Best Coffee Maker

[Msail30bay]

Grinder and French Press. (A hot water kettle makes things easier).

I also want to add, don't forgot local roasters. While I am spoiled in Seattle, many cities have great roasters. If you are in a small town you may have to travel a big to get beans, but worth it IMO.

YES! Simple and good. I thought I was the ONLY one doing this on earth. I crave Starbucks Yukon Blend whole beans, every freaking morning, a large fresh cup with 1/2&1/2 and brown sugar. It's extra work but it's a must!! I got some frenchy Ooh la la whole beans at a local roaster in New Hampshire and OMG, taste like bat piss, so much for local roasters.

 

[Shrink]

YES! Simple and good. I thought I was the ONLY one doing this on earth. I crave Starbucks Yukon Blend whole beans, every freaking morning, a large fresh cup with 1/2&1/2 and brown sugar. It's extra work but it's a must!! I got some frenchy Ooh la la whole beans at a local roaster in New Hampshire and OMG, taste like bat piss, so much for local roasters.

As I'm not sure what bat piss taste like, I'll assume it's not good...but I not sure that I would condemn local roasters because your local roaster has beans that taste like bat piss.

 

[mobilehaathi]

YES! Simple and good. I thought I was the ONLY one doing this on earth. I crave Starbucks Yukon Blend whole beans, every freaking morning, a large fresh cup with 1/2&1/2 and brown sugar. It's extra work but it's a must!! I got some frenchy Ooh la la whole beans at a local roaster in New Hampshire and OMG, taste like bat piss, so much for local roasters.

Never heard of the Frenchy Ooh La La beans, where are they grown?

 

[Kurwenal]

As I'm not sure what bat piss taste like, I'll assume it's not good...but I not sure that I would condemn local roasters because your local roaster has beans that taste like bat piss.

Bat piss.....Kopi Luwak....no big difference.

 

[BenTrovato]

It's been over a year now that I'll only buy organic beans and I use filtered alkaline water that boil in an open pot. I find the kettles get a calcium build up over time and I'd rather not be continually heating that up and drinking it.

I also can't do the pesticides anymore, way too many for a simple cup of coffee. I find the taste using organic beans and alkaline water to be extraordinary for the french press. I literally have not had a better cup of coffee anywhere in the world since I've started doing this.

I believe that anything you do daily, should be the best. I use my phone everyday, I won't skimp. I use my laptop everyday, it should be great. I drink coffee everyday and so every ingredient should be at the highest standard. To be fair, I can't take credit for this methodology but it works . "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

What is the best coffee maker out there?

My hand.

;-)

 

[Dubberton]

Keurig office pro ftw

I believe that anything you do daily, should be the best. I use my phone everyday, I won't skimp. I use my laptop everyday, it should be great. I drink coffee everyday and so every ingredient should be at the highest standard. To be fair, I can't take credit for this methodology but it works . "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." -Aristotle

that sort of philosophy reminds me of Confucius. also I imagine you look like this now so congratulations

 

[S.B.G]

As I'm not sure what bat piss taste like, I'll assume it's not good...but I not sure that I would condemn local roasters because your local roaster has beans that taste like bat piss.

Never heard of the Frenchy Ooh La La beans, where are they grown?

Bat piss.....Kopi Luwak....no big difference.

Hahahaha! This stuff made me laugh rather good this morning!

Shrink, you may not know what bat piss tastes like, but I bet you know what coyote poop and cat fur taste like.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Hahahaha! This stuff made me laugh rather good this morning!

Shrink, you may not know what bat piss tastes like, but I bet you know what coyote poop and cat fur taste like.

Great dialogue to greet me on this thread, this lovely London morning.

Bat piss, coyote poop and cat fur…….these are the esoteric coffee preferences - the somewhat lesser known (perhaps deservedly) - and clearly something of an acquired taste - known only to the deeply learned cognoscenti who dwell herein…….

Oooh-la-la beans? Now, that is a new one to me…...

 

[BenTrovato]

that sort of philosophy reminds me of Confucius. also I imagine you look like this now so congratulations

lol I will start growing the stache and parting my hair this weekend!

 

[Kurwenal]

lol I will start growing the stache and parting my hair this weekend!

Don't try to fake it. You are from Toronto. You look like this.

