Yeah I broke my bodum glass press. I have a stainless one now but it gathered a slightly off smell/taste that I can't get rid of no matter how I clean it. I also find chemexes break easily, which I don't really understand, other than just use of cheap materials, since there's no reason the glass should have to be thin/brittle.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/Ir0vELNbvHU?t=54s
― how's life, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link
went with a sterlingpro
yeah, all these companies claim to use borosilicate glass. i have a feeling it's just too thin. they have a warning not to pour boiling water, but they claim it's because it takes away from the "flavour", which i'm sceptical about
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
I've gone about four years w/o breaking my French press after years of breaking them constantly. Two things that helped: handwashing (and letting it sit on the counter rather than sitting in the sink w/ the rest of the dirty dishes) and stirring with a chopstick / wooden spoon.
― ヽ(´ー`)┌ (CompuPost), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link
will try those things. cheers compu
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 21:09 (eight years ago) link
i only handwash and i don't even stir it. i only break mine through clumsiness/slippy fingers while dishwashing and i haven't done that for about 2 years (success!).
― Cornelius Pardew (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
french press uses way too much coffee for me
― a (waterface), Thursday, 4 February 2016 14:14 (eight years ago) link
yea i used it for a few months this year until i bought a chemex and fixed my moka pot, it seems so wasteful to use a french press compared to the other two
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link
french press is a lifestyle
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
a lifestyle I want no part of #aeropress #kalitawave
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:45 (eight years ago) link
rude
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:46 (eight years ago) link
french press is good for company or weekends
weekday mornings i love the quickness of making an intensely strong little cup from the moka pot
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:53 (eight years ago) link
I can totally see an NYTimes style piece on whether it's time to "reconsider" the French press, the "older, dowdier sister of the Chemex and the Hario dripper"
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 4 February 2016 15:59 (eight years ago) link
I've also been thinking about pitching a piece on the "normcore" appeal of the Mr. Coffee drip machine.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link
lmao
― marcos, Thursday, 4 February 2016 16:01 (eight years ago) link
― marcos, Thursday, February 4, 2016 9:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
company is the only reason i'd consider getting one at this point --- it's been a drag in the past to do back to back aeropressings, so much nicer to be able to top up and laze around with a bunch of coffee
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
the aeropress experience is pretty unchill tbh
― lag∞n, Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
it looks a little ~tense~
― a (waterface), Thursday, 4 February 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
u know what's so chill tho and so perf for company and weekends? Kalita Wave (or pourover of choice) + 800ml Hario carafe, makes enough coff for 3 or 4
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:09 (eight years ago) link
i just use my aeropress for when i'm "on the go" or "on the move" and need a quick coffee.
― nomar, Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
thermal carafe you infidels
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
lol i had this conversation w/someone at a party over the holidays
― $ (Lamp), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
i might follow harbl and get a mr coffee
― 龜, Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:42 (eight years ago) link
had some really good coffee from a mr coffee a couple weekends ago. masterfully brewed by someone who works at a coffee shop for their day job
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
i miss my morning coffee-making rituals so much although ive gotten some very good lattes from places in my nabe
― $ (Lamp), Thursday, 4 February 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
a bunch of hipsters on mefi trying to bring back percolators
http://ask.metafilter.com/290148/Percolate-me
― petulant dick master (silby), Friday, 5 February 2016 00:22 (eight years ago) link
I have a friend who likes his percolator
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 5 February 2016 00:39 (eight years ago) link
imo its time for the percolator
― just sayin, Friday, 5 February 2016 00:48 (eight years ago) link
This thread needs a spreadsheet
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 5 February 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
I keep meaning to tell my mom and my partner's mom that their #pourover4life style is all the rage, but I know they'd both just say very practically, "well it is the easiest and best way for me to make coffee."
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 5 February 2016 00:56 (eight years ago) link
rn I am drinking a Colombian single-origin I made with my v60 and it's probably been too long since I ate because it's giving me the jibblies
― petulant dick master (silby), Friday, 5 February 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
my mum still busts out the percolator when we have company, i kinda love it
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 February 2016 03:54 (eight years ago) link
This thread inspired me to get my moka pot out and wash it for tomorrow morning. I haven't made a decent cup of coffee in years. I know the biggest part of the problem is the cheap-ass beans I buy.
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Friday, 5 February 2016 03:58 (eight years ago) link
three hours later still thinking of the percolator and dancing
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 5 February 2016 04:15 (eight years ago) link
you know what is good is yerba mate
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
it is not a substitute for coffee of course but as a late morning drink it is very good and stimulating in a different way than coffee
i am talking about like the real deal yerba mate that south american grocery stores sell in one-pound bags for like $7. not the bottled shit that whole foods sells for $4 a bottle
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
I stayed with a friend on vacation who was into that, with the little straw and everything
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:34 (eight years ago) link
yea exactly, the shit that people drink out of gourds in uruguay, paraguay, argentina, and chile
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:35 (eight years ago) link
he apologized for his lack of gourd
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link
haha
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link
i actually fake it w/ the gourd, i bought a ceramic one when i was in chile 12 years ago because i used the real gourds and they get really funky
it is cool though it is like this earthenware "gourd" from this area chile w/ abundant natural clay
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Z3eQnsY1h8/TzjnK-lN9eI/AAAAAAAAAYA/-UL9iteq3hQ/s1600/IMG_3553.JPG
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link
*takes a long sip from gourd*
aww yeah gettin' funky now
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 17 February 2016 15:45 (eight years ago) link
i always thought mate was kind of a silly affectation deployed by students recently returned from studies abroad in SA but i tried it a bit more when i was actually there myself and dang if it isn't good stuff
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 18 February 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link
oh it is certainly a silly affectation deployed by recent study abroads
― marcos, Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
it is also very good
it is also like ubiquitous in southern cone SA
i would see people riding bicycles with a thermos in one hand and a gourd in the other
― marcos, Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Back in the 1990s one of my friends had an Argentinian exchange student who introduced us to mate. After he moved on, I bugged the guys at the local natural foods place about it, but they never got around to figuring out how to order the stuff. All banging my head on the shelf with my eyes crossed trying to find it among the goldenseal and thistle teas.
I've had the Guayaki tea bag stuff, which wasn't all that impressive. Maybe its time to run this stuff down again. Anybody got any recs for a good loose mate source?
― how's life, Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
mate rules, fuiud
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
last 2 times I had it were straight from a thermos my Argentinian landlord was drinking from, and out of a gourd over breakfast w/ this Argentinian dude who I couch-surfed with in Miami. The only thing Argentinians seem to love more than mate is sharing mate w/ other ppl, v hospitable and chill imo.
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link