Coffee Geek-ery

[Stuhoo 90,167]

4 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

best I can do is a Mr. Coffee maker....take it or leave it

We can do so much better for you my friend.

When life is challenging, really good coffee or bourbon can make it so much better.

[FortWayneHoosier 6,947]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

We can do so much better for you my friend.

When life is challenging, really good coffee or bourbon can make it so much better.

there is a local joint here in the fort that I go to get my coffee from, they have a lot of blends you cannot get elsewhere, but I am using the coffee pot I posted above haha. Is this bad?

[Hovadipo 61,655]

It's summer so I put my pouch of cheap coffee in a pitcher overnight in the fridge and have about 6 days worth of coffee ready to pour over ice 12 hours later. Suck it Stu!

[Stuhoo 90,167]

21 minutes ago, FortWayneHoosier said:

there is a local joint here in the fort that I go to get my coffee from, they have a lot of blends you cannot get elsewhere, but I am using the coffee pot I posted above haha. Is this bad?

In order of importance:

1. The quality and freshness of the ingredient. That means whole beans that have been roasted between 5 and 30 days before use.
2. The skill of the 'cook'.
3. The equipment. Ground by a conical or flat burr grinder (not a blade grinder) before each use. 

So freshly roasted, properly ground beans brewed in a Mr. Coffee is infinitely better than stale, pre-ground coffee brewed in very, very expensive equipment.

Compare it to making a steak. The most important thing is getting a excellent piece of uncooked meat. Even a Michelin chef can't make it good if it's gristle that is six months old. And a great chef with a great ingredient can make it great with a bad frying pan. Give that great steak a great chef and great equipment and you're never gonna put ketchup on that sucker. 

Final rule: If you are making coffee that has ANY correlation with any ideas of @Hovadipo? It is bad and wrong and bad. And wrong.

[Stuhoo 90,167]

12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It's summer so I put my pouch of cheap coffee in a pitcher overnight in the fridge and have about 6 days worth of coffee ready to pour over ice 12 hours later. Suck it Stu!

That's actually not a bad strategy. Put great coffee ground fresh in a pitcher in the fridge overnight and you'll have six days of fantastic iced coffee with no extra effort!

[Hovadipo 61,655]

3 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That's actually not a bad strategy. Put great coffee ground fresh in a pitcher in the fridge overnight and you'll have six days of fantastic iced coffee with no extra effort!

But I'm cheap.

[Hovadipo 61,655]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Final rule: If you are making coffee that has ANY correlation with any ideas of @Hovadipo? It is bad and wrong and bad. And wrong.

But cheap!

[Stuhoo 90,167]

8 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

But I'm cheap.

Yet priceless.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,008]

All in favor of changing the name of this thread to Coffee Snobbery signify by raising your paper cup from your favorite gas station.

[Stuhoo 90,167]

36 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

All in favor of changing the name of this thread to Coffee Snobbery signify by raising your paper cup from your favorite gas station.

It’s not the “Coffee” thread; it’s the “Coffee-Geekery” thread!  :)

[Pagoda 5,089]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

All in favor of changing the name of this thread to Coffee Snobbery signify by raising your paper cup from your favorite gas station.

When you see these bad boys with the coffee beans in the air above the coffee (why???), you know you’re about to get some great coffee.  ;-)