Coffee

[Snowy]

The best coffee I've had in Japan so far, located at the edge of Shibuya. A lovely balanced Burundi single origin V60.

[xtcclassic]

Ok, who on this thread works at / has been to / is affiliated with Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium in London, because this is too weird to be a coincidence:
http://m.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26437881

Dude in the first pic is totally wearing a Sump shirt.

[Anesthetist]

That's awesome!

[Snowy]

Love visiting cat cafes. We spent about 3 hours @ 1 last time in JP, didn't drink the coffee, just chilled with the cats

[grandmasterben]

Holy shit, next time you're there, please let me know if they have another flucky santa mug you could pick up for me….so amazing

[Snowy]

Might be a few years Ben, I'm back in Sydney now. Seems to be kind of in-store only thing, you may need to find a kind person on the forum heading to Nagano to pick one up for you.

[Seul]

Holy cow - I need that TFH mug!.. Giles!.. Bring back a box from Japan!.. 

[Finn666]

@Seul:

Holy cow - I need that TFH mug!.. Giles!.. Bring back a box from Japan!.. 

x2 please

[Anesthetist]

X3!!!

[Clint_D]

Any thoughts on the Ratio Coffee Machine?  Is it more than just a pretty face?

http://ratiocoffee.com/

[veloaudio]

^ So they dressed up a Chemex and automated some of the process (still have to grind the beans). It would save me from not using a kettle and the stove. A little pricey for me. It does look cool though.

[toddjcoley]

V60 @ caffiend cairns

[Snowy]

That's doing it proper. Enjoy!

[Graeme]

Silodrome has a piece about the Speedster Espresso Machine.

I don't drink coffee, but I still want one.

[toddjcoley]

Aeropress @ caffiend

[toddjcoley]

Pick up myself an aero press what are peoples favourite brew techniques ?

[DanielAFC]

Inverted, water around 185 for initial wetting of beans, get everything saturated, let the water drop to 175 while stirring your wet grounds for 15 seconds. Use a gooseneck or a very steady hand and SLOWLY pour clockwise, starting in the middle, moving out wards but not touching the plastic while pouring. Give it another 10second stir. Put filter in lid, attach, flip and plunge slowly.

Start with a scoop and weigh that, reset your scale with the aeropress and beans and experiment with different total brew weights (amount of water) vary weight of grounds and overall brew weight to your taste.  If you want to go the extra mile do a "dry run" with just water to heat up the cylinder and paper filter.

Or just toss some coffee in there, add some water, stir and plunge

[urbanwoodsman]

Just noticed this badass kettle is on sale for $65. If you don't have it, you need it.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005YR0F40/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[urbanwoodsman]

That time of year. Toddy cold brew.

[Anesthetist]

That mug is awesome Snowy.
Urb, what's the brew time on that system? It looks so good.
For me it's the bottom of the pot hospital swill….