Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

Darn hard work to get it done.
We just used a wide soup plate with saran wrap stretched over it to allow the water/ grounds mix to steep overnight..Then poured it the next day through a Melita type filter.
YMMV
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

Darn hard work to get it done.
We just used a wide soup plate with saran wrap stretched over it to allow the water/ grounds mix to steep overnight..Then poured it the next day through a Melita type filter.
YMMV
~Richard

Very practical, but without the “coffee snob” appeal of all that glass and wood hardware.

Just as a source of info on Cold Brewed Coffee:
tag/cold-brewed/
He has another earlier article that is worth the read.
IIRC
Cold Brewed/ Sun Coffee was all the rage in the early 70's.
Have fun!
~

Originally Posted by DZEC

Got to the end of the day at the conference and decided to try the coffee produced by the contraption. I also enlisted a bunch of other folks to try it out.

Well, it confirmed for me that I prefer my coffee hot. It did taste quite strong, but mellow. The other tasters were split bout 50-50 on how they felt about it. Those that liked iced coffee thought it was quite good while others felt as I did. I suspect I could get used to it.

One of my volunteers is a microbiologist and took a close look at the glass hardware. She said it was mostly stock labware and someone with a Bunsen burner and some experience working with lab glass could probably put one other for under $150. 6-8 cup version is listed on Amazon Canada for a around $350 CDN; 25 cup version is $625.

There is supposed to be a permanent ceramic filter at the bottom of the coffee container, but the hotel folks said they kept getting lost so they just cut up some Melita filter paper and use it instead. Not sure how that would effect the taste.

Now you know what I know.

this is how I put mine together. Built a simple frame. The top is a 1-liter stopcock on a glass chemistry beaker. The middle is the top portion of my vacuum siphon, it also filters through this piece and drops nicely into a 1-liter jar. Overall the process wasn't worth the 12ish hour wait until I modified an ISI siphon and started putting it on nitro. For me, cold brew on nitro is friggin excellent. Total nvestment about 10 bucks as I got the chemistry glass from a friend and had everything else.

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Originally Posted by russiancoffeeroast

Kafgar Commercial Coffee Roaster Machine

I bought a new coffee roaster machine. I'm curious about your comments. I'm buying a product from Europe for the first time. I am very satisfied right now. https://kafgarglobal.com/commercial-...atch-capacity/

Wow, that's quite the roaster. Congrats!

I recently bought my first coffee roasting machine. It is Kafgar Coffee Roaster Machine. For the first time I will use a coffee roasting machine of this size. I'm obviously very inexperienced. Is there a book to improve my skills in coffee roasting?

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Congrats on the roaster! The Coffee Roaster's Companion by Scott Rao is a great book - highly recommended.
Good luck!

Congrats, russiancoffeeroast. I hope you thoroughly enjoy it.

Many persons have found threads on:
homebarista.com.
They are a great source for all things coffee.

Enjoy!

~Richard