The coffee thread

[fulfillthedream]

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Damn!!! I miss living in the Bay with all the coffee choices. Im here in China where I found one local roaster! Its a bit more than what I was used to buying (starbucks beans cause its the only choice for whole beans) I wanna find a roaster back home in the US that would ship by the pound out here if shipping fee's aren't too much.

Also how do you like using a manual grinder?? I got one but it hurts the shit out of my already fucked up wrists.

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Shit man, we'll talk. I get free beans all the time and if shipping isn't too much I'll happily send you some beans from time to time. Hopefully customs won't wreck it though haha. Grinding manually isn't bad. I've used the same grinder every day once or twice a day for the last three years. Havent changed the burrs yet, and it's starting to show. Dialing in for v60 isn't as easy as it used to be. Maybe it's time to go electric haha.

also, I did end up doing cold brew today. Totally eyeballed it, hopefully it'll turn out good. If it's too strong its going into a pork brine.

man that sounds awesome- but Ive had stuff shipped from back in the US and it's at least $45 and i wouldnt wanna put that burden on you but appreciate the offer..

What cold brew method do you use? How'd it turn out?

[Rockin Robbin]

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currently just drinking decaf because of a head injury but these guys are right across the street from my and roast once a week. the aroma reaches a two block radius its amazing.

http://idealcoffee.ca

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Dude you skate and live in Toronto don't buy Cut Coffee?  Best beans in town at the best price and Sam skates and employs a bunch of skaters.  :-

I like that Dark Horse place.

[_UniversalTruth_]

Has anyone tried egg coffee?

[McCly]

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Damn!!! I miss living in the Bay with all the coffee choices. Im here in China where I found one local roaster! Its a bit more than what I was used to buying (starbucks beans cause its the only choice for whole beans) I wanna find a roaster back home in the US that would ship by the pound out here if shipping fee's aren't too much.

Also how do you like using a manual grinder?? I got one but it hurts the shit out of my already fucked up wrists.

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Shit man, we'll talk. I get free beans all the time and if shipping isn't too much I'll happily send you some beans from time to time. Hopefully customs won't wreck it though haha. Grinding manually isn't bad. I've used the same grinder every day once or twice a day for the last three years. Havent changed the burrs yet, and it's starting to show. Dialing in for v60 isn't as easy as it used to be. Maybe it's time to go electric haha.

also, I did end up doing cold brew today. Totally eyeballed it, hopefully it'll turn out good. If it's too strong its going into a pork brine.

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man that sounds awesome- but Ive had stuff shipped from back in the US and it's at least $45 and i wouldnt wanna put that burden on you but appreciate the offer..

What cold brew method do you use? How'd it turn out?

If it's too strong, couldn't you just heavily ice it or water it down when serving? There's a little vendor in my town that sells "coffee concentrate" which is basically super-strong cold brew. (Although I'm not fronting on a coffee-based brine.)

[Bloody Matt]

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currently just drinking decaf because of a head injury but these guys are right across the street from my and roast once a week. the aroma reaches a two block radius its amazing.

http://idealcoffee.ca

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Dude you skate and live in Toronto don't buy Cut Coffee?  Best beans in town at the best price and Sam skates and employs a bunch of skaters.  :-

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I like that Dark Horse place.

I actually used to work with Ed in the photo world and helped install the drop ceiling in his first shop in the east end. Guess he's killing it now.

[baroque_0bama]

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Damn!!! I miss living in the Bay with all the coffee choices. Im here in China where I found one local roaster! Its a bit more than what I was used to buying (starbucks beans cause its the only choice for whole beans) I wanna find a roaster back home in the US that would ship by the pound out here if shipping fee's aren't too much.

Also how do you like using a manual grinder?? I got one but it hurts the shit out of my already fucked up wrists.

