Your favorite way to make coffee?

[SHRED]

Looking to brew again.
One or two cups in the morning.
Organic coffee.

Any ideas?
Organic coffee sources? I used to order from here: http://www.cafemam.com/

I am thinking a small drip brewer with a timer.

[Zorra]

1. I use a melita, and pour by hand.

Works well for me.

I love coffee, it's my only addiction that I know of.

There is a local country store near my home that has organic fair trade coffee that is hand roasted locally.

Good stuff!

[Lars39]

3. We do that, too.

Works well, tastes good. :)

[IcyPeas]

2. Clever coffee dripper:

Saw this on Boing boing a couple of weeks ago and decided to buy one. IT MAKES GREAT COFFEE. It's a cross between a french press and a melita drip cone. It only makes one cup at a time of course, but it's worth it. I'd been using the melita one cup dripper and that made great coffee too, but this is a step up from that. I am hooked.

http://boingboing.net/2011/05/12/clever-coffee-drippe.html

You pour the water in the dripper and let it sit for 4 minutes (like a french press) then just by placing it on a mug it releases the valve and you get a flavorful cup of joe.

I bought mine from Amazon from a Company called Espresso Parts. They were the cheapest store.


http://www.sweetmarias.com/clevercoffeedripperpictorial.php

[SHRED]

4. that sounds awesome

I was considering this:

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=4-Cup+Coffeemaker&cid=17240092491893844092#p

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[blogslut]

5. French Press

I heat up some water in the micro, pour it into the container along with a couple spoonfuls of ground coffee, wait about five minutes, push the plunger down and serve me up some awesome.

This is the one I own. The site sez it makes 3 4oz. cups but for me, it makes one very large cup:

http://www.bodum.com/int/en-us/shop/detail/1783-01/

[Duer 157099]

8. Seconded

I think Alton Brown said that 3 minutes is optimal, but I'm lucky if I can wait a full minute, lol.

[Chan790]

10. Me too.

Mine is a classic Bodum Chambord glass press.

I usually go four minutes but I love my coffee strong, I save my cup mud to muddle with sugar and hot water to make a glaze to top ice cream with.

[Duer 157099]

11. Interesting. I've never thought of saving the cup mud

But now that you mention it...

[stuntcat]

23. another for French press

I used to have that same little Bodum! I finally got the big one though, it was a good deal at World Market. Now I drink three cups a day :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I grind the beans, and I use an electric kettle to heat the water. I could not live without an electric kettle now, I don't know why I ever did.

(edit for bean grindage)

[blogslut]

26. I used to have a metal one

...but the outer enclosure broke. This hard plastic Kenya model is crazy sturdy. I've been using it for a few years now.

I've been through all the coffee maker types. I once owned a vintage La Pavoni but my brother begged me to give it to him in trade for the above mentioned French Press. I didn't mind. Espressos and cappuccinos are fine but I prefer my coffee be more on the punk-rock-slag-from-hell side.

[stuntcat]

29. I broke a press once toooo

OH it was just heartbreaking...


Just say YES to "punk-rock-slag-from-hell"!!!! :headbang:

[Curmudgeoness]

36. I am not a fan of French Press coffee.

Maybe I just didn't do it right. I just can't drink it. And I am a coffee-holic.

[struggle4progress]

6. I usually use a one cup dripper

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Method? Country of origin? Meh.

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[Chan790]

9. You're back to your old self faster than I expected.

If I'd had my ribs cracked earlier this week, I'd still be drooling in bed pressing the morphine button every time I became lucid again.

[siligut]

21. They didn't splay him

Newer, better techniques.

[Duer 157099]

12. Hey! When did you sneak back in here!!

So glad to see you MFM! :hi:

[Kali]

13. I do like the French press

but I also noticed I have no taste in coffee (unlike beer) so leftover microwaved drip is fine, I can even do instant (very common in northern Mexico) as long as I have my fake powdered creamer. Hell cowboy coffee boiled in an old gigantic rusty pot is fine.

