don't believe the hype about it when Dave Asprey claims that most other coffee brands are loaded with molds.
Agree here.
I tried it with a reqular coffee, once with coconut oil, once with MCT. Coconut oil made me shit.
He's a complete biohacker though, like EDB said, and is loaded with supps, so who knows what actually works?
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Finally got around to trying it. You are correct. What you get is a big jug of concentrate. You can add a shot or two to cold/hot water.
It actually works - the coffee has the overall smoothness that you get when you order it at Starbucks/DD.
The only issue is that it takes time and effort (1st problem of peace). I will stick with it, likely more in the summer to have the iced coffee on hand.
So it tastes good... I'll get round to this eventualy, very quik and convenient once its brewed up sltjo thevset up may be a faff on
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So it tastes good... I'll get round to this eventualy, very quik and convenient once its brewed up sltjo thevset up may be a faff on
It tastes excellent.
Did you fall down the stairs while typing the end of your sentence, or are you like, really foreign?
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So it tastes good... I'll get round to this eventualy, very quik and convenient once its brewed up sltjo thevset up may be a faff on
It's great and this brewer is awesome.
http://bodybrew.com/
No, it's not a link about fit black guys. I like how easy it is to use.
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Agree here.
I tried it with a reqular coffee, once with coconut oil, once with MCT. Coconut oil made me shit.
He's a complete biohacker though, like EDB said, and is loaded with supps, so who knows what actually works?
Ha, same experience here though the taste was great.
I've listened to his talks about biohacking, which is def an interesting topic to follow. Dave is a flamboyant guy with a strong conviction, but some of his claims lack scientific backup like the mold claim for example..
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DROP, I am a shitty wine connoisseur and even shittier when it comes to coffee.
Any cup full of hot coffee is fine by me.
But my favorite coffee 'experience' was that shitty cup of hot Navy coffee after week long spell in a jungle during monsoon season.
That shitty cup of Navy coffee was priceless!
I once purchased a very expensive wine collection and served it to some Hollywood movie friends during a Thanksgiving dinner.
They were amazed to be drinking that wine and really enjoyed it while I continued to enjoy my Two Buck Chuck .... which is now Three Buck Chuck but no better than the Two Buck bottle
I am not a well trained coffee or fine wine connoisseur but it's good to see that others are and enjoy what I consider to be the the little things that most of us take for granted every day.
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Lots of cons to the "naked" portafilter.
That was all the rage about 10 years ago, but has largely died out.
I used one for many years, but have switched back. Used it exclusively when I had an Andreja Premium Espresso machine.
Since I went to the Alex Duetto (mine is version 3, they are up to 4 now), I use the traditional portafilter.
I will say that the naked portafilter makes one learn proper tamping methods/pressure.
Ok. Name one?
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Ok. Name one?
Ropo, I would reference taste as being the main reason.
I am not looking for an argument. Realize that coffee is a very serious hobby for me, as I have what many believe to be the best home/light commercial machine (the Alex Duetto). Prior to that I had the Andreja Premium (awesome machine that I modded the heck out of, but it was not PID nor did it have a double boiler, so it was limited in that regard).
I used a naked portafilter exclusively for approximately 7 years, and it made me have a tamping technique that would work in the finest of coffee shops (if you ever want to get great beans, PM me, as I am very close friends with an individual who is revered as one of the best roasters in the world).
For whatever reason, the traditional portafilter tastes better to me. Now, there is a serious drawback to the traditional portafilter, the main one being that you have to clean the portafilter regularly, as each shot can leave residue, which also makes the basket dirty.
But to me, taste is what it is all about. You can have all of the academic techniques/analysis/etc. but for me, it all comes down to taste.
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Ropo, I would reference taste as being the main reason.
I am not looking for an argument. Realize that coffee is a very serious hobby for me, as I have what many believe to be the best home/light commercial machine (the Alex Duetto). Prior to that I had the Andreja Premium (awesome machine that I modded the heck out of, but it was not PID nor did it have a double boiler, so it was limited in that regard).
I used a naked portafilter exclusively for approximately 7 years, and it made me have a tamping technique that would work in the finest of coffee shops (if you ever want to get great beans, PM me, as I am very close friends with an individual who is revered as one of the best roasters in the world).
For whatever reason, the traditional portafilter tastes better to me. Now, there is a serious drawback to the traditional portafilter, the main one being that you have to clean the portafilter regularly, as each shot can leave residue, which also makes the basket dirty.
But to me, taste is what it is all about. You can have all of the academic techniques/analysis/etc. but for me, it all comes down to taste.
Ok. So you are saying that coffee taste difference if you have pressed it through these:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZeKtK.jpg)
compared to this:
https://www.bellabarista.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/e/c/ecm-gran-crema-porta-filter-holder.jpg (https://www.bellabarista.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/e/c/ecm-gran-crema-porta-filter-holder.jpg)
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For real?
I wonder why, because it is a same filter, same temperature, same pressure etc. and it just holds one cup more and you don't have that funny little nozzle under the port a filter. It comes down to taste, or imagined difference of taste. How often you wash your port a filter? There is people like me, who use naked one, people who rinse it after every use, and wash it weekly, to the people who never wash it. There is your difference of taste, because coffee is filled with aromatic oils which cover your port a filter and become rancid within days ;D
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Although the forum is riding a wave of happiness over the recent dismissals, this Ropo/Silver Spoon coffee fight threatens to tear the very fabric that keeps this place together.
