Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

I definitely love my coffee. In fact I'm sipping on my vacuum pot coffee as I type this

I think our styles are a bit different though. To me I like a medium to light roast with low acidity, but I don't use the french press or a drip coffee maker. My convenience machine is a superautomatic made by Jura. I always make an excellent shot of espresso and make the latte's easy peasy. Closest thing to the ease of a Keurig but still allows me to use whole beans.

The other maker I use is a vacuum pot maker. I just got my vintage Nicro in today but I also use a Hario. If you haven't explored this method of making coffee, I highly recommend it. I seem to get more depth in flavor of the coffee and don't find any of the bitterness associated with the drip makers amd to top it off it's a neat little show.

Lastly about your grinder. Is it a blade grinder or a burr grinder? Blade grinders are simply no good. They don't give you the nice even grind that you get from a burr. Now on to the burr. There are different types of burr grinders. Conical and Flat disk.

Get a conical if you can. I find flat disks clogg easier and aren't as precise as a burr. On the burr, you can get either a stainless steel or ceramic. From what I hear Ceramic is the best because they don't heat up as much as the stainless steel, but to be honest I have 2 stainless steel conical burr grinders and have never had an issue with heat.

I'm pretty sure almost all the hand crank grinders have a conical burr system so you won't go wrong on that route. I just like the ease of use from my electric grinder.

We have another thread here about coffee.

I had bought a Zass grinder a few years ago, their basic model and the second time I used it the thing fell apart on me. Then I bought one of their better models and the thing still doesn't work very well. Maybe if I was 20 years younger manual grinding would be a treat but it's way too much cranking for me. I use an electric. I have a Rocky. I brew in a techniverm which is great if you want a great cup of coffee. I also have a Cona vacuum but is a pain to use and not suited to high altitude use.

Here is a good thread to check out http://straightrazorpalace.com/finer...4-cup-joe.html

I use a French Press and a kenmore electric burr grinder for my coffee. I had a hand grinder but did not really care for it. With the french press I recomend getting one that has an all metal cross plate. My cup of coffee takes about 8 min to make.

I also recomend keeping your dirp pot on hand if you like haveing a fairly large groups of people over. The french press typically use 4 ozs when they talk about cups. So a 8 cup french press is 32 oz. Most american mugs are about 8 or 12oz. If you like oversized mugs those typicaly come in around 16 or 20 ozs