Bottom line, I need two cups in the morning, but as long as somebody else makes it or cleans up I don't care how it's done.

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. freshly ground beans

and a french press

[Arkansas Granny]

15. I use a Black & Decker Brew and Go and grind my own beans.

The pot brews 1 cup at a time and I've t's quick, convenient and every cup is fresh. I'm sure you can come up with a better cup of coffee, but this suits me fine.

[trackfan]

16. I'm doing modified cowboy since my percolater broke.

It requires 3 vessels.

[woofless]

17. Aerobie Aero Press

I got it from Amazon. Kinda like a french press except you use espresso grind and press the coffee through the filter instead of pressing the filter through the coffee. Delicious results.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. I was wondering about the Areo Press.

Is the taste that much better?

This is what I have been using for decades: but it has some drawbacks, like clogging, which wastes the pot of coffee.

[snagglepuss]

27. Odd this thread comes along because I've been thinking about posting my love of that stovetop

espresso pot. When I got my first one years and years ago it would clog but since then - clog free coffee. The secret is to take it apart and rinse all the pieces before making a cup. I you don't take the filter plate out and rinse it, the grains of coffee get permanently lodged in the little holes.

[dixiegrrrrl]

30. Aha!!!!!! Take the filter plate out, eh?

I DO have a lot of extra filters and gaskets, btw..maybe I need to use them more frequently while I clean out the old filters.
Thanks..I will try that.
I have been using the Moka pot for over 30 years, and have found several of them at thrift stores, intact, for a few bucks.

[woofless]

45. It is truly the best tasting coffee I have ever made.

You brew for only a matter of seconds. There is virtually no bitterness. Smooth and full of flavor. I highly recommend it.

[emilyg]

19. Any way that's fast. Mornings are

rough till I have coffee.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. my favorite way?

Have someone else brew it.

[surrealAmerican]

22. One thing you may want to consider ...

... is how much you are making and when you will be consuming it. I use a drip coffee maker that fills a thermal carafe because if you don't drink all the coffee immediately, keeping it on a hot plate type warmer (or re-heating it later) will ruin the flavor. I drink my first cup shortly after I make the coffee, but my second cup will still be warm and tasty, even three or four hours later, this way.

[marzipanni]

44. Yes, that way.

We use hubby's old stainless steel thermos, a melitta-style filter with a longer narrower funnel bottom (rests on the thermos without tipping over easily), and any dark roast coffee that was on sale.

[applegrove]

24. I liked bodems. But the grounds are hard to get rid of that way.

[grasswire]

25. the hottest trend in specialty coffee is called "pour-over"...

...and it is essentially a drip process, single cup, single ceramic cone, single source coffee beans (meaning from one particular farm or ranch).

This is replacing espresso drinks as the trend for people who deeply are interested in coffee (and can afford single source beans).

The trade magazine of the specialty coffee industry is www.freshcup.com. The trade show is called coffeefest, and it's coming up in early June in San Diego.

The most important aspect of coffee is fresh cold water to start. Heated just to not quite boiling. That's the pour point.

Coffeehouses are encouraged to buy specialty water or treat the tap water in order to get the proper mineral content, which is also important.

(Personally, I'm behind the trend. I prefer french press with fresh-ground very dark roast beans, a little sludge, and heavy cream. I pour the press half full, let it bloom, then add remaining water.)

Mmmmm.

[Enthusiast]

28. This thread is played out but I'll answer anyway.

You know, just to be disruptive.

We always fresh roast green beans. We grind the beans every morning. Usually we use a simple drip coffee maker. On some occasions we will pull out the French press. We like the French press best but it only gives us about one third the volume.

[Burma Jones]

31. Chemex Filters and Chemex glass drip

http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/


I buy three pounds of beans every other week from a local roaster, Mayorga Coffee.

http://www.mayorgacoffee.com/


I am partial to Kenya AA........

On Edit:

Sweet Maria's is a great coffee site:

http://www.sweetmarias.com/index.php

[billyclem]

32. Long term use of two methods.

French Press for all but espresso and a LaPavoni for that.

