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Comment on How to Make Crema with the Aeropress by dave

dave — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:14:56 +0000

In reply to Dale. This method will yield a totally different extraction. There are so many compounds in coffee beans, and we only want the ones we want (lol sorry about ambiguity, but further details always fall away from me in this). The extraction methods we use are results of how many years? Have we discovered them all? Shirley not!

Comment on How to Make Crema with the Aeropress by dave

dave — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:06:11 +0000

In reply to dave. *as it pushes itself thru that puck. (blasted autocorrect)

Comment on How to Make Crema with the Aeropress by dave

dave — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:04:52 +0000

In reply to Phineas Dashevsky –.

There is a misunderstanding…the tamping (person squishing grounds into puck) needs only 35# of compression. The 9 bars of pressure (around 125psi) is measurement of the pressure steam builds up as it pushes itself they that puck.

Comment on Siphon/Vacuum Coffee Makers: A Complete Guide by BRIAN BURKE JR

BRIAN BURKE JR — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:37:21 +0000

Oops, I made an error on the amount of coffee I use. I use 1/2 oz. to 1 oz. depending on what it is for. hot or cold coffee or espresso. replacement. 1/2 oz. for regular breakfast coffee, and 1 oz. for iced and espresso-style coffee. I apologise for the error, Mia-Culpa!

Comment on Siphon/Vacuum Coffee Makers: A Complete Guide by BRIAN BURKE JR

BRIAN BURKE JR — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:18:26 +0000

There is absolutely no way you would ever use 8 oz. of ground coffee for 4 oz. of water. The resul.t would be that almost all of the water would be soaked up by the coffee grounds. Your article is saying to use 1/2 Lb. of coffee to make 1 small cup. That is absurd. You should proofread your writing before you post it. You would be lucky to get any liquid at all with an 8 oz. to 4 oz. coffee to water ratio. A pound of coffee will make up to 64 6 oz. cups of regular drip American coffee. 1 oz. of coffee to 4 oz. of water would make a strong espresso strength cup. Starbucks coffee uses 2 Tbls. per 6 oz cup or 1/2 oz per 8 oz. (wt.) cup. 1 Tbls. weighs about 12 grams, an ounce is just over 28 grams, a pound is 16 oz. That is for bean or ground coffee. For water 1 Tbls. = 1/2 fl. oz. and 1/2 oz. (wt.) or 14= grams. A pound of coffee has approx. 454 grams. Almost 38 Tbls. of ground coffee. You are saying to use 18 Tbls. of coffee to make 4 to 6 oz. of coffee. Maybe your coffee measurements are for 8 cups of coffee
I have been using a Kitchen Aid Siphon machine for 5 years and generally use about 1 oz. of coffee to make each 6 oz. a cup of coffee. That’s 7oz. per 8 cup pot as the beans soak up some and if filled to the 8 cup line I get about 7 cups of coffee. The coffee that results is at least as strong as Starbucks coffee. I use a cloth filter over the stainless steel one. I soak it in 3% Hydrogen Peroxide for 30 minutes and then wash it and boil it every week or two. Thay last 6 Months or so. I clean them while they are on the filter holder. You can use a diluted about 8 to 1 water to bleach solution, soak for no more than 5 minutes. This will give you a whiter filter, but it will eat up the filter more quickly.
I generally use Sumatra Dark Roast Coffee and get 5 Lb. bags. Amazon has it for a good price. I grind my own beans and use hot tap water for my coffee. I used to use filtered water, but there is little difference, my city has good quality water most of the year with little Chlorine added. In the summer months, I sometimes will boil it if the chorine is strong enough to be smelled.
I recommend trying an electric siphon machine if you never have, far easier and safer than an alcohol burner.

Comment on Best Water Temperature When Brewing with Aeropress by Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:16:06 +0000

Just to do the conversion for those of us who don’t work in Fahrenheit, you’re recommending 88-91 C (which is lower than the NCA’s suggested 92-96 C, and higher than Aeropress’s suggested 74-79).

I’ve just got a new temperature controlled kettle, so I’ll set it to 90 C and give it a go!

Comment on Coffee Pods & Capsules by Taylor Hansen

Taylor Hansen — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:41:42 +0000

It’s good to know that coffee capsules are easy to brew and won’t create a big mess. I just got a new job that requires me to get up really early so I’m going to need a lot of coffee to wake me up. I’ll be sure to look at different coffee capsules and try different flavors that I will like.

Comment on How to Make Crema with the Aeropress by Roman Rabinovich

Roman Rabinovich — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 05:53:35 +0000

You can create plenty of crema with the AeroPress using the JOEPRESSO attachment.

Comment on Siphon/Vacuum Coffee Makers: A Complete Guide by Rubina

Rubina — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:22:14 +0000

I was very confused when buying a siphon vacuum coffee maker, how to buy? Would it be better? However, a few days ago I bought a new siphon coffee maker, but only because of your amazing guidance. I’m glad my coffee maker is working properly now. Thank you so much for sharing such an informative article.

Comment on Quick & Easy Iced Coffee with the Aeropress by Airik

Airik — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:17:07 +0000

I don’t want to get on a metric high horse… but this all becomes much clearer if you stick to metric.

2.5 oz of water is about 74ml of water. 74ml of water is the same as 74g (because that’s how the metric system was set up).

So your ratio is 24g of coffee to 74g of water. Seems a lot clearer using the same units.