coffee lovers

Is it just me or are there others who get off on everything coffee.

Just now I made the perfect French press coffee, probably the best ever I tried. I am a novice with coffee but I enjoy making it. I enjoy opening up the bag, smelling the aroma and seeing and hearing the sounds of the little roasted beanies clicking against one another. I love scoping them up, putting them in the grinder and hearing the changing sounds of the clicking of the beans while breaking down their shell, and hearing the sound of grinder change as the grinds get smaller.

Opening the grinder is another experience of its own and seeing the texture of fine grounded coffee making peaks and valley shapes in the grinder, and you are reminded of the peaks and valleys of the fields of your child hood in the mist. You notice the smell is different once you open the grinder, your mouth starts to water and you get the urge and try to anticipate what it will taste, how it will look once you pour the boiling hot water, how will the foam froth and form and how will the texture look as it forms.

The last part is probably my fave. You take the filter paper put it around your press for the fine fine grinds and slowly and consistently apply just the right pressure to watch the different of streams of bands of coffee shoot up through the filter paper and press, you see the color change with the ever changing and darkening bands of brewed coffee. You finally reach the bottom and notice your mix looks perfect, you notice the aroma is rich and smooth like velvet silk and spread throughout your house.

You finally taste the coffee after mixed to your liking, and realize this is the most perfect cup of coffee you have ever tasted. You notice all the micro steps and indulgence you put into making this coffee combined together to make the sum greater then the whole, and you have just made love to the coffee.

Every little part of the process gets me off.

gimmedub said:

Just got a pack of these beans... Hands down best coffee I've had.
http://aldianews.com/articles/cultu...rew-spiritual-coffee-and-going-business/39256

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Where did you buy them?

I've heard good things about this one http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B006CQ...1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=kogi+coffee

thx

shack said:

How much cream do you put in your coffee?

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Just a couple MSOGs nothing too extreme

shakenbake said:

Have you ever chewed on the roasted bean?

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Please TOFTT and report back to us with your recs...:thumb:

exnocomment said:

Absolutely love cold brew. Started with cold brew tea for me.

Having traveled somewhat extensively around different parts of Europe and Australia the coffee culture isn't as strong as people seem to believe, it's a simple higher expectation of baseline quality. I'm always fascinated that the avg. sushi restaurant in Toronto sucks (having moved here from Vancouver) when it isn't at all about proximity to water, just lower quality demands/requirements...

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I find in Europe its more about the social aspect vs. appreciating the fine art of coffee. As long as it taste good and is strong, the don't really care that much. Its more social with them, gossip, shooting the shit with friends and coffee is just like a distraction.

I enjoy a great cup of coffee Saturdays/Sunday mornings on my deck, and yes terb plus other social medias are part of the process.

I dislike Tims, although drink it all the time because of the convenience during week days, plus helps me appreciate good coffee when I make it.

This cold brew looks interesting, never tried it, I always get the sugar free vanilla ice coffee from McDonald's as my cold coffee of choice. Maybe one day I work up to this. The process does look interesting.

aleks77 said:

I am considering getting a water filter jug for my espresso machine was thinking a Zerowater pitcher (as it comes with TDS meter) can anyone offer any suggestions or advice? I found some info on The Energy Blueprint , but still nedd your recommendations.

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I was using the zero water filter for a couple of months for pure water but ditched it after. I didn’t like that I needed to replace the filter very often and especially when the TDS would go above 10 because it would add a funny taste to the water. From what I gather online its due to zerowater filters containing anion resins which release trimethylamine which is known to have a fishy taste. Who knows what else it does to you. There is also some negatives online that zero TDS will actually steel minerals from your body. Don’t know how accurate this is. The zerowater filter replaces ions in the water enabling them to remove the dissolved solids through the filter. I was under the impression that there is a negative to this as well based on my limited research into this. I can’t recall what it is now.

In terms of making coffee with zerowater and/or distilled water i was under the impression that this created bitter coffee.

I think GTA tap water is the best here although it will create build up in your espresso machine which will need more maintenance.

The target TDS is 150 ppm (3). The target TDS of 150 ppm should lead to a properly extracted cup of coffee with balanced flavors and acidity.

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^^^ when I tested the tap water at my house and work with the zero filter measuring device its about 130-170 ppm.
https://www.raleighcoffeecompany.com/tds-and-coffee/