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What's in your cup this week? (startrek.website)

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I'm doing a blend of Kona from a local store and whole food Kenya. It's a 70/30 of Kenya to Kona and taste great. The Kona alone I got taste and looks like really dark soil after a brew, so I picked a lite roast to see how it would go and I'm happy.

I haven't had too many Kenya coffees, but if you have a whole foods nearby this one tastes good to me.

Single Origin Kenya

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

My local Walmart has given up on Aeropress, so I picked one up today in the clearance shelves for USD$15. The price label says it normally sells for $34.98.

I'll give a report after I figure out how it's best for me to use it.

For my daily driver french press, it's back to working on that bag of Mexican organic dark roast whole beans that I got at Grocery Outlet months ago.

For a dark roast, it's smooth and sweet.

Being able to grind a week's worth of brews at a time is helping the beans retain their flavor longer, I hope.

I picked up a bag of Four Sisters ~~dark roast~~ donut shop blend grounds, again from Grocery Outlet, so I'll be trying that out in the next week or two.

Again looking at what's in Grocery Outlet, I just can't bring myself to buy a bag of Dunkin Donuts beans/grounds with less than a month to their best by date, when there are better options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

I use the winning recipe from the world championship, from the second one (2009). You like brew the coffee for 15 seconds and then done. I only use 14g max, but it's basically instant coffee that tastes like great coffee.

Ahh I found it:

Coffee: 19.5–20g Grind: Slightly coarser than filter grind Water: 200ml @ 75°C Brewer: Inverted Filter: Paper, soaked

Directions:

Stir 4 times
Stop stirring, secure the filter and turn at around 10 seconds (total contact time around 15 sec.)
Press and serve

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

First attempt: Hmm... Not bad. Nice and strong, certainly tasted better than standard drip.

It lacked that fragrant aftertaste, i.e. the oiliness, that I'm used to getting from my french press though. It could be the paper filter.

The temperature was a bit middling too.

I can see why some recipes call for preheating the Aeropress parts and mug, and blooming the grounds with a little water, then adding the bulk of hot water just before pressing.

It is fast, though that time demanded my full attention not to tip over the inverted brewer.

I was a little disappointed in the volume coming out of my original model too. Even with the water filled above mark 4, my mug was only a little over 1/2 full. I think I really need an XL, or a smaller mug

Things to try next time, with objective of getting hotter coffee: Preheat the mug. Bloom grounds for 30 seconds. Add hot water just before pressing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, a smaller mug for the aeropress for sure. It's only like 220ml I think

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