 

[decafjava]

Don't try to fake it. You are from Toronto. You look like this.

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HAHAHAHAHA!! As a long time Rush fan (but child of the 80s - well ok I was born in the 60s but graduated high school in the 80s) I have to laugh at the oh so 70s vibe in that pic.

*Yea I know the 80s were as bad if not worse for hairstyles, I know I lived that.

 

[BenTrovato]

Don't try to fake it. You are from Toronto. You look like this.

Haha excellent observation! That body style is littered all over the city. Thankfully being Italian, I don't like look like that, and appreciate good coffee

 

[Addison William]

I also is using Bunn coffee maker,it works good.



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[Southern Dad]

I have two coffee systems in my home. They are very different and serve different needs. If I'm home all day or I'll be entertaining, I'm going to use the Bunn VPR Series coffee maker. It quickly makes a pot and keeps it hot for as long as I'll need it. For normal mornings, I use my Keurig 2.0 coffee maker. It's great for making one cup or even a four-five cup carafe.

Determining the best coffee maker depends up on your needs. I am not that person that likes to wait for a drip coffee maker to make me a pot everyday. I like flavored coffees as well as regular coffee. In the afternoons, I'll switch to decaf but I love my coffee.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I recently had occasion to taste some superb Ethiopian coffee made with a Chemex; I cannot say whether it was the coffee (fresh, sourced from a a small, high quality organic producer), or the method (Chemex, the first time I had sampled coffee made this way) but the results were a superb cup of coffee, one of the best I have had in an age.

 

[Silencio]

The Chemex is bar none my preferred way to make coffee. It's so low tech and a bit labor intensive, but the results are fantastic.

Unfortunately I recently broke my glass Chemex carafe. Until I can buy a new one, I've gone back to my old French Press. It's like I've been drinking pinot noir for years and suddenly switched to big, bold cabernets. I've become accustomed to the subtlety and balance of Chemex brewed coffee, and the bold flavors from the French Press are kind of smacking me around a little.

In the summertime, I've been using my French Press to make cold brew iced coffee. It does a great job at that.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

The Chemex is bar none my preferred way to make coffee. It's so low tech and a bit labor intensive, but the results are fantastic.

Unfortunately I recently broke my glass Chemex carafe. Until I can buy a new one, I've gone back to my old French Press. It's like I've been drinking pinot noir for years and suddenly switched to big, bold cabernets. I've become accustomed to the subtlety and balance of Chemex brewed coffee, and the bold flavors from the French Press are kind of smacking me around a little.

In the summertime, I've been using my French Press to make cold brew iced coffee. It does a great job at that.

Well, I have to say that I was so impressed when I tried it, that I am seriously contemplating buying one for myself.

This was easily the best cup of coffee I had in an absolute age - and I pride myself on ensuring that I only drink the very good stuff myself.

 

[S.B.G]

and I pride myself on ensuring that I only drink the very good stuff myself.

Anything less should be a crime.

 

[SurferMan]

YES! Simple and good. I thought I was the ONLY one doing this on earth. I crave Starbucks Yukon Blend whole beans, every freaking morning, a large fresh cup with 1/2&1/2 and brown sugar. It's extra work but it's a must!! I got some frenchy Ooh la la whole beans at a local roaster in New Hampshire and OMG, taste like bat piss, so much for local roasters.

Sounds like you tried a really light roast or a roaster that doesn't know what their doing. Starbucks beans are 6-12+ months old by the time you buy them and their all burnt since they use the cheapest/lowest quality crops around as no other way to support their volume. Even their store bags are stale but wouldn't matter if fresh anyway as their all charred to a crisp leaving no bean taste and only the burnt roast after taste. They burn and char everything so that way every store has the same consistent taste (which as nasty as it is they are consistent lol) but hey if you like the taste of what I imagine would be a cigarette having an orgy with a cigar then hey thats all that matters

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Anything less should be a crime.

Oh, I agree - setting (and adhering to) exceptional standards, and all that. Very important. Exceptionally so.

Well, even when I was a student, I prided myself on the coffee I offered to guests - that meant proper filtered coffee, usually served in a French press, or the filter cone method. It was fairly well known amongst their (my parents ) circle (and mine) that if you came to my parents' house you got offered really good coffee, invariably made by me. This was also something of a conventional wisdom in my student days, too. Coffee lovers found their way to my house. And drank coffee. And we talked, and solved (or attempted to) the problems of the world.

