It's Friday, got enough coffee yet?

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 09/18/2020 at 10:47 • Filed to: coffee

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On any given day I get my coffee from up to four of the below sources.

In order of preference:

1. Espresso machine

2. Chemex caraft

3. French press

4. Drip

Just Jeepin' > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 10:55

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This is m y coffee. Not sure what it says about me.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 10:55

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Where's the percolator

Tekamul > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 10:56

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M-F, I fake fancy every morning, New Yorker and reads it in the afternoon.

Sa&Su it’s geriatric Italian.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 10:57

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I don’t know, but same.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 10:57

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Good question. Wait: what’s that?

Tekamul > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 10:58

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Just cream, or cream& sugar?

Just Jeepin' > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 09/18/2020 at 10:59

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When I was in my 20s people seemed to think it very odd that I would order a C oke with my breakfast. I’d like to think I was just a trendsetter.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 10:59

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It speaks  to your refined taste.

Sovande > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:00

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Nespresso machine or a Aeropress for me.  Mostly it’s espresso. Often.

UserNotFound > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 11:00

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2nd from the right on the bottom?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 11:01

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I can’t take the sugar load that early in the morning.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 11:01

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Lower right.

facw > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:02

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Currently I only have a m oka pot (I should have a French press, but I haven’t seen it in years, so I guess I should buy another?) In any event, I’m not sure I’m and unbearable snob or faking fancy , but I’d clearly like to be! Also clear: I don’t drink coffee regularly or I’d have something more practical.  

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Sovande 09/18/2020 at 11:02

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The espresso machine is fast, I can go from cold to hot coffee in less than 5 minutes. I have a Gaggia, it gets used a lot. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:02

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Thanks!  That’s perfect...

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > UserNotFound 09/18/2020 at 11:03

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That’s a moka pot, for making single shots of espresso on the stovetop, I think

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 11:03

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“Reads New York Post in Foam Bill Cap...”

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tekamul 09/18/2020 at 11:03

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LaVazza or GTFO. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:03

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I like the drip machine because it’s the only one that I can set up the night before and plug into a christmas tree timer so I can have fresh coffee when I get up at 5am

404 - User No Longer Available > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:04

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I’m kinda in between the first and last... I use a   Keurig but grind my own beans and use an EkoBrew,  so it’s a single cup regular drip machine . Never actually b ought any pods.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 11:04

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As your friend, I’d implore you to knock down the sugar while you’re young, but yes I went through that phase too.  With Doctor Pepper.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 11:04

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In montana the typical farmer breakfast is Mountain Dew and chew. I’m not even joking, these guys can go for hours on Dew & Chew.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > UserNotFound 09/18/2020 at 11:04

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That's a Moka pot. It's different.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:04

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That's a Moka pot. It's different.

and 100 more > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 11:05

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That you hate having kidneys.

user314 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:05

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I don’t care what it says about me, I like my Keurig.

and 100 more > Tekamul 09/18/2020 at 11:06

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French press gang

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 11:07

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As far as I know they work pretty much the same?

Sovande > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:07

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My kitchen is about 5'6 x 10' wall to wall, so I had to opt for something tiny. I only have 7 sf of counter space.  

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:08

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By the way, on the espresso, it took me way too long to figure out that the “perfect espresso” is almost completely dependent on the perfectly spec’d grind.  It’s downright weird how the grind has to be spot-on.... Burr Grinder for the win.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > user314 09/18/2020 at 11:08

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Heathen. The Ben Jeseret is coming for you. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/18/2020 at 11:09

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I showed my mom how to program her coffee ma chine , it was like a watershed moment.

whatisthatsound > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:10

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I didn't drink coffee then I got a Rocket. Now I drink coffee

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:11

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Sort of, but Moka pots operate under pressure like an espresso machine and the br ewed coffee is deposited into a separate carafe instead of recirculating like in a perc.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:12

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My coffee machine was like ten bucks, the switch on the side to turn it on and off broke a while back, so I took it apart and rewired it with no switch, so I just unplug it to turn it off now

It still works...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > user314 09/18/2020 at 11:13

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Exactly. The commentariot s on the Dune Trailer thread the other day were advancing the weak-sauce theory that Herbert wrote Dune in reaction to the “oil crisis” (which was at least a decade in the future).

Clearly the melange spice was Arabica blend, with the caffeine’s ability to overcome fear and tough math, like is it better to buy the E10 and sacrifice mileage or just buy up to “real” gasoline... on my way to Starbucks?

AestheticsInMotion > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:14

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Pour through when I’m not in a rush. Caffeine tablet when I am.

Tommy S iege l has some great drawings 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > user314 09/18/2020 at 11:15

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BTW, I love the running gag in Bosch about how shitty the LAPD contractually-obligated Keurig coffee pods are... so the Day Watch Commander’s  always got a stash of “good” Keurig pods hidden somewhere.

user314 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:16

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I remember your Gom Jabbar . Now you ’ll remember mine.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:16

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I was there until I discovered good Latin espresso at Sprouts

ChevytoMazda > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:18

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Got the drip machine at home which i make a few extra cups to keep me going. When I was in the office went with a French press since the provided drip coffee was hardly considered coffee. 

