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[Onyx2]

49 minutes ago, Loki said:

takes a bit of the bitterness away

If it's bitter, buy better coffee. The hand grinder is a great start. When starting on the path to coffee noncery, 80% of your budget should be on the grinder. Always burr, never blades. 

[Keith Houchen]

1 minute ago, Onyx2 said:

If it's bitter, buy better coffee

Or in Loki’s case, hire better staff. 

[FLips]

I always thought bitterness came from the water being too hot and scalding the grinds.

Anyway I really enjoyed my decaf tonight. Sleep well everyone.

[Merzbow]

I like the bitter bite of my cheaper than chips instant..

99p at Aldi.

[Loki]

1 hour ago, Onyx2 said:

If it's bitter, buy better coffee. The hand grinder is a great start. When starting on the path to coffee noncery, 80% of your budget should be on the grinder. Always burr, never blades. 

Yeah, I've got a good electric one.  I know a lot of coffee nonces make americanos and shit, but I'm an old school filter machine, so I can make enough for two of us for a morning.

My favourite everyday bean is the Café Direct Machu Picchu, No 4 roast.  Strong, heavy roast, chocalatey.   But people seem to prefer the less roasted stuff nowadays which I find too tart.

[FLips]

Machu Picchu is nice. There was an Indian one I tried, Malamar it might have been called was really nice too. Kenyan is really good if you want something sweet and fruity.

[Onyx2]

42 minutes ago, Loki said:

less roasted stuff nowadays which I find too tart

Tartness and acidity comes from lower altitudes, not roast level. 

For deep, chocolate roasts look to Colombian and Peruvian beans. Buy something with a 'roasted on' date, which is more honest than a year old 'best before' date. A really decent nationwide company has sprung up called Roastworks which combines availability with good ethics. 

[SuperBacon]

Had some time today so played around with the stove top and a new syrup.

Super cheap and you only need the tiniest bit but lovely.

There she is, the love of my life. She's grubby, and will never win any beauty contests, but shes the best.

Tesco own oat milk (heated up), which was a bugger to froth, and took ages. Bubbles went quite quickly with vigorous banging though (phwoooaaaaar)

Art. Wasn't trying a pattern but then halfway through wanted to, so let's just call this "Attempt 563"

There you go. Caramel latte with oat milk. Absolutely glorious.

[deathrey]

In a complete knobhead move yesterday, I got my air fryer wire tangled in my kettle wire and didn't realise, I went to move the air fryer and my kettle smashed on the floor - I have/had a glass kettle, tea tastes so much better in it. I've ordered a new one and I'm waiting for it to be delivered. I really want a cuppa but it's going to be so such a faff boiling the water on the stove, I feel like I'm in the 60's.

In better news, I tried Vietnamese Egg Coffee last week and it's bloody delicious. Not one to drink regularly unless you want to put on weight as it's essentially a light custard mixed with espresso but it's was amazing. I definitely recommend it.

Edited May 23, 2024 by deathrey

[SuperBacon]

8 minutes ago, deathrey said:

In better news, I tried Vietnamese Egg Coffee last week and it's bloody delicious. Not one to drink regularly unless you want to put on weight as it's essentially a light custard mixed with espresso but it's was amazing. I definitely recommend it.

On paper this sounds absolutely vile, but I'll definitely try it.

I've just ordered some hojicha powder, as i was reading about a hojicha iced latte that sounds really nice, so I'll pop some pics up when it comes.

Also a few months back I bought my ex some of that "mushroom" coffee as she's bang into all of that sort of thing. I'd listened to a BBC science pod that disproved the science etc, but she wanted it so I bought it.

She said its really made her feel better (no doubt a placebo effect, no shade, thats absolutely fine IMO) but I had one this week and to be fair, it was really nice.

Not sure if I'd have it on the regs as it made me poo more than normal (every thread eh?) but it's worth seeking out if you like that sort of thing. 

I'm sure it does have health benefits, it's just all a bit pseudo-science-y.

[deathrey]

6 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

On paper this sounds absolutely vile, but I'll definitely try it.

 

I thought it sounded gross on paper - it's whipped egg yolks, condensed milk and some places do a little vanilla extract in with a shot of espresso. I could drink dozens..... And be very fat.

[FLips]

5 minutes ago, deathrey said:

I thought it sounded gross on paper - it's whipped egg yolks, condensed milk and some places do a little vanilla extract in with a shot of espresso. I could drink dozens..... And be very fat.

This sounds like something my wife would be all over. When it comes to coffee, the less it tastes like coffee the better.

[SuperBacon]

Woke up this morning and wanted to "make" affogato, so here we are.

No glasses so it's in a bowl, so looks a bit shit.

Made with stove top espresso (new M&S one) and I'll be honest, I'm absolutely buzzing at 9.30pm. Essentially a shot of coffee dumped over vanilla ice cream.

Oooooohhhhhh, Artie Bucco over here.

[FLips]

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Glasses broken?

Between this and all the toxic waste slushes I don't know how you're not constantly bouncing off the walls.

[SuperBacon]

The trick is to balance them out with anti depressants my friend.