That is a highly-rated grinder, often recommended as a cheaper alternative to the Comandante C40.
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That could be genetic but could also be low extraction or roast. They should not be sour. You could always try a floral with low acidity that has chocolate tasting notes. Guatemala Santa Rosa tends to have that profile. I reviewed one in this thread from S&W; one of the best coffees Iāve had but theyāve since sold out.
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The idea of that piece isnāt crazy: I tried to whip up a homemade contraption sort of like that once. The purpose was mainly as a flow restrictor on the Hario gooseneck kettle which imo is sort of a flawed design, easily allowing you to pour too much too fast. George Howell Coffee sells this nylon flow restrictor for $3:
So that shower head device is taking it one step further: flow restriction and wider dispersion like you see on the better drip machines. But isnāt it basically just this
except instead of being an attachment you have to hold it in your free hand? The $35 price is some real dotcom shit though. Iām almost positive I could do the CAD drawing and have a shop mass producing them for $1 in less than 72 hours.
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I donāt see what good itās supposed to do. is the goal to just not have to agitate? seems like if you give it a good whirl then using this will be totally moot.
I dunno what their device is supposed to do, but my idea was to emulate a good batch brewer by removing the variability in flow rate and dispersion that hand pouring from a kettle with a large nozzle produces. Like ideally I could hold the kettle in one position āwide openā and have it pour at the perfect rate and dispersion pattern instead of having to time my pours. I donāt know how much agitation matters, but anecdotally too much of it has a tendency to clog cone-shaped filters, presumably because the fines settle at the bottom.
Hereās my idea for an inexpensive plastic piece that snaps onto a V60 or whatever. You donāt even need a kettle, just boiling water poured from anything. Thereās a large mouth to pour into that tapers down to a reservoir. That way you can pour liberally but not lose too much heat. Itās then flow restricted to feed the shower. Thereās no magic shit like PULSE POURING or 4:6 METHODāyou just dump the water in. Why wouldnāt this work?
Why not just buy the v60 with a valve at the bottom
Got some beans I want to use up and my partner likes cold brew. Do I just coarse grind, use cold water, and leave it in the fridge overnight in the French press? We had been just using the pre made concentrate from TJās but that shit is like $9 and seems like a waste.
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Thatās interesting didnāt know they had a valve immersion option. Ultimately Iād like to be able to use my gadget on any cone filter device since I switch from time to time.
Anyone else have an encore Baratza? How the hell do I stop it from spewing out grinds when I insert the plastic back in?
Iāve never made it but I think thatās right.
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Can you fine folks recommend a cappuccino machine for a noob? I donāt want to spend a grand but also donāt want garbage. Also something that makes good lattes without a ton of effort would be ideal.
Ideas?
The grinds holder or the cap on the hopper?
Thatās the grinds bin. When I put it back in, it doesnāt cause anything to spew out? It looks like you have a ton of static electricity though. I posted this recently:
You could also wet the back of a spoon or something and stir with that before grinding.
Iāll give it a shot. Thanks.
The wet spoon trick works. My grinder is not particularly plagued by static but I get some and using a spoon basically eliminates it.
A lot of high end grinders are now shopping with a little bitty spray bottle for this purpose.
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I honestly think this is pretty hard to find, especially if youāre looking for automatic machines. I did a lot of research and arrived at a Saeco machine for about $700 - unfortunately I was never happy with the quality of the espresso or lattes as I was making and ended up returning it. It was also quite a bit of maintenance that I wasnāt interested in; some cursory research indicates they donāt even make the model anymore.
My understanding is that the Breville Espresso Express is probably the best home machine youāre going to find but maybe one of the others with more expertise can weigh in: https://www.amazon.com/Breville-BES870XL-Barista-Express-Espresso/dp/B00CH9QWOU
I have friends who swear by their Jura but itās a much more expensive machine.
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we never started a watch thread but I had to post this SOMEWHERE, you can get a NOS Doc Brown BTTF watch on ebay:
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