OT: Bulletproof coffee?

[August_West]

I have a Chemex Six Cup, a Kalita Wave and an AeroPress. We also have Keurig because sometimes we’re in a hurry.

I am better than all of you in every way.

Yes, those three are all excellent and much better than Keurig. And yes, they take more time.

I use a Behmor Brazen Plus, which does what those do, except automatically, so I can set it up with a timer and have it ready when I want it. In other words, better.

 

[8893]

I'm so glad I don't care enough about coffee to spend more than the 5 seconds a day I spend pouring myself a cup in the morning at work. This all sounds exhausting.

Yeah, I'm that guy in this thread.

Yep, ignorance is bliss. Like many things related to food and drink, I got ruined by experiencing good stuff and I have a hard time going back.

Life's too long to drink crap.

 

[August_West]

Yep, ignorance is bliss. Like many things related to food and drink, I got ruined by experiencing good stuff and I have a hard time going back.

Life's too long to drink crap.

I was out of coffee this morning and ran yesterdays grounds through a paper towel. Tasted fine

 

[storrsroars]

For those with an interest in tinkering with a cheap coffeemaker.

Confession: When I only want to make a cup or two, I'll use a Clever dripper or press pot because I'm too freaking lazy to use any of the myriads of pourover crap and vac pots I have and I can eyeball the weights and volumes, which I can't really do with an Aeropress and get good results as it's too exacting.

But if I'm making a few cups... when the heating element on my $300 Moccamaster finally quit, I replaced it with a $29.99 ($24 with the BB&B coupon) 10-cup Mr. Coffee, tweaked as noted above.

 

[Fishy]

I'm so glad I don't care enough about coffee to spend more than the 5 seconds a day I spend pouring myself a cup in the morning at work. This all sounds exhausting.

Yeah, I'm that guy in this thread.

98% of the time, a Keurig or Starbucks is good enough.

But for the love of God, get yourself a proper futuristic coffee mug with granular temperature controls.

 

[storrsroars]

I was out of coffee this morning and ran yesterdays grounds through a paper towel. Tasted fine

 

[8893]

I'm the same. I gave being a coffee snob a legitimate attempt and I failed. I picked up an Aeropress as it was the cheapest coffee maker with rave reviews. I picked up some highly acclaimed coffee which had been roasted within the past week. And it was still meh. Back to caffeine pills.

Yeah, the manual ones like the Aeropress, Chemex, etc. take a good amount of time and tinkering to get them right, and even then they still take a lot of time, every time.

What I like about the Behmor (and a couple others I have used and considered) is that, once you figure out how to make it the way you like it, you can set it and forget it. I basically sleepwalk my way through it in the morning. It takes me all of a minute to set it up with the timer, and by the time I am back from my run it is waiting for me in the insulated thermal carafe where it stays hot until I drink it.

 

[8893]

I was out of coffee this morning and ran yesterdays grounds through a paper towel. Tasted fine

A guy gave me a cold Bud Light one time at Jazz Fest after I had been in front of the stage in the hot sun for Bruce's set for around three hours without leaving. It was one of the best beers I ever had in my life.

Kind of like the pizza I had at Lynx Creek Pizza in Alaska, after spending a week camping in the back country in Denali.

 

[August_West]

Kind of like the pizza I had at Lynx Creek Pizza in Alaska, after spending a week camping in the back country in Denali.

Best meal I ever had in my life was at a Carl's Jr. at the Foot of the Sierra Nevada's after hiking the pass of Mt. Whitney. What a miserable time that was. Eating crappy camping food for a few days. Cant even smoke down a Newport because the air is so thin it took a 1/2 hour to burn and it killed your lungs every drag and then having to tie your food up on poles so idiot bears didnt attack your tent.
When I finally convinced the rest of my party to leave 2 days early; I made it to the pass again I literally ran down the trails on the other side to get to my car and I drove into town and had Carls Jr and then came back to pick up my Uncle and the rest of the camping party who walked down and were a couple hours behind me.

Last time I ever went camping. Miserable.

 

[storrsroars]

Best meal I ever had in my life was at a Carl's Jr. at the Foot of the Sierra Nevada's after hiking the pass of Mt. Whitney. What a miserable time that was. Eating crappy camping food for a few days. Cant even smoke down a Newport because the air is so thin it took a 1/2 hour to burn and it killed your lungs every drag and then having to tie your food up on poles so idiot bears didnt attack your tent.
When I finally convinced the rest of my party to leave 2 days early; I made it to the pass again I literally ran down the trails on the other side to get to my car and I drove into town and had Carls Jr and then came back to pick up my Uncle and the rest of the camping party who walked down and were a couple hours behind me.

Last time I ever went camping. Miserable.

That's because you were out west. Go camping in the Whites or Adirondacks. You come out after a couple of days all disheveled and grimy, head to a bar, you will be a chick magnet.

Well maybe not now, but when you (or I) were younger and better looking...

 

[LIuconn]

Toddy+Stumptown for velvety smooth cold brew

 

[Dogdeacon]

Best meal I ever had in my life was at a Carl's Jr. at the Foot of the Sierra Nevada's after hiking the pass of Mt. Whitney. What a miserable time that was. Eating crappy camping food for a few days. Cant even smoke down a Newport because the air is so thin it took a 1/2 hour to burn and it killed your lungs every drag and then having to tie your food up on poles so idiot bears didnt attack your tent.
When I finally convinced the rest of my party to leave 2 days early; I made it to the pass again I literally ran down the trails on the other side to get to my car and I drove into town and had Carls Jr and then came back to pick up my Uncle and the rest of the camping party who walked down and were a couple hours behind me.
Last time I ever went camping. Miserable.

Excellent job of turning a fast food meal into a humblebrag!

 

[August_West]

Excellent job of turning a fast food meal into a humblebrag!

Plus people usually brag about hiking the highest pass in the lower 48 states.

I look at it as shameful. Im embarrassed to having put forth that amount of effort for such a miserable time. Smacks of stupidity.

I want points for that too.


BTW it really was the best meal Ive had. After eating all the freeze dried reconstituted crap for days and smelling my cousins resulting gas in the tent every night had me dreaming of the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger with Onion rings on it that Carls Jr. does so well. It met my expectations.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Plus people usually brag about hiking the highest pass in the lower 48 states.

I look at it as shameful. Im embarrassed to having put forth that amount of effort for such a miserable time. Smacks of stupidity.

I want points for that too.


BTW it really was the best meal Ive had. After eating all the freeze dried reconstituted crap for days and smelling my cousins resulting gas in the tent every night had me dreaming of the BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger with Onion rings on it that Carls Jr. does so well. It met my expectations.

I thought Mt Whitney was a chick you dated