🚴 Aditya
What's your coffee making technique?
Sijmen
Used to have a Dolce Gusto coffee pod machine, but those pods are an environmental nightmare so I switched back to my old filter coffee machine and it's great as ever.
Allen U.
Using an Aeropress these days ever since I cracked the glass on my french press.
🥝 Mr
espresso machine: 20g double shot with steamed milk. Smooth and creamy please, no bubbles - keep the steam wand just below the surface, too deep and you're just warming it, too high and it will "roar" loudly and bubble up quickly. Pour over: 25g grounds with a small hole dug out of the center, add 75g water, wait 30 seconds, add 250g water. Swirl it around toward the end of the brew so you're left with a nice even bed of dry grinds.
Nick S.
I use the 2018 Aeropress recipe winner. Invert Aeropress, 35g coarse grind coffee, add 150g water, stir and brew for 1m5s, invert again, press.
🧐 Nrmn
I make drip coffee by hand with either a Chemex or Kalita Wave. That means I get speciality coffee beans, grind them myself, heat filtered water to ~90degC, rinse the filter and then slowly pour the water over the ground coffee. First letting it bloom for 30s, then going up to a 15x the water on grams that I used coffee in slow spiral movements. Best coffee ever.
🚴 Aditya
Interesting! I grind beans myself before using a traditional filter from back home. I plan to switch to a french press soon. :D
🗨️ Fui
As a non-coffee drinker, while reading your description I had this feeling you were describing your Zen tea ritual where the tea was actually coffee. Nice!
⌨️ Joseph
Is it better than a french press? I've thought about getting a drip coffee maker.
Miso
I prefer drip to french press. I think it's mostly because with french press, you can't have the beans ground too think otherwise they pass through the filter. With drip, you can have almost espresso sized coffee. It makes the taste more intense.
🧐 Nrmn
I cannot agree with @m15o here. The idea is to have the right coarseness for the method. Finely ground coffee is good for espresso or the moccha can. Extremely fine for Turkish Coffee. Rather coarse ground is perfect for slow and fully soaked ways of brewing like the French Press and Drip Coffee. French Press is definitely less effort and faster to make and can also get splendid results. But if you want more fine grained control over the brewing process, drip coffee it is.
Miso
I love aeropress. I get ground beans and add them to the aeropress's brewing chamber. Add water. Wait 2 minutes. "Press" and voila!
🤔 David
I take a few scoops out of the bag, put it in the filter, and press 'brew'...but seriously, though, I love my french press. I should use it more often. What do you do?
🚴 Aditya
Hahaha. I plan to get a french press soon. I currently make a "traditional" filter coffee, in quotes because I should explain it's from my part of India. I brought the filter along when I moved. en.wikipedia.org/w...