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Is Espresso Really 'Good' Coffee?

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akronnick:
Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER heat the container that the coffee rests in after the brewing process is complete. That's just asking for trouble. I don't even drink coffee and even I know that. If you have to brew more than one cup of coffee, store it in an insulated carafe, or better yet, a thermos.

Tiogyr:

--- Quote from: slydon on 02 Jun 2011, 01:56 ---I have a standard coffee pot, a percolator, and a keurig.
The coffee pot burns everything.. the only thing I can do is shove my cup under the stream and get some before the pot scorches it.
the percolator kind of sucks some of the flavor out of the coffee, but makes a great aroma in the process. Maybe I'm doing it wrong :/
The keurig is pretty good, but the little pods are expensive and typically make a very smooth but not super-strong cup. I think it gets the temperature right, but not quite the duration of brewing time necessary for a real strong cup. But there's an adapter out there that lets you brew your own stuff in there. It's pretty fun to try different bulk coffees that you buy by the pound and make your own samples to find what you like best.

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Either your "Standard coffee pot" has a short in the element, or it's set far too high, because all that heating pad is supposed to do is keep it from cooling as rapidly as just sitting out on the table would do, not actually increase the temperature of the coffee. If you're coffee is scorching as it hits the bottom of the pot (but catching the stream in a cup doesn't), that is definitely the problem there. Throw that piece of shit drip brewer away and either get one of those drip brewers that stores the brewed coffee in semi-insulated reservoir inside the coffee maker itself (Hamilton Beach makes a decent one for fairly cheap) or figure out how to properly use your percolator.

Is your percolator an actual stove top percolator or a glorified drip brewer? If it's the second one, throw it away. If it's the first one, you're doing it wrong because if you do the first one right it will be the best coffee you've ever had.

Screw those pod coffee makers, if you're actually going for flavor (and not confusing "Bitter as fuck" with "strong cup of coffee"). Get an Aeropress (tm) coffee maker if you want a gimmick coffee maker that actually makes a decent cup of coffee, they're only like $20 on Amazon and make a good single cup at a time and you don't have to waste money on pods.

slydon:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Jun 2011, 02:00 ---I have no idea what you mean by "standard coffee pot".

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standard coffee pot = the $15 POS grad students can buy in walgreens

slydon:
 :roll:I thought I said that... the pods are convenient but too much $$$, but the adapter for course ground makes pretty decent brew-flavor, but low acidity and oil, which is important because my stomach is sensitive to the stuff.
One of my friends has an aeropress, I didn't watch his coffeemaking process like a hawk, but the end product was, as you said 'decent', but just barely. Might have been crap coffee for all I know.

The keurig itself was a gift, so it didn't cost anything :D

mike837go:
Within this discussion of espresso == hard liquor and cafe' americano == wine, the K-cup system would be cheep beer.

Fast and some kind of coffee-flavored beverage.

Kudos for getting it cheap.

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