Anyone Into Coffee?

I really love coffee too. I'm more mainstream though. I order from Peets and use my burr grinder every morning, then brew it through my Technivorm Moccamaster.

My usual coffees are Aged Sumatra, Arabian Mocha Sanani.
 
MDP said:
I really love coffee too. I'm more mainstream though. I order from Peets and use my burr grinder every morning, then brew it through my Technivorm Moccamaster.

My usual coffees are Aged Sumatra, Arabian Mocha Sanani.
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Just wondering, which model Technivorm Moccamaster do you have ?
 
Hey Chris, it's a Clubline, with the regular carafe. They also make one with a thermos carafe. I've had it for over 10 yrs.,and it still makes the best coffee.
 
In the Patrick Bowers series by Steven James he refers to it as "Charbucks" and says stuff like "Going to Starbucks for good coffee is like going to McDonalds for steak".

I got into roasting for economy. $5.50 lb green vs. $15 for 3/4 lb. roasted for my choice of single origin coffee bought from the guy that cupped it at the farm and bought it from the guy that grew and processed it. No middleman or coffee exchange. A hot air popper is akin to a fluidized bed and can do very nicely, but is also very time consuming at 4 oz. per batch. My $300 Behmoor paidout in 6 months and it does a pound in about 23 minutes vs 1 1/2 hrs. It has a catalytic converter but there's still too much smoke/smell to roast in the house, so I roast in the garage with the door open and run a fan.

The $9k Probat single drum sample roaster is considered by many to be the holy grail home roaster but it only does 3 oz. batches. It's really I was 1st told about the $1300 Huki 500 by a guy that has a Probat and wants a Huki because it offers more control than the Probat. For close to even money I'd give the Huki points for capacity over the 7 oz. Quest M3 and stick to a once a week roasting schedule.
 
I'm still looking for a decent coffee brewer. The two that were listed on this thread received lots of horrible reviews.
 
Have you tried cryogenically treated beans roasted in a magnetically shielded/mechanically grounded roaster? A religious experience I tell you. You could never go back to bog standard coffee after that!
Additionally the roasting pan should be graphene lined to bring out the subtle flavors that are hidden below the taste threshold , the olefactory floor, if you will.
LoL
 
mep said:
I'm still looking for a decent coffee brewer. The two that were listed on this threads received lots of horrible reviews.
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This thread has taken on a life of it's own :happy: Which brewers are you referring to ??? What are your budget/criteria ?? Single cup, multiple cup ???
If it's single cup a bodum french press does a great job.. Don't forget an electric kettle with a programmable thermostat... 195-205 degrees is the sweet spot
a Barratza Virtuoso or Rocky Rancillo w/out a doser are two good choices and of course a gram scale for coffee weight
Hope this helps,
Tom
 
hoosiertom said:
This thread has taken on a life of it's own :happy: Which brewers are you referring to ??? What are your budget/criteria ?? Single cup, multiple cup ???
If it's single cup a bodum french press does a great job.. Don't forget an electric kettle with a programmable thermostat... 195-205 degrees is the sweet spot
a Barratza Virtuoso or Rocky Rancillo w/out a doser are two good choices and of course a gram scale for coffee weight
Hope this helps,
Tom
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I was specifically referring to the Technivorm moccamaster and the Behmoor Brazen. The reviews on both of them are so bad they are almost hilarious. I already have a French Press, so I'm talking about buying a machine that can brew at least 4 cups of coffee. As for price, let's say $200-$400.
 
mep said:
I was specifically referring to the Technivorm moccamaster and the Behmoor Brazen. The reviews on both of them are so bad they are almost hilarious. I already have a French Press, so I'm talking about buying a machine that can brew at least 4 cups of coffee. As for price, let's say $200-$400.
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8, 12 or 16 oz cups ?
Should this brewer also keep the coffee warm ? Over what period of time ?
 
Mark. are you talking about the Technivorm ? I've had mine for over 10 yrs. without any problems. Our friends and my sister have them now also, and absolutely love them.
 
The Technivorm makes very good coffee for a household drip. Gail's only, but big complaint about it is the rectangular water tube from the tank to the pot loses its chrome plating on the underside, and she has had that part replaced a few times.

The French Press makes good coffee but it is a pain in the ass to clean. It has no moving parts and you pour in measured water and coffee and stir. You brew for as long as you like with your choice of water temperature. You can't get simpler than that.

I like my Bloomfield commercial unit for everyday and party use and when I have the time to stand by the stove, I do it fully manual with my vintage stainless steel 75 year old Cory vacuum pot, which I think makes the very best coffee because all the water and all the coffee are combined at the same time and can be brewed for whatever amount of time you prefer with water that stays well into the 205 degree range (at sea level). You high altitude guys like in Denver Colo, will have trouble brewing with hot water because your water boils at 201 degrees, so the water delivered for brewing will be 10 degrees cooler (maybe 190 tops) than if you were at sea level. The vintage Silex is also a good vacuum pot. The automatic vacuum pot sold by Starbucks (if they still sell it) makes weak coffee because it doesn't allow the water in the pot to boil long enough before turning off, causing the decrease in vapor pressure to allow the coffee liquor to flow back down from the brewing funnel into the pot.

Percolators---yuck--boiled coffee

The Chemex is also OK, but I find it boring to stand there and pour the water into it for three or four minutes while it brews.
 
One advantage of living at 5000' of elevation is that you don't have to measure the water temperature for coffee brewing :rolleyes: A French press can brew a lot of cups, but it won't keep them warm like an insulated carafe.
 
MDP said:
Mark. are you talking about the Technivorm ? I've had mine for over 10 yrs. without any problems. Our friends and my sister have them now also, and absolutely love them.
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Yes, I'm talking about that machine. There are plenty of horror story reviews as well as good reviews. If you have had yours for over 10 years and had no problems, that's awesome.
 
hoosiertom said:
8, 12 or 16 oz cups ?
Should this brewer also keep the coffee warm ? Over what period of time ?
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I don't need it to brew more than 8 cups. I like the idea of an insulated pot that keeps the coffee warm for close to an hour without having a burner.
 
rbbert said:
One advantage of living at 5000' of elevation is that you don't have to measure the water temperature for coffee brewing :rolleyes: A French press can brew a lot of cups, but it won't keep them warm like an insulated carafe.
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YES you do! The water starts out cooler and ends up cooler when you pour it into the coffee pot.
 
GaryProtein said:
YES you do! The water starts out cooler and ends up cooler when you pour it into the coffee pot.
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Not sure what you mean. Water boils at just under 203 degrees F, near the high end of the ideal range. I just pour into the French press.
 
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