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This comment got me to get out my French press and manually grind some beans. It wasn't a meditative and calming as I remember, and the coffee tastes a little..
by stirfish 3y ago
This comment got me to get out my French press and manually grind some beans. It wasn't a meditative and calming as I remember, and the coffee tastes a little...dusty. I guess it's time for me to update my vimrc.
- orangepurple 3y agoAeropress is a direct upgrade from french press and uses way less coffee
- stirfish 3y agoI hadn't heard of this before. Thanks!
- orangepurple 3y agoAdd one or a few drops of water to your roasted coffee beans with your hand and shake well after weighing it out to stop the grinds from sticking to the walls of your grinder from static.
- iknowstuff 3y agoThis thread took a turn
- bch 3y agoI love that a ripgrep article has such a deeply nerdy coffee thread… > Add one or a few drops of water to your roasted coffee beans Ah, RDT (Ross Droplet Technique)[0]. A little atomizer (“spritz” bottle) of plain water serves well here. NB: this is for single-dose grinding - e.g. measuring a small amount of beans loaded into a grinder to grind immediately. If you have a grinder with a “big” hopper on top that has (e.g.) the weeks worth of coffee (even though you grind on-demand for ea. espresso/french press/aeropress/pourover/drip/…) this isn’t for you. [0] https://thebasicbarista.com/en-us/blogs/topics/how-rdt-broke-changed-the-game-benefits-and-reasons-why-people-spray-their-coffee-beans https://thebasicbarista.com/en-us/blogs/topics/how-rdt-broke...
- globular-toast 3y agoI use my Aeropress every day but I wouldn't say it's "better" than French press, it's just different. Using less coffee but finer ground changes the characteristics of the brew quite a bit (probably some technical reason about extraction level or something).
- tambourine_man 3y agoI’m glad my analogy sprouted another branch in this conversation :)