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Many who are really into coffee know this “trick”. Still, you have to remember that there is no silver bullet that covers 100%. You can of course find beans tha
by neverrroot 3y ago
Many who are really into coffee know this “trick”. Still, you have to remember that there is no silver bullet that covers 100%. You can of course find beans that don’t benefit from this treatment or where things get worse, but in my experience, for my purpose, it helps with almost all beans I use regularly. Best you can do is try out for yourself and see if it helps. You and what you like is all that matters, don’t do things just because others do them.
- dmix 3y agoI've got a burr grinder with a large hopper I usually keep filled with beans, how do I wet the beans in that case?
- hprotagonist 3y agoempty your hopper, store the beans in a separate container, and weigh and grind per brew.
- alfiedotwtf 3y agoWas just about to comment the same thing. Keep beans air-tightly stored away from the sun but not in the fridge. When making a coffee, measure only what you need. IMHO the biggest factor is not the gear, it's the beans - I would rather "good beans and a $50 espresso machine from Aldi" than "burnt beans with a La Marzocco Linea Mini" every time.
- dmix 3y agoAnother thing is grinders too apparently. I watched a video once explaining why espresso machines are so expensive and they said they'd rather have a $700 espresso machine with an expensive grinder than a $4000 machine with a cheap grinder.
- sva_ 3y agoI often hear the priority list being 1. Quality of beans 2. Quality of the grinder 3. Quality of the espresso machine I'm not exactly sure what sets apart some grinder from another. Some say they more evenly grind the beans (similar particle sizes) but I am not sure if that is all there is to it.
- sweettea 3y agoA high quality grinder also minimally heats the beans as they grind - heat can change the volatility of the oils, resulting in changed flavor (and usually not for the better)
- FrankoDelMar 3y agoCorrect, this is why people prefer burr mill grinders made of ceramic instead of metal since ceramic is more thermally insulating.
- roflyear 3y agoThis isn't true in the high-end coffee community. No one uses ceramic burrs, and they are generally considered to produce worse coffee than other burrs.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoI'd put the quality of the grinder above the quality of the beans, but that's assuming a certain minimum standard (e.g. whole beans from a supermarket brand). If someone's using a blade grinder, then the particle size are going to be all over the place and you end up with a brew that's both over-extracted and under-extracted at the same time. I'm not especially fussed about the espresso machine quality as I usually drink AeroPress coffee and as long as people aren't using boiling water, then it turns out fine (full immersion is a lot easier to get right than dialing in the specific grind for Espresso).
- pivo 3y ago> I'm not exactly sure what sets apart some grinder from another. Some say they more evenly grind the beans (similar particle sizes) but I am not sure if that is all there is to it. Definitely not all there is to it. There are people who are in to swapping burrs on a grinder to experiment with different flavor profiles, or to make espresso vs filter coffee. Some grinders even cater to us, such as the Niche Duo: https://www.nichecoffee.co.uk/products/niche-duo?variant=43187239813251 https://www.nichecoffee.co.uk/products/niche-duo?variant=431... Also, some people who like more traditional, chocolaty espressos prefer grinders/burrs that produce more varied particle size. People who like cleaner, "modern" espresso prefer grinders that produce the more similar particle sizes. It's a rabbit hole.
- tamaraaramat 3y ago> but not in the fridge I thought that storing them in fridge will keep them fresh longer
- LesZedCB 3y agofreezer yes, fridge idk.
- neverrroot 3y agoYou can likely get more out of not keeping the beans in the “open” (large hopper) than you could get out of wetting them. Assuming good quality beans, rather freshly roasted.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoIf the beans are freshly roasted, it's often best to leave them two-three days to degas the CO2 from the beans.
- neverrroot 3y agoAgree 100%, I didn’t mention this because the beans were resting for longer as mentioned by the user I replied to.
- sgt 3y agoA professional roaster told me at least a week. I brought them green beans which they roasted and phoned me after a week (telling me that before that would be too soon and taking a chance) to come pick up.
- robbs 3y agoIt varies. I roast at home, and some beans are great the next day. Some are great the next week. The cafe I used to live next to would rest their beans for a week.
- swells34 3y agoSame. I have noticed that the lighter the roast, the happier the beans are with less rest. That being said, the best coffee I've had was Ethiopian style, roasted dark and brewed right in front of me with no rest.
- stouset 3y agoI buy 5lb bags and let them sit on the counter for a week or two. Then I set aside a week’s worth for use and freeze the remainder in gallon ziplock bags with the air pressed out. This allows me to waste less coffee and less time dialing in shots because each week’s worth will be very close in required grind setting to the previous week’s.
- tomstuart 3y agoThe target audience for this hack are people who carefully weigh their beans (and then put them into the empty hopper for grinding) each time they make coffee.
- sva_ 3y agoDamn, literal bean counters.
- rokkitmensch 3y agoBusted. My scale absolutely has a units mode that is very fun and completely caters to my precision fetish. Or at least I thought it did until I considered bean-weight variability...
- mimischi 3y agoIt’s infuriating when you change brands. Built up a feel for how much a bean weighs and how many are needed to go from 17.9 to 18.0g? Yeah, that other bean requires five beans, and not just one.
- cjr 3y agoOr removing the right sized bean to go from 18.1g to 18g
- pseudosaid 3y agoof course factoring in the age and roast too
- LesZedCB 3y agothere are even more niche products, literally called bean counters which dose whole beans to a certain weight. believe it or not they are well over $100. the deep end of coffee is both insane and expensive
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- pseudosaid 3y agosingle dose