This is not a new obsession - by any stretch of the imagination - for me, merely the next step on a long, long, and ever more demanding and interesting journey…….

That is because that is what was always served in our house, and, as a coffee aficionado, even as a child, (because even as a child, I was the one who actually made the coffee, it was always one of my tasks), I had a fairly good idea of the difference between what was real coffee and the ghastly inferior substitute (namely 'instant') that passed for coffee almost everywhere else when I was growing up.

At a time, (and here, we are talking over twenty years ago) when pubs served 'Irish coffees' with instant coffees, I made the same drink at home (for guests) with proper filter ('real') coffee, and fresh cream. Mind you, I am not saying it wasn't labour intensive…..and time consuming…….but it was damned good.

 

[satcomer]

*Yea I know the 80s were as bad if not worse for hairstyles, I know I lived that.

I bet your wife has a picture of you with a mullet!

 

[Kurwenal]

Well, I have to say that I was so impressed when I tried it, that I am seriously contemplating buying one for myself.

This was easily the best cup of coffee I had in an absolute age - and I pride myself on ensuring that I only drink the very good stuff myself.

As you know from the other thread, I too am a devotee of the Chemex. When a "balanced and smooth" cup is desired, I think the Chemex loses out only to a vac brewer (and depending of course on the coffee type/source), and the Chemex has the vac brewer beat hands down in terms of ease of use and cleanup. Just use the unbleached filter papers and pre-wet them, and I highly recommend a kettle that produces a consistent pour of 205 degrees, such as this one (which in the other thread I called the best $95 I have ever spent on any single coffee device).

This would do you very well until the GS/3 shows up.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

As you know from the other thread, I too am a devotee of the Chemex. When a "balanced and smooth" cup is desired, I think the Chemex loses out only to a vac brewer (and depending of course on the coffee type/source), and the Chemex has the vac brewer beat hands down in terms of ease of use and cleanup. Just use the unbleached filter papers and pre-wet them, and I highly recommend a kettle that produces a consistent pour of 205 degrees, such as this one (which in the other thread I called the best $95 I have ever spent on any single coffee device).

This would do you very well until the GS/3 shows up.

I have actually had much the same thought myself since I sampled a coffee prepared with the Chemex; superb, seriously superb, - indeed the words 'balanced and smooth' described it exactly - it was so good that this is a method that I wish to further explore.

Actually, I did check some online clips about how to make coffee using this method, and a kettle where exquisite manual control was possible seemed to be de rigour when considering this method. So, yes, thank you for your advice and suggestions re kettle and filters. I shall look into both.

Besides, as a big fan of the concept of deferred gratification, I like the idea of tormenting myself with the further possibility of a GS/3 when things are more settled, and like having things to look forward to buying. More to the point, I see little reason to buy one while I am spending so much time abroad, often at fairly short notice for unseasonably long periods of time. The GS/3 would be something of a waste unless I am around a fair bit of the time to enjoy it.

 

[Kurwenal]

I have actually had much the same thought myself since I sampled a coffee prepared with the Chemex; superb, seriously superb, - indeed the words 'balanced and smooth' described it exactly - it was so good that this is a method that I wish to further explore.

Actually, I did check some online clips about how to make coffee using this method, and a kettle where exquisite manual control was possible seemed to be de rigour when considering this method. So, yes, thank you for your advice and suggestions re kettle and filters. I shall look into both.

Besides, as a big fan of the concept of deferred gratification, I like the idea of tormenting myself with the further possibility of a GS/3 when things are more settled, and like having things to look forward to buying. More to the point, I see little reason to buy one while I am spending so much time abroad, often at fairly short notice for unseasonably long periods of time. The GS/3 would be something of a waste unless I am around a fair bit of the time to enjoy it.

Let it never be said I won't help a friend spend their money......here's a quick shot of the Chemex sitting on the GS/3, purely for research purposes, of course.

As for prep, I recommend this guide, which I follow other than using different filters. Chemex prep is relatively forgiving compared to certain other methods, and it includes enough ceremony as to actually feel like what you are doing matters.

I think you will be happy with a Chemex + kettle purchase.