Let us all hope they can reach a compromise.
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Ok. So you are saying that coffee taste difference if you have pressed it through these:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZeKtK.jpg)
compared to this:
https://www.bellabarista.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/e/c/ecm-gran-crema-porta-filter-holder.jpg (https://www.bellabarista.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/e/c/ecm-gran-crema-porta-filter-holder.jpg)
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For real?
I wonder why, because it is a same filter, same temperature, same pressure etc. and it just holds one cup more and you don't have that funny little nozzle under the port a filter. It comes down to taste, or imagined difference of taste. How often you wash your port a filter? There is people like me, who use naked one, people who rinse it after every use, and wash it weekly, to the people who never wash it. There is your difference of taste, because coffee is filled with aromatic oils which cover your port a filter and become rancid within days ;D
I wash it ever day.
There are some coffee geeks who have cited the fact that the liquid travels farther and therefore the espresso is cooler than from the traditional spout.
I don't care what the "science" says, I know what I like in an espresso shot.
And a Rancilio Rocky can't make a decent cup of espresso no matter what bells and whistles one has. It is a very limited machine.
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I wash it ever day.
There are some coffee geeks who have cited the fact that the liquid travels farther and therefore the espresso is cooler than from the traditional spout.
I don't care what the "science" says, I know what I like in an espresso shot.
And a Rancilio Rocky can't make a decent cup of espresso no matter what bells and whistles one has. It is a very limited machine.
That kind of tells everything about your knowledge about the matter, so maybe it would be better to end it here before you really make a fool of yourself.. ;D
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That kind of tells everything about your knowledge about the matter, so maybe it would be better to end it here before you really make a fool of yourself.. ;D
Lol.
Check into Mazzer Mini.
And at least an Andreja Premium.
Great combination.
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Although the forum is riding a wave of happiness over the recent dismissals, this Ropo/Silver Spoon coffee fight threatens to tear the very fabric that keeps this place together.
Let us all hope they can reach a compromise.
I honestly think they love saying Naked Portafilter as a cover for the Naked PortaPotty meetings in Vegas.
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... and I thought I had it pretty good with my Bodum french press.
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Although the forum is riding a wave of happiness over the recent dismissals, this Ropo/Silver Spoon coffee fight threatens to tear the very fabric that keeps this place together.
Let us all hope they can reach a compromise.
This is actually quite funny.
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My last coffee machine had a traditional porta filter, and my current one with a pressurized filter produces a deep rich crema just like in ropas YouTube clip. Infact there are people who have dremelled the portafilta to make a comparison and it looks the same. I'm sure anyone with a machine who's tamping their own freshly ground coffee from a burr grinder can make a cracking cup of coffee in comparison to any instant coffee. Anything after that is marginal gains (bodybuilding related).
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DROP, I am a shitty wine connoisseur and even shittier when it comes to coffee.
Any cup full of hot coffee is fine by me.
But my favorite coffee 'experience' was that shitty cup of hot Navy coffee after week long spell in a jungle during monsoon season.
That shitty cup of Navy coffee was priceless!
I once purchased a very expensive wine collection and served it to some Hollywood movie friends during a Thanksgiving dinner.
They were amazed to be drinking that wine and really enjoyed it while I continued to enjoy my Two Buck Chuck .... which is now Three Buck Chuck but no better than the Two Buck bottle
I am not a well trained coffee or fine wine connoisseur but it's good to see that others are and enjoy what I consider to be the the little things that most of us take for granted every day.
Wise words, and it doesn't require a huge investment to make a decent cup of coffee.
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I once purchased a very expensive wine collection and served it to some Hollywood movie friends during a Thanksgiving dinner.
Stunt, when are you going to introduce me to Jennifer Lawrence?
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My last coffee machine had a traditional porta filter, and my current one with a pressurized filter produces a deep rich crema just like in ropas YouTube clip. Infact there are people who have dremelled the portafilta to make a comparison and it looks the same. I'm sure anyone with a machine who's tamping their own freshly ground coffee from a burr grinder can make a cracking cup of coffee in comparison to any instant coffee. Anything after that is marginal gains (bodybuilding related).
I explained why it does so at the same page. There is real reasons why pressurized filter simply cannot make as good coffee than traditional filter, but if you can't taste the difference, it doesn't matter. If there is some kind of point somewhere there, it is this: Start with the traditional, you wont be disappointed. Just like you did. But if you first buy one with pressurized filter and find yourself wondering why your coffee is bitter, you have to buy a machine with the traditional one to find out how smooth and nice coffee can be ;D
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and if you ever want an awesome traditional cup of coffee, a chemex is difficult to beat.
But if you want a traditional coffee machine that will last 20+ years, get a Technivorm. Initially a higher investment, but it is awesome.
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and if you ever want an awesome traditional cup of coffee, a chemex is difficult to beat.
But if you want a traditional coffee machine that will last 20+ years, get a Technivorm. Initially a higher investment, but it is awesome.
(http://sprudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-01-at-2.45.42-PM.png) Nice, but a bit pricey ;D
It is actually called Moccamaster around the globe. Best ordinary coffee maker you can buy from markets.
(http://sits-pod26.demandware.net/dw/image/v2/AAFV_STG/on/demandware.static/Sites-StarbucksCA-Site/Sites-starbucks-master-catalog/en_CA/v1415391938321/images/upload_here/Summer_2/061813-1/moccamaster_glass_carafe_us_ko.jpg?sfrm=jpg)
I have one just like this ;D