Coffee

Technivorm Moccamaster

My dad gave me his old krups that he's had for forever and just never used, but I'm still learning how to effectively use it. I can at least brew with it but I have not mastered the milk steaming yet, so I've been leaning into more basic ice coffees. 1 shot of espresso + eyeballed pour of caramel syrup + 7 ice cubes from my small tray + rest of the cup with milk. Once I start narrowing what beans I like/what I like about them, I'm hoping to refine my process a bit better, but I have some beans that my FIL roasted and I gotta say, all coffee tastes better having been roasted and brewed with care. :)

Got a Breville Barista something or other and have been using it daily for 2-3 years now. I am by no means good at this, but I have the morning iced drinks for my wife and I perfected.

We usually get our beans from the Atlas coffee club thingy and rarely have a miss from them. When we recently found some beans from them we LOVED (some honey processing one) we managed to get some more bags of it from them and during that process found out that when they roast and package the beans, they're shipped out within a few hours of a batch being finished. I honestly expected them to be older than that, which everybody tells me is a bad thing for espresso. So that was cool.

I prefer hot coffee, but I want a milk drink in the mornings and can't be bothered to steam milk within minutes of waking up. What a pain. But hey, iced works well enough.

Using an Aeropress and James Hoffmann’s recipe - 12g coffee, 200g water, brew for 2:00, swirl then :30 more.

I use a modified rancilio silvia. It has a PID with the boiler set at 216°F. I also have it moded for pre-infusion. I do a 10 second pre-infusion and a shot time of ~27 seconds. 20 grams in 40 grams out. There is an awesome local roaster, light house roasters, they have a variety of beans to choose from. I'm still learning and chasing that perfect shot.

Aeropress loosely following James Hoffman's recipe at ~18g/300ml. Using a Knock Aergrind at 1:8, and the Aeropress stainless steel filter.

Depends on the mood a bit, mostly a variety of Moccamaster machine, Bialetti or small French press. Cheaper Beans for the machine, and the quality stuff for the two others ☕

Grind each morning (currently on an Ethiopian kick), then through a BUNN drip. It's not as good as those special one-off coffees, but I've found its the best balance of energy vs. enjoyment