DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Everything Else... Coffee / Espresso makers?

I just brewed a cup and turned the strong setting off. The water shot through a lot faster.

I had forgotten that since i have had this machine maybe 5-6 years now and haven't fooled with it since the first week or so.

Makes sense. Us old guys are still right every now and then.

We have a Breville Touch and love it. If we are driving for a vacation we actually take it with us lol.

Barista Touch

lol

I don't do Folgers or anything already ground, but I'm a drip-coffee and don't even own a microwave to warm that stuff up the next day kinda person. I drink that day-old coffee at room temperature while I wait for the new pot to brew.

Beans is where I splurge a little. I have a decent grinder, and I get bulk beans from GFS (2# for ~$13). The difference in flavor really IS worth it.

No doubt fresh ground is best. The oils are inside the beans. You release the aroma when you grind them.

I think the K-cups do a pretty good job of sealing in the flavor...at least better than buying a big tin and opening and closing the thing for a few weeks. Every time you expose the grounds to air you are skunking them just a bit.

Ran across this now that you chumps have me all excited about coffee. Pretty through article.

Everything you want to know about BEANS:

https://www.brewcoffeehome.com/best-coffee-beans/

So the inventor of the k cup hates his invention. It's not environmentally friendly. I would suggest instead any of the other one cup coffee makers you can get. We have a ninja. Open the basket put in the coffee. Make the coffee empty the basket. Pretty simple without the environmental thing. Every little bit helps. Jmtc

You can buy reusable K-cups. There are a bunch out there (Keurig probably has their own). I think there's one type that works with the older k-cups, and one that works with the newer (position of the needles that's supposed to pierce both ends, I think). These work really well.

In March I decided to up my home espresso game. I started considering and researching last May on how I wanted to upgrade. As I narrowed things down I knew I wanted to wait until after we got back from our Alaskan trip to pull the trigger.

This machine has been amazing to use. I do gravitate towards more traditional Italian style espresso instead of newer stuff with lighter roasts. Currently I am using a dark roast from Atomic coffee roasters in MA.

I've started the research to decide what, if anything, I want to do about a new grinder.

I forgot about this post. My wife was in a best buy around Christmas time , She ran into a breville rep. He gave her a code for a 1/2 off online purchase We splurged and got the Barista Touch for $500. We like lavazza for the beans Good quality at reasonable price. Thats a fine looking machine you got there. We are sooo glad we made the jump to one of these machines.

I considered a Breville dual boiler but I really wanted a rotary pump instead of vibration pump. I had a list and researched anything I could find. It was narrowed down to two machines, the Micra and the Lelit Bianca. The Bianca is more boxy and she decided she didn't like the look of it. I was leaning towards the Micra anyway so that was good.

This isn't anywhere near the level of what you all are talking about, but I just recently bought an iced coffee maker. I gotta take a look at the brand, but it's nothing special (I paid ~$40 for it).

It actually works pretty well. The idea behind it is that it uses an agitator to mix the coffee and water faster (~20 minutes vs overnight). Again, I was surprised by how easy it was to put out some decent iced coffee.

If it makes coffee you enjoy that is the number one priority. I've never been big into iced coffee but on occasion it is delightful.

With how warm the mornings have been, an iced coffee on the way to work and sipping on while I'm starting my workday has been really nice.

To each his own.

For me, life is too short to drink bad coffee. I like coffee and good coffee is one of the simple pleasures of life.

It's just as good the next day.

Or it is just as bad...

Never been a fan of iced coffee.

The only time I deliberately cool down coffee is after I reduce it down in intensify flavor to use in homemade ice cream or some sort of topping for a dessert.