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Riiight... I should have known that there was a James Hoffmann video on this.
Perfect. Thanks, guys! I agree on the aeropress (and I have one) but that's a different cup of coffee. |
#887
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Apparently my coffee game needs to step up.
The Black & Decker drip ![]() ![]() |
#888
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It's really easy to make great coffee without spending lots on equipment. Sorry if you know this already but to get started with really great filter coffee. Don't bother with espresso unless you're ready to spend lots of cash. I would take a look at the following for cheap but great stuff:
V60 dripper Filters Hand grinder - this is probably the most important part so I would be tempted to spend more. And of course buying fresh coffee from a good roasters is the final part. |
#889
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James Hoffmann also put up a video on how to use a blade grinder, recently, too; so I think the entrance to really great coffee is somewhere around $20 + beans. (A second rate drip machine does no one any favors ... I've done that. I'm not going back.) Last edited by tctyres; 02-23-2021 at 06:10 PM. Reason: Black and Decker, I'm looking at you as a 2nd rate drip machine |
#890
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This old Europiccola popped up a little while ago semi-local on CL.
I thought for $50 I can’t go wrong and picked it up. Figured out it was the 230V version imported by the owner’s Italian grandfather from Bella Italia. After some googling, I found a guy in Hungary who has a source for brand new 110V heating elements. With shipping it actually cost me more than the machine itself but after rebuilding it with new gaskets and seals the thing is almost like new. Must have seen very little use, guess the 230V part was too much hassle after all... All manual, no pressure stat which turns the process of making espresso almost into a little science. Even more Zen than with my other (newer) La Pavoni. ![]() |
#891
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A Moka Pot is an old traditional way that's been around for about 87 years used a lot in Italy. If done correctly you can get a bit of crema with it that you can't get with the AeroPress. AeroPress has I think a lighter taste to it, not as strong as the Moka. When it comes down to it the taste is a personal thing, I like them both because they both taste a bit different so I may use the AeroPress for a week or so then I'll use the Moka Pot for a week or two, I get bored with the same taste all the time so I switch up from several different ways of making coffee. But I kind of think the AeroPress is closer in taste to what a French Press makes and not as close to an espresso, the Moka is closer to an espresso vs those other two; neither are a true espresso though. This video is the best video I've found, I follow this method, it seems to work the best, also if you grind it to a table salt grind and it still taste bitter then simply grind it one step larger than table salt; anyway watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpyB...nnel=ChefSteps |
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