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Shit man, we'll talk. I get free beans all the time and if shipping isn't too much I'll happily send you some beans from time to time. Hopefully customs won't wreck it though haha. Grinding manually isn't bad. I've used the same grinder every day once or twice a day for the last three years. Havent changed the burrs yet, and it's starting to show. Dialing in for v60 isn't as easy as it used to be. Maybe it's time to go electric haha.

also, I did end up doing cold brew today. Totally eyeballed it, hopefully it'll turn out good. If it's too strong its going into a pork brine.

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man that sounds awesome- but Ive had stuff shipped from back in the US and it's at least $45 and i wouldnt wanna put that burden on you but appreciate the offer..

What cold brew method do you use? How'd it turn out?

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If it's too strong, couldn't you just heavily ice it or water it down when serving? There's a little vendor in my town that sells "coffee concentrate" which is basically super-strong cold brew. (Although I'm not fronting on a coffee-based brine.)

yup, exactly. ice or water or dairy thins out the concentrate so it's not as harsh. That batch came out really good? naturally sweet/less bitter cause of the long cold brew time. Method I used was coarse grinding 80g of beans, wrapping in cheesecloth,  and letting it steep for 12-16 hours. Makes a quart of cold brew, shit's bomb.

I got my espresso training yesterday, super hyped. Latte art is fucking hard and ridiculous but I'm more focused on how the shots pull and the milk temp for service... this is what happens when a line cook becomes a barista.

[_UniversalTruth_]

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Has anyone tried egg coffee?

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Never heard of it before your post--definitely going to give it a whirl this weekend! Any tips?

Haven't tried it but there's a Vietnamese and a Scandinavian version... I've just ordered a set for making the Vietnamese one, it was cheap
Here's a recipe http://www.legalnomads.com/2013/01/vietnamese-egg-coffee-recipe.html

[Chipp]

Egg coffee doesn't taste much different to me, it was just a "hey there's a raw egg in here."

[Prince Nelson]

Recently started making cold brew at home. Steeping one cup of grounds in 4 cups of water for 12 hours and then filtering it. Fist batch turned out really well, second batch just got filtered and will be cold and ready for consumption this afternoon.

[The Nose Face]

Went to Indonesia recently - had the coffee the cat eats and shits out. Really good.

[JB]

Went to Indonesia recently - had the coffee the cat eats and shits out. Really good.

describe the taste. ive read about that stuff before and always been intrigued by it, but for some reason i feel like its the Indonesian people playing a really good practical joke on tourists. "people pay out the ass for coffee, so lets make them pay out the ass for something that actually came out of an ass." thats my theory.

how much did it cost too? i heard its like $50 a cup or something outrageous like that. i also believe that people love to pretend that the more something costs, the better it is.

not trying to knock the stuff. obviously ive never tried it, but i am skeptical on this shit.

[The Nose Face]

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Went to Indonesia recently - had the coffee the cat eats and shits out. Really good.

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describe the taste. ive read about that stuff before and always been intrigued by it, but for some reason i feel like its the Indonesian people playing a really good practical joke on tourists. "people pay out the ass for coffee, so lets make them pay out the ass for something that actually came out of an ass." thats my theory.

how much did it cost too? i heard its like $50 a cup or something outrageous like that. i also believe that people love to pretend that the more something costs, the better it is.

not trying to knock the stuff. obviously ive never tried it, but i am skeptical on this shit.

In Bali - a bag of it can run around $40 or $50 American; one of the more expensive things I got there. Exchange rate is very favorable. Here in NY - one cup out of that bad could easily run $50 (if you could even find it.)

I sampled a cup for about $5 bucks over there - it's super, super smooth, I guess similar to Jamaican blue mountain, but EVEN smoother. The bottom of the cup turns into super sludge, because the composition of the bean has underwent some really weird shit in the stomach of the Luwak.

The locals found out about this because the Dutch colonized Bali ages ago, and limited the Balinese people to one cup a day. One day, someone found the shit pellet that looked like the coffee beans, brewed it because it's all they has access to, and this coffee was born. If you can find the shit pellets in the wild, it's even better, because the cat only eats the best coffee berries it can find.

