Thread: Which method makes the best coffee?

Originally Posted by LRJim

There is no other coffee

Gotta get those 10 teaspoons of sugar for a hit, hey?

Haha. I used to take sugar with coffee. I didnt know that my favourite brew (small flat white) could be naturally very sweet when the beans were genuinely fresh (so home roast or failing that small batch local roaster) and the milk textured properly. I stopped sugar after I commenced home roasting. Initially i used a popcorn maker and then fabbed up a Corretto (ie bread maker to agitate beans, heat gun (paint stripping type) for the heat, and thermocouple running to a laptop).

Cheers

For home, I have a La Scala Butterfly coffee machine and a Cunil Verona grinder (both bought cheap) and get my coffee from a boutique roaster in Perth. Luckily I know how to use them!

Currently loving cold pressed coffee, best thing on a hot day.

Otherwise, nothing new to add, except - dare only when driving long distance and very desperate!

Originally Posted by ozscott

Haha. I used to take sugar with coffee. I didnt know that my favourite brew (small flat white) could be naturally very sweet when the beans were genuinely fresh (so home roast or failing that small batch local roaster) and the milk textured properly. I stopped sugar after I commenced home roasting. Initially i used a popcorn maker and then fabbed up a Corretto (ie bread maker to agitate beans, heat gun (paint stripping type) for the heat, and thermocouple running to a laptop).

Cheers

I was going to one up everyone and say I grew my own beans and processed them myself from scratch. Came out pretty tasty after a couple tries (only used a popcorn maker because I am not as savvy as you are).

!WARNING! to all those who think that growing your own coffee and processing it yourself is a good idea! Growing, and processing your own coffee beans although very rewarding and about as fresh and tasty as you'll ever get is a HUGE, BORING, FIDDLY extremely involved and time consuming job.

NOTE: if you have plenty of time and like growing beans and possibly watch rubbish for hours on TV then go ahead it's great! Alternately if you have the coin to drop on fancy machines to do the boring bits for you then obviously it would be a LOT less painful.

The other thing to remember is that coffee trees have.... a particular... .aroma.... especially if you have given up on picking said beans and leave them to fall on the ground. Our dogs used to love to eat the sugary layer and spit out the husk and seed.

Originally Posted by LRJim

There is no other coffee

...and it’s around 6 x the price per litre of fuel!! Servos make most of theirr money selling iced coffee, not diesel.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

For home, I have a La Scala Butterfly coffee machine and a Cunil Verona grinder (both bought cheap) and get my coffee from a boutique roaster in Perth. Luckily I know how to use them!

You’re a lucky fella! I ‘make do’ with a Rancilio Silvia and Rocky grinder - both going strong after 10 years and minimum 3 x coffees / day. Many more with guests. Once you have decent machinery it’s all about the beans, the grind and the tamp.

"Once you have decent machinery it’s all about the beans, the grind and the tamp."

Exactly!!