Coffee
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Got a new mug at this cool pottery place at the Strip District in downtown Pittsburgh. I should have written down the potters name but dragonflies are his common motif. It's a large mug, about twice the capacity of my Tender.
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Went to Sump today and sampled the Rwanda Rulindo which turned out to be a very bright, tart, and fruity cup.
I love the new coasters although they apparently aren't for sale atm…
Oh well I still picked up some cool stuff for home brewing. Now I need a better scale and gooseneck kettle.
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Highly recommend the Bonavita 1-Liter Variable Temperature Digital Electric Gooseneck Kettle. The Hario is obviously nice but if you want to get the perfect temperature every time I'd get the Bonavita. It also has a timer on it.
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The V60 has become my daily go-to brew method over the past few months, with my aeropress relegated to second place. I've really enjoyed working on improving my technique.
I just boil water in a standard kettle and hit 2:30 on my timer while I prepare the filter and then I use a cheap goose-neck pouring kettle from Taiwan (Hario ask too much for theirs). Temperature of the water counts, but isn't as important as a decent grind and nailing the initial extraction/de-gassing in my opinion.
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@Sugar:
The V60 has become my daily go-to brew method over the past few months, with my aeropress relegated to second place. I've really enjoyed working on improving my technique.
I just boil water in a standard kettle and hit 2:30 on my timer while I prepare the filter and then I use a cheap goose-neck pouring kettle from Taiwan (Hario ask too much for theirs). Temperature of the water counts, but isn't as important as a decent grind and nailing the initial extraction/de-gassing in my opinion.
Sounds 90% like me! I have the Hario, and stopped timing 2:30 after a few months of doing it, as I can tell visually +/- a second or two.
First post back from China, probably shouldn't be about coffee, but eh
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I am going to try to source a gooseneck locally but if nothing pans out then I will get one online.
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Urb posted an awesome gooseneck digital kettle a whole back in here and I got it. It feckin rocks. Set the temp and let her rip. Really facilitates experimentation. Let me know and I can find the model number, etc. I got it from Amazon prine
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http://www.amazon.com/Bonavita-1-0L-Electric-Kettle-BV3825B/sim/B005YR0GDA/2 there's a few of them, no personal comments, but that's the starting place to look into them
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Any of you coffee nuts have one of these?
http://www.madebyknock.com/handgrind-grinders.html
I'm looking to get into drinking better coffee at home. I'm gonna start with grinding coffee beans at home and then move onto better brewing equipment.
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I ended up with the Hario gooseneck and I've probably made 5 cups so far. I'm starting to get a brighter cup which is what I wanted. It's actually a kind of fun experiment every morning.
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Check this out Snowy
https://www.baratza.com/steel-vs-ceramic-burrs-and-heat-generation-the-lowdown/
I concur the grinder is a bit overpriced.
From the blog above and other online research it really doesn't seem to matter if the burrs are ceramic or steel for small batches. Which is what i'll be doing at home. Grinding enough beens for a cup or two at a time.
If I can get my hands on the hausgrind I'll probably buy one. I like the look and alleged ease of use for grind settings. I especially like the fact this grinder is all made and assembled in the UK in small batches.
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Nice article on the inventor of the Aero Press (via Daring Fireball for those who read there)
http://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-aeropress/
