Life is too short for bad coffee - The Off Topic thread

mossym

looking for a bit of advice,

for coffee at home i was mainly using a Fellow Duo, http://fellowproducts.com/duo/, and a traditional french press. i have a reasonable grinder.

the french press is gone to the coffeehouse in the sky after a drop in the sink. was thinking of replacing with a chemex or hario or similar.

any recommendations on what to go for/where to get?

adrian522

v60 is pretty good, cheap and prduces great coffee. Aeropress is another good one.

As you say Chemex is there, looks great. Also an option would be the Kalita Wave, but I find the filters hard to get hold of or else expensive.

I currently use V60 or filter and Aeropress for travel.

donnacha

mossym wrote: »

looking for a bit of advice,

for coffee at home i was mainly using a Fellow Duo, http://fellowproducts.com/duo/, and a traditional french press. i have a reasonable grinder.

the french press is gone to the coffeehouse in the sky after a drop in the sink. was thinking of replacing with a chemex or hario or similar.

any recommendations on what to go for/where to get?

I'm a big fan of the chemex but it takes time and a steady pour to produce a good cup. I have a clever coffee dripper which comes on holidays with me. Gives you the clean cup you expect from a filter paper brew without the requirement of a slow steady pour. Its a good step up from the French press and pretty hard to break as its made of plastic. Looks like a few Irish sellers around. Will set you back €25 and will produce 2 cups at a time :

https://shop.3fe.com/product/clever-coffee-dripper

jive

Installed mecoffee PID into silvia today, fun to play around with in the app. Installation took nearly 2 hours though between taking the machine apart and installing he PID...apparently it should take 'roughly 45 mins'!

adrian522

Bought a bag of beans from Two Fifty in rathmines. No prices on the bags, but when I went to pay it was €13. A bit excessive I thought but I'll give it a go.

The bag was roasted on August 22nd. To my mind if you are going to charge those prices you should be getting beans that are fresher than that.

J_E

Same story with Urbanity - it was a little pricier than I would have liked and the beans were maybe a week old. I still enjoyed them but when a 250g bag goes over say, 9-10 euro, I start to feel a bit iffy about buying them regularly.

uck51js9zml2yt

Really enjoying the Las perla coffee. It's mild and very smooth. A bit pricey but was worth it.

jive

Which shop is considered best value for buying decent beans in Dublin? Preferably nearish to city centre?

cloudatlas

Any advice on a travel mug to buy for work. Work gave me one but like everything else they provide for free it's cheap, plastic and inadequate.

adrian522

Keep cups seem good. The free one I got from pact works well. I don't use it that often though as I don't drive to work.

G rock

I got one of the coffee angel branded zojirushi mugs. It's fantastic.

Amanda.ie

I have never tasted tea or coffee, never wanted to drink either, am I in the minority or is it more common than I think?

babybuilder

Tried this from Bonaire Gugi Highlands Natural Honey at 11€ for 250g. Very sweet espresso. Bit too plain in milk based drinks. Really nice.

murphyebass

Amanda.ie wrote: »

I have never tasted tea or coffee, never wanted to drink either, am I in the minority or is it more common than I think?

Freak!

You're missing out.

That said you're not the first person I've come across of late who doesn't drink either.

But that said yes you most definately are in the minority.

MiskyBoyy

My sister and my cousin don't drink tea or coffee either. I always tell them they're missing out

cloudatlas

Amanda.ie wrote: »

I have never tasted tea or coffee, never wanted to drink either, am I in the minority or is it more common than I think?

Can't knock it unless you try it.

uck51js9zml2yt

Amanda.ie wrote: »

I have never tasted tea or coffee, never wanted to drink either, am I in the minority or is it more common than I think?

My wife goes one further.she doesn't even drink alcohol.only herbal tea....and buttermilk :eek:

murphyebass

Merrick Gorgeous Gynecologist wrote: »

My wife goes one further.she doesn't even drink alcohol.only herbal tea....and buttermilk :eek:

She doesn't drink alcohol?!

She can't be trusted. Lol

rubadub

murphyebass wrote: »

She doesn't drink alcohol?!

drinking buttermilk all the week, whiskey on a sunday.

mad m

Daughter back from a 7 week tour of Central America. Went on a coffee plantation tour. Brought this back. Had no grinder so nice people in sister Sadie grinded it for me. Lovely coffee, but I nearly fell out of chair when she said it cost $20.

Alanstrainor

Finally bought an Aeropress, I had been in a *no spend* mode for a long time and couldn't justify even the low cost of an aeropress. Made 2 coffees yesterday with it and it was a revelation. I had perfected my moka pot brew (took an age to get right!), but this was better and so much easier. Looking forward to trying different Aeropress methods now!

PS. Picked it up for 35.99 in argos, which seemed a reasonable price since it included filters, stirrer, measuring spoon etc.

Mr Magnolia

Get yourself a stainless filter for it next. Great value at €20

Enjoy!

runnerholic

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

Get yourself a stainless filter for it next. Great value at €20

Enjoy!

I haven't seen those, Are they commonly available?

mad m

runnerholic wrote: »

I haven't seen those, Are they commonly available?

Amazon or if you want quick try coffee angel or clement & pekoe

uck51js9zml2yt

Bought a decaf coffee today from Badger & Dod0 for my v60.
I'll let you know how I get on.

caviardreams

Merrick Gorgeous Gynecologist wrote: »

Bought a decaf coffee today from Badger & Dod0 for my v60.
I'll let you know how I get on.

Would be interested in this - would love to drink coffee in the evening. Does decaff still have very small amounts of caffeine? I would be concerned it might still interfere with my sleep (and I love my sleep ). Don't know much (read: anything!) about it to be honest.

uck51js9zml2yt

caviardreams wrote: »

Would be interested in this - would love to drink coffee in the evening. Does decaff still have very small amounts of caffeine? I would be concerned it might still interfere with my sleep (and I love my sleep ). Don't know much (read: anything!) about it to be honest.

the caffine is striped out of it. its worth a try.

J_E

Merrick Gorgeous Gynecologist wrote: »

Bought a decaf coffee today from Badger & Dod0 for my v60.
I'll let you know how I get on.

How did you find it?

uck51js9zml2yt

J_E wrote: »

How did you find it?

I went into their website, browsed through their coffee and spotted it

Sorry couldn't resist!

it's in the post to me. I'll probably get it tomorrow and will let you know.
Find them slow on shipping. I ordered Monday morning and still don't have it.

uck51js9zml2yt

Had the b&d fairy floss this morning. Really nice coffee. strong with good after taste