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My point still stands. Doing a pour over or drip is low fuss. You could argue grinding your own beans isn’t low fuss, but most grinders have a preset with a ho

My point still stands. Doing a pour over or drip is low fuss. You could argue grinding your own beans isn’t low fuss, but most grinders have a preset with a hopper, so it’s still pretty quick and easy to grind your own beans. As for recommendations, I always say go local, and make sure it’s been roasted recently. As for what’s near me (Portland OR) I have quiet a few — Case Study, Coava, Heart, and Never are my current favorites.

LesZedCB 4y ago
Heart is great!
- kaiuhl 4y ago
  Agreed. I buy 5lbs from them at a time and keep it in the freezer. It’s usually frozen two days after they roasted it. I then refill the hopper on my grinder as necessary and use a pour over (chemex with a metal filter). It’s fast and easy and tasty. But I will also drink any coffee and enjoy it.
  - LesZedCB 4y ago
    that's exactly what i recommended elsewhere in this post!
Scarbutt 4y ago
Getting "roasted recently coffee" sounds like a problem, how do you make sure of it? Also, have you try nespresso(machines and coffee)? I find their coffee really good and can't stand anything else, easy to make and not expensive.
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
  At a specialty roaster, the date is printed on the bags of coffee. Or they will tell you.
- ryanSrich 4y ago
  All quality roasters will put a roast date on the bag. Call them ahead of time and ask when they stock each roast, and just go at that time to get it essentially straight from the roaster.
- projektfu 4y ago
  You can ask what day they roasted it? Sometimes they write that on the bag. If it's a place with good turnover it's probably recent.
- 0xEFF 4y ago
  Buy direct from the roaster, they generally ship it the day or two after it’s been roasted.
- OJFord 4y ago
  Alternative answer (to all the existing 'ask them'/'it's on the bag'): If it's from the supermarket, it's old. If it's from somewhere more 'hipster', it's not. (If it gives you a roasting date at all it's a good sign!)
compiler-guy 4y ago
Still more work than instant maxwell house, and still missing the point about the article. It isn’t about the coffee, it’s about the experience and the people you drink it with. Frou-frou coffee has a way of making the experience about the coffee, rather than about the company and environs. At least that is the author’s point. And I say this as someone who grinds their own beans every day.
- ryanSrich 4y ago
  I’d be too distracted by the horrible instant coffee to enjoy any conversation or environment.
  - christophilus 4y ago
    Yeah. The conversation would go something like this: (spewing noise) “What did I just put in my mouth!? Hey. Lets feed this swill to the plants and go grab coffee at Methodical.”
    - twangist 4y ago
      You might return to find the plants having the shakes.
- juve1996 4y ago
  I've come to this conclusion. Growing up in an italian-american household, the moka pot was a major part of that experience. Loved it as a kid (mainly adding milk and sugar in my younger years, now adding a little sambuca). But it was more the ritual - you would have it with others. Since then I've gone down the espresso rabbit hole, and my set up makes some fantastic espresso, way better than the bitter lavazza moka pot coffee. but somehow, it doesn't replace those memories I made as a kid. Mostly because the ones who I drank espresso with have passed on.
- Robotbeat 4y ago
  Starbuck’s Via instant coffee is the best instant coffee I’ve ever tasted, and it’s not close. Like a real cup of coffee, somehow. I’ve been looking for an off-brand version of it (micro ground coffee beans?) considering it’s much more expensive than regular instant coffee but haven’t found any.
andkenneth 4y ago
Yeah less fuss is the thing. Get some decent enough beans, and use a simple process to make the coffee. I found a little while ago that I enjoy the taste of the batch brew at the local coffee shop more than their espresso long black. I bought their pre-ground beans and a plunger and now I basically get the same thing except it's 1.50 per cup instead of 5 dollars and I find making a plunger means it's easier to share with other people. I just store the bag of beans inside the plunger and the entire setup fits inside my backpack if I want to, just add hot water. (currency not in NZD not USD)

LesZedCB 4y ago

Heart is great!

kaiuhl 4y ago
Agreed. I buy 5lbs from them at a time and keep it in the freezer. It’s usually frozen two days after they roasted it. I then refill the hopper on my grinder as necessary and use a pour over (chemex with a metal filter). It’s fast and easy and tasty. But I will also drink any coffee and enjoy it.
- LesZedCB 4y ago
  that's exactly what i recommended elsewhere in this post!

Scarbutt 4y ago

Getting "roasted recently coffee" sounds like a problem, how do you make sure of it? Also, have you try nespresso(machines and coffee)? I find their coffee really good and can't stand anything else, easy to make and not expensive.

2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
At a specialty roaster, the date is printed on the bags of coffee. Or they will tell you.
ryanSrich 4y ago
All quality roasters will put a roast date on the bag. Call them ahead of time and ask when they stock each roast, and just go at that time to get it essentially straight from the roaster.
projektfu 4y ago
You can ask what day they roasted it? Sometimes they write that on the bag. If it's a place with good turnover it's probably recent.
0xEFF 4y ago
Buy direct from the roaster, they generally ship it the day or two after it’s been roasted.
OJFord 4y ago
Alternative answer (to all the existing 'ask them'/'it's on the bag'): If it's from the supermarket, it's old. If it's from somewhere more 'hipster', it's not. (If it gives you a roasting date at all it's a good sign!)

compiler-guy 4y ago

Still more work than instant maxwell house, and still missing the point about the article. It isn’t about the coffee, it’s about the experience and the people you drink it with. Frou-frou coffee has a way of making the experience about the coffee, rather than about the company and environs. At least that is the author’s point. And I say this as someone who grinds their own beans every day.

ryanSrich 4y ago
I’d be too distracted by the horrible instant coffee to enjoy any conversation or environment.
- christophilus 4y ago
  Yeah. The conversation would go something like this: (spewing noise) “What did I just put in my mouth!? Hey. Lets feed this swill to the plants and go grab coffee at Methodical.”
  - twangist 4y ago
    You might return to find the plants having the shakes.
juve1996 4y ago
I've come to this conclusion. Growing up in an italian-american household, the moka pot was a major part of that experience. Loved it as a kid (mainly adding milk and sugar in my younger years, now adding a little sambuca). But it was more the ritual - you would have it with others. Since then I've gone down the espresso rabbit hole, and my set up makes some fantastic espresso, way better than the bitter lavazza moka pot coffee. but somehow, it doesn't replace those memories I made as a kid. Mostly because the ones who I drank espresso with have passed on.
Robotbeat 4y ago
Starbuck’s Via instant coffee is the best instant coffee I’ve ever tasted, and it’s not close. Like a real cup of coffee, somehow. I’ve been looking for an off-brand version of it (micro ground coffee beans?) considering it’s much more expensive than regular instant coffee but haven’t found any.

andkenneth 4y ago

Yeah less fuss is the thing. Get some decent enough beans, and use a simple process to make the coffee. I found a little while ago that I enjoy the taste of the batch brew at the local coffee shop more than their espresso long black. I bought their pre-ground beans and a plunger and now I basically get the same thing except it's 1.50 per cup instead of 5 dollars and I find making a plunger means it's easier to share with other people. I just store the bag of beans inside the plunger and the entire setup fits inside my backpack if I want to, just add hot water. (currency not in NZD not USD)