bulletproof coffee is something disgustingly savage in the guise of a health food
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
ive only had butter tea once and i really liked it, butter coffee doesn't sound very good, i generally don't really like dairy in my coffee
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:12 (eight years ago) link
better tea can be good but is also just fundamentally weird imho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
very weird for sure
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
any moka pot experts want to help me out with my problem? i miss using it
I'm a via fan. I keep it as back up coffee in case I run out of my normal stuff and can't make it to the cafe to buy more.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
buy a new one i guess xp
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:31 (eight years ago) link
nah man this is a very simple technology i just need to troubleshoot, this isn't some crazy espresso machine
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
its time for u to buy a new moka pot
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
i will not
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
sry u have to
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
new gasket is maybe letting too much/not enough air out is the only guess i can come up with
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
buttery ass coffee is precisely what one is left with 30 or so minutes after consuming bulletproof coffee. tastes p good when yr drinking it tho
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 15:54 (eight years ago) link
I thought it was pretty tasty, I didn't use the magical butter recommended, though
has anyone made a bad youtube video about trying it with margarine for questionable humor purposes
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
Could the gasket be too thin, thereby allowing the upper part to block the holes? If you have a second one of the same size try two gaskets.
― nickn, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
marcos, maybe try flipping the gasket over? it might be designed to be used with a certain side down. make sure it's not being pinched when closed into the pot. otherwise get another gasket, it's possible that it just doesn't fit your pot.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 18:52 (eight years ago) link
yea i'll try that. it is a bialetti gasket and i think i got the right one (6-cup), fits very snugly, much more so than the old crumbly gasket which had all kinds of cracks but worked quite well.
i'm also wondering too if i used too fine a grind and packed the coffee in there too much. idk though. i did some experiments with just water and no coffee and the first time the water flowed out like normal and the second time it did the sputtery thing right away
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
Stovetop grind definitely is not as fine as espresso machine grind, and you shouldn't tamp it hard, just sort of press it down with a spoon.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
You don't need the flat surface you would need in an espresso machine -- the water comes in the other way anyway.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:39 (eight years ago) link
if it had that problem with no coffee in it, it has to be the gasket right? i mention flipping it because i had that problem with a seal in a faucet once. as soon as i flipped it, no more leaking. i kinda doubt these are made the same way though. try a different one!
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:54 (eight years ago) link
Yes, Bialettis are concave side down.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 20:59 (eight years ago) link
reminds me of the time I used one of those fill-your-own k-cup things and compressed the grounds before putting it in a machine at work
thankfully no one was harmed and I was the only one in the room
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 12 January 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
alright! moka pot working again. i used a coarser grind, no tamping, i think i was overenthusiastic the other day and packed too much coffee in there and it clogged it up, also i read that it can take a couple brews before a new rubber gasket seals properly
― marcos, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
im drinkin some cof
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
I'm also drinking some cof
I still love our espresso machine even though I am curious about Stevie's new coffee rig. But he told me that he likes the light roast coffee that I consider unfriendly to my gastrointestinal health, so I'm skeptical about his coffee scene now haha
Yeah never overpack or tamp a moka pot, I once learned...
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:47 (eight years ago) link
made aeropress cof to-day
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:50 (eight years ago) link
why dont they make a bigger areopress one of lifes great mysteries
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
otm ! having to brewing three in a row when i have guest over geez
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
aeropress... but bigger
good idea
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link
or just one that brews a full cup of cof? like i know they say just add water but that always feels so weird
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:56 (eight years ago) link
i know it is silly and risks have probably been debunked many times but the plastic in the aeropress weirds me out
― marcos, Thursday, 14 January 2016 16:59 (eight years ago) link
i mean bialetti aluminum is prob just as fucked but idk
no no plz ask me abt my coffee set up!! i want to answer any and all questions
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
it's the plastic that's not really plasticky though
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link
also ya that was one of my few gripes w/ aeropress, making coffee for more than 1 person is a pain
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
aeropress but bigger wd a) not fit into yr cup or b) tip tf over, get it together ppl
the thought of operating an aeropress but bigger fills me w/ a mild anxiety
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
it wld only have to be ~50% bigger
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:14 (eight years ago) link
anyway keep a french press or w/e on hand folks no need to be repeatedly brewing single serving coffees for groups of two or more
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
a french press for each person imo
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
yea i have a 32oz french press for guests
bialetti & chemex when it's just me
― marcos, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
stevie have you used other pour overs? if so how does kalita compare to them
― home organ, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
i generally use this buddy for one cup brewing
http://i.imgur.com/t2d0TE7.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link
it ceramic
imo french press is arguably the best way to make a cup of black coffee - that or pour over
pour over i prefer for acidic east African coffee, nice "clean" cup that brings out the complexities of the terroir (lol) and the berry and black tea flavours
french press you get some more of the solids and oils and it's like a more robust, substantial cup. i like it more for central american coffees that have nutty, cocoa, spicey flavours
tho recently ive basically ignored my coffee snob game entirely and have drank tim hortons a couple times in the last week or so
― Cuombas (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
i love french press cof but it uses so much beans so i only do it sometimes
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
yea i used french press for the past few months and you blow through so much coffee, it was kind of remarkable to get the chemex for christmas and my bialetti back working again and see how little coffee they require need for a full-flavored cup
― marcos, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
my childhood friend owns a v nice third wave cof shop down the street and i buy the single origins of the americas beans there i dont love african coffees idk i even bought one of their blends the other day and cld taste the african in there like hmmm i know yirgacheffe is supposed to be the ultimate cof nerd cof and i have enjoyed in on occasion but generally cld give it a pass theres a kinda rank note in there that i dont love which is prob the thing that connoisseurs do love
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:36 (eight years ago) link
I went to a roasterie-cafe about a month ago that was having a tasting day for their new roasts and I mean I don't know why i went really except out of curiosity (and their coffee is good, I'd been before a few times in summer) and holy shit was it pretentious in a we-really-really-care-but-it's-cool-we-don't-care way. Also pourovers take forever, more time to wax poetic about coffee! Maybe I didn't fully realize the reality of that. Nice people who run the place, for sure, but you can be both nice and pretentious ime
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 14 January 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
tastings, flights, these are some of the most evil things about contemporary culture
― lag∞n, Thursday, 14 January 2016 18:23 (eight years ago) link