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Good coffee, really good coffee is easy. You get a heat gun, you get an old fashioned flour sifter. You order some interesting green beans from sweetmarias.com.
by talkingtab 4y ago
Good coffee, really good coffee is easy. You get a heat gun, you get an old fashioned flour sifter. You order some interesting green beans from sweetmarias.com. You roast the beans over the heat gun while holding the flour sifter and cranking. I do 2/3 pound batches. There are lots of fast and easy ways to brew the coffee. My current favorite is an aeropress because it takes a few minutes, but moka pots are very good.
This is good coffee. Truly good. I can roast dark, light, Kenya, Java, Mexican. I can make my own blend.
Or I can go down the street or drive and get some coffee and pay a huge amount to someone who can't roast as well as I can. Doesn't know which coffee beans are best. Where I will never be able to try Yemeni Bani Haraz.
You could call me a snob, but I work for my coffee.
- analog31 4y agoI've never tried it, but a friend of mine says he uses a hot-air popcorn popper to roast coffee beans.
- soylentcola 4y agoYep! You need the right kind for it to work, but they're not particularly expensive. Granted, it's not a whole lot cheaper to buy good beans and roast them at home, but it's kinda nice to experiment and get your own personalized blend if you're interested. Guess that goes for cooking your own food, mixing your own drinks, and lots of other things too, though.
- analog31 4y agoIndeed, my friend prefers to roast his beans in very small batches, to minimize the storage time before brewing. And home cooking is definitely a personal / cultural thing. In my own case, I don't like restaurants: The crowding, noise, huge portions, and challenge of finding decent selections for the variety of people I hang out with, including vegetarians of all stripes. Having kids put a damper on my enjoyment of restaurants as well.
- jrm4 4y agoI legit 100% cannot tell if this comment is satire.