:donut:

[Bake]

33. Hot, black and sweet!

:hi:

Bake

[kentauros]

34. Yeah, I let the people at work make it,

because I'm not enough of a coffee drinker to learn :P

As for how I make it palatable to drink? Oh, probably about two tablespoons of sugar, at least a quarter cup of creamer (I use those wasteful liquid things they have available because I can't stand the powdered stuff), a cup or so hot coffee, swirl around in my "water bottle" to mix, and pour in a scoop of ice enough to fill the bottle. Mmmmm, iced coffee! :9

[Curmudgeoness]

35. So you are one of THOSE. Every time I go to get a cup of coffee,

some asshole has left the pot with a teaspoon of coffee in it, with the burner still on, at 9:00 AM. Really????

Actually, you might really like this: Cold coffee, add sweetened condensed milk and serve over ice. Sweet, milky, and icy. I do this with the left over coffee from the morning.

[kentauros]

37. I know a lot about Vietnamese coffee

having had it pretty much every time I used to go to a certain restaurant afterhours in Houston ;)

As for me being the one to leave only a 'teaspoon' of coffee in the pot, no, I don't do that. I also won't take any coffee at all if it means I'll have to make a new pot, like there's already only a cup or so left by the "real" coffee drinkers :P

[Curmudgeoness]

39. I like your style.

You wouldn't take coffee if it meant you had to make a pot. Pretty funny. But I suppose that you are not one of us hard cores.

Funny you should call that Vietnamese coffee because of a restauant in Houston. I call it Thai coffee (and that is what they called it) because I always got it in a Thai restaurant in Houston. Small world. We all went to that Thai restaurant every Friday night for years, and when they retired and closed, I had to actually learn to cook a few favorites, although I have never had luck with peanut satay.

[kentauros]

42. I may have described the Vietnamese coffee wrong.

I had it at Mai's on Louisiana (I've learned since then that they burned down.) There you got an Irish Coffee style glass mug, already filled a third of the way with sweetened condensed milk, and then an individual coffee press on top. You then poured in hot water until the mug was filled, dribbling through the press. Okay, now mix it all up and pour over the glass of ice provided and drink up! :9

Thai Cottage made some good Thai Iced Tea, but I don't think I ever tried their Thai coffee. I'll have to next time :)

[pokerfan]

38. French Press

First, get a decent grinder. This is absolutely critical for French Press coffee because what you want is an evenly sized ground, i.e. all the grounds the size size for the most part. The whirring blade grinders give you boulders and dust and it's the dust that's the problem. The dust just sails through the metal filter and gives the coffee a somewhat gritty character. So don't skimp on the grinder. What you want is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_preparation#Burr-grinding">conical burr mill grinder.

Second, get a French Press. They come in all sizes. The beauty of the French press is that you have complete control over the steep time. It's a lot like making tea. You can control the temperature of the water - many automatic coffee makers really don't get the water hot enough - and you can control the steep time.

How to use a press pot: http://coffeegeek.com/guides/presspot

[mike_c]

40. #1: Chemex drip brewer; #2: french press; #3: aeropress....

Few automatic drip brewers heat water sufficiently hot to extract the best flavors, and the ones that do are quite expensive.

I buy green, unroasted coffee beans from Sweet Marias in Oakland (they ship FAST), roast them in a FreshRoast home roaster, grind and brew after resting the roasted beans for a day or two. The quality is superb. My most days, go-to brew method is a Chemex glass drip pot with Chemex paper filters. Works GREAT. Some days I'll use a french press instead, other days-- especially if I'm in a hurry-- it's the aeropress into a thermos bottle, top it off with hot water, and voila! it's fresh coffee in seconds.

[av8rdave]

41. Starbucks gift card

[Oceansaway]

43. i use a Bunn & grind my own...nt

[TroglodyteScholar]

46. I order all my fair trade organic coffee rom Higher Ground Roasters

http://www.highergroundroasters.com/

Great prices, and you can usually find a valid coupon code on sites like retailmenot.com. They ship superfast, too.