UserNotFound > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 11:18

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Well ... I’m not sure what to do with this information but, now I know.

ClassicDatsunDebate > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:25

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I adhere to SCA Gold standards for MY brewing. *smugface*

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/18/2020 at 11:29

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My machine only really runs well on Lavazza coffee espresso or en blu. Both of those work well.

ranwhenparked > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/18/2020 at 11:30

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For whatever reason, everything coming out of a Keurig always seems to taste the same to me, unless it's specifically flavored with like chocolate or vanilla or something.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:38

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Yeah, when I see the pressure spike wildly on my 19 bar machine it always means that I ground the coffee TOO fine that day. It’s weird how the grind has to be really fine and uniform, but not too fine.

I tried one of the latin espressos off Amazon and it was amazing.  That’s pre-ground, so that’s probably part of it.

Cash Rewards > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 09/18/2020 at 11:49

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*pushes up glasses like a snob

Thats *conical* burr grinder, to be precise.

And you're absolutely right. A good grinder costs as much as a good machine

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:53

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I hurt me.

Keurigs are for lazy people.

I am lazy people.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 11:54

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Drip coffee. Because I don’t have to grind my own coffee and I still don’t get any grit. And I can make it the night before, stagger to the kitchen in the morning and hit one button and soon I will have coffee. 

outrageousking > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/18/2020 at 11:54

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Percolator, you’re a geriatr ic American

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Cash Rewards 09/18/2020 at 12:01

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That was one “trick of the trade” that it took (me) forever to figure out. Even slight changes in grind completely alter the crema.

And, because I used the word “crema” it’s clear that I abhor Cold Brew or, as I call it, The Colt 45 Malt Liquor of Coffees.

Gotta go though.  My polo pony’s up for his Rub and a Tug before the big match today.

Mark Tucker > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:08

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$15 drip machine and a three-pound can of Kirkland coffee do me just fine. Fancy coffee is wasted on me; I can hardly tell the difference.

Though today I’m happy to have any coffee at all; our power was knocked out by a thu nderstorm last night, so I couldn’t make any... thank heaven for 7-Eleven, as they say.

Brickman > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:10

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K-cup

go ahead and hate, but I find it is just like my familys 12 cup coffee maker. I only drink 1-2 cups a day and really dont want to mess with a normal coffee maker and wasting coffee grounds, extra coffee gets cold, etc. 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Just Jeepin' 09/18/2020 at 12:14

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It says "I drive a Jeep"

ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:32

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Grindintosecond > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:36

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I love that image.

Lots of talk about coffee makers. But the real key to any good coffee from any machine at all, even drip, is water quality. As in, not distilled and SOME minerals within. I got a drip maker but only after many reviews which pointed out that it actually surpassed many boutique fancy makers with store bought coffee.....it is 99% water anyway.

But for some reason while in a cabin in the woods, a french press is pretty awesome.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > user314 09/18/2020 at 12:41

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K-Cups are the mind killer...

shop-teacher > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:42

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I’ll be hitting up the “ who hurt you” soon. I use a refillable basket. It’s not great coffee, but it’s fine.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Mark Tucker 09/18/2020 at 12:43

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Kirkland Coffee doesn’t suck. My dad buys their orga ni c house blend and it makes a good cuppa joe.

smobgirl > Sovande 09/18/2020 at 12:55

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But which nespresso? Original or vertuo?

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 12:57

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Hmm.

I usually just use the drip machine, but I have other options: moka, French press (single serve and four cup options) , nespresso, aero press, or regular pourover. And maybe an electric percolator somewhere.

Sovande > smobgirl 09/18/2020 at 13:13

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Original.  I have the Essenza, which is not a Lamborghini but a wee coffee maker.  I gave my folks a Vertuo machine for Christmas because they needed to upgrade from the gross Keurig.

CalzoneGolem > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 13:42

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I have a french press and a kuerig. Kuerig isn’t bad if you’re packing your own beans. Either way fresh grounds ftw

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 14:51

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Cold brew in a stemless wine glass. I have a French press, but never use it. A quality espresso or single origin pour over  are also very enjoyable, but I like to reserve these for coffee occasions. Any time I can sit and just relax drinking coffee. Ideally when it isn’t hot. If I’m on the move, or working, I love to sip on cold brew for a long period of time. It’s nice to have a consistent temperature, even if that means it getting a little watered down. Also, there are very few beverages that I prefer to be warm. I don’t have time to be letting my drinks cool haha

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SPAMBot - Horse Doctor 09/18/2020 at 16:27

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I like cold brew but have not figured out how to make it well at home yet. 

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 19:05

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It is a pain so I’ve just been buying it lately. Trader Joe’s French roast concentrate and califia farms black have been my go to premades. They were readily available before covid but now it seems like their supply cannot keep up with the increased demand.

They are a happy medium between price, ease, and taste. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/18/2020 at 19:43

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for me Nescafe blend 43 from a tin (workdays)

Moccona from a glass jar (weekends)

KnowsAboutCars > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 09/19/2020 at 08:34

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I did #4 for a while but in my case it was “A coffee maker costs money and I don’t wanna spend on it” type of deal.