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Coffee lovers from SN, what's your favorite, and least favorite brewing method?
509 sats \ 9 comments \ @bethemonster 17 Aug food_and_drinks
I love collecting new coffee gadgets and tools to brew coffee. I have a nice collection but I'm always up to learn new ways to brew a good old cup of coffee.
My favorite method is pour-over, I feel like I can taste my coffee better doing this way. And my least favorite is espresso machines, the coffee is so bitter that my stomach hurts just to think about it.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @sox 18h
Espresso is my favorite, I'm used to take a 'shot' of coffee because I don't actually like coffee that much (its bad taste is the only way it wakes me up).
Moka is my least favorite, especially when I wake up, I have to: open it, wash it, put coffee, regulate the flame, take care of when to stop the flame. And at the end is too much coffee. Smell is great though!
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23h
My favorite is a pour over using chemex filters, especially with really floral light roasted beans
The most fun/impressive way to brew is with a siphon filter. But it takes too long and has too much setup/teardown to make it practical for everyday use
Least favorite is probably French press because you can easily get the sediment into your brew. Or maybe I just didn't do it right
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @bethemonster OP 23h
Ohh the siphon method is soooooo cool. I want to buy one to put on display and use it to impress my friends lol French press you can avoid the sediments if you avoid mixing it, or just grind your coffee a little bigger
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56 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 22h
Espresso. Least favorite is drip coffee.
I used to do a lot of pour over, but i found it was too much caffeine.
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 22h
Cold brew. Steep at room temperature for 12-24 hours, strain, then you have concentrated cold brew you can dilute with water. It also preserves the subtle flavors and lacks the acidity of hot coffee.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @bethemonster OP 21h
Really? I thought you should put it right away in the fridge. So just put it there when it's done? What is the difference between 12-24 hours brewing?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20h
You can put it in the fridge. Extraction is just weaker (than I like) at lower temperature with thermodynamics and everything.
At 12 hours, you have lighter extraction than 24 hours.
I think about it like chemistry: more interaction between solvent (water) molecules and solute (coffee grounds), more extraction. So adding any of these is more interaction and extraction:
  • time
  • temperature (hot molecules move more than cold ones)
  • motion
  • finer solute (finer grind)
One thing I haven't tried is adding motion. I'd like to maybe get a shaker or stirrer that I can leave on for the full brew.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 16h
Never drank much coffee beside the occasional cup from Starbucks but then I got a Keurig and now I have a cup almost daily!!
I been thinking of upgrading to a latte maker but they are crazy expensive
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @d680ecaa8e 18h
I only enjoy cappucino.
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