I'd say if you come across it - splurge and try it.

[Sleazy]

Wow, cat shit coffee

[dillanharp]

I'll pass on the cat shit. What kind of cat is that anyway? Looks more rodent or marsupial than cat.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

credit card company just gave me a free coffee maker so i am currently brewing up organic colombian coffee and sticking it in the fridge overnight. not a bad drop at all... super x2 smooth

[shit_for_brains]

I'll pass on the cat shit. What kind of cat is that anyway? Looks more rodent or marsupial than cat.

In the South Pacific "cat" means "not a bear". I wonder where I can find some of its shit.

[dillanharp]

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I'll pass on the cat shit. What kind of cat is that anyway? Looks more rodent or marsupial than cat.

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In the South Pacific "cat" means "not a bear". I wonder where I can find some of its shit.

I looked the fucking thing up, it's in the "cat" suborder, but what really blew my mind was so were mongooses and hyenas... Aren't hyenas goddamn dogs?!

[abudabi]

feliformia. i think of hyenas as being canine like too but if u look at one they are pretty feline in appearance.

edit: i drink coffee with a small amount of milk. does that make me a super huge bitch?

[JB]

feliformia. i think of hyenas as being canine like too but if u look at one they are pretty feline in appearance.

edit: i drink coffee with a small amount of milk. does that make me a super huge bitch?

No. How you drink coffee doesn't make you any more or less of a bitch than you already are. I've been drinking mine black for years and I'm still a huge bitch.

[HyperBeam]

as far as the whole does cream make me a bitch thing . . . i think about how in pulp fiction john travolta's character or whatever took his coffee black, and his character was totally bad ass. then that guy "the wolf" asks for his coffee with "lots of cream and lots of sugar", and that character was totally bad ass too. conclusion: what you put in your coffee (or what you don't put in your coffee) has no bearing on how bad ass you are. you know?

[Prince Nelson]

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feliformia. i think of hyenas as being canine like too but if u look at one they are pretty feline in appearance.

edit: i drink coffee with a small amount of milk. does that make me a super huge bitch?

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No. How you drink coffee doesn't make you any more or less of a bitch than you already are. I've been drinking mine black for years and I'm still a huge bitch.

my life in a nutshell.

[abudabi]

i just think its funny that people think its manly to drink something with a slightly more bitter taste
like in tv or movies when the "serious" character orders their coffee black
or when you see memes saying "if your boyfriend cant drive stick, youve got a girlfriend"
as if these activities are reserved for gladiator types

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

In NJ we have this place called Rook and their coffee is fucking addicting. If youre ever in NJ you should definitely grab a cup of joe from them.

[JB]

"if your boyfriend cant drive stick, youve got a girlfriend"

consider me a lesbian then.

[abudabi]

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"if your boyfriend cant drive stick, youve got a girlfriend"

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consider me a lesbian then.

yeah i cant do it either but ive never tried so idk

[oyolar]

Bought some Brazilian coffee from this bakery near me called Caboclo.  Anyone heard of it?  Hope it's good.

[dillanharp]

Everyone should learn to drive stick, man, woman, child. It's not a macho thing either, I spent 5 years with my ex driving everywhere because she couldn't drive my car. She said she drove with both feet so it was impossible for her to learn.

Can we agree though, you you order a pumpkin spice latee, yous a bitch?

[j....soy.....]

I hate having milk and cream in the house because I don't go through it fast enough....and for a bit I gave up dairy and thought if I can't drink it black....don't drink it.....

Now a good medium coffee is so good by itself....

I can't stand the cream/sugar stations either....'oh...heh..heh...um...sorry...eh...yeah.....'.

[JB]

Can we agree though, you you order a pumpkin spice latee, yous a bitch?

[dillanharp]

I can't stand the cream/sugar stations either....'oh...heh..heh...um...sorry...eh...yeah.....'.

Most accurate description.