To get the community going, what’s your favourite way of preparing coffee? Any tools you can’t do without?
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Aeropress has been my go to for a while. Otherwise, I like making pour overs
I love my cold brew pitcher. I need my coffee grinder since it needs a much coarser grind for the cold brew method. But it comes out so smooth. My second favorite is a pour over drip brew.
Oh yes cold brews are amazing. Do you have a recipe to share? I’ve tried so many different varieties, I don’t even know where to start brewing it myself…
I have a pitcher with a filter basket made for cold brew coffee. Only tips I’ve got are make sure the beans are big enough not to fit through the filter. Otherwise it’s just add coffee, fill with water, wait about 20 hours. Cold brew sounds more intimidating than it actually is.
For me it’s a tossup between a fresh cup from my drip brewer (moccamaster) or a good americano. The americano is way slower to make though, so generally I prefer drip.
As the heat sets in though I also love an iced coffee, and for that, it has to start with espresso on ice. Not to diss cold brew, I love that too but never get around to making my own.
I’m probably speaking heresy here, but I’ve never had a french press I really loved. Used one for years when I was the only coffee drinker in the house, but it’s always tasted kind of “meh” to me. Like, not bad, just not anywhere near the hype.
I’ll also toss out points for a cup of disgusting tar boiled in a firetop percolator, because it’s June and I’ve been out camping, and nothing tastes better than a cup of somewhat gross, overbrewed camp coffee on a chilly morning.
I’m currently focusing on two things:
First, V60 as my work coffee. I enjoy bery fruity coffees this way and cannot do without the Acia Pearl and Fellow Kettle anymore. Always thought, these tools are unnecessary and too expensive, but now I find them indispensable.
At home, I enjoy my Xenia espresso machine (small German company) for darker roasts. Mostly cappuchino. I cloud not do without the aluminum funnel to fill coffee into the portafilter from my hand grinder. Still holding out on the acia pearl, my cheap 10€ scale still works 😉.
