Coffee - do you and how do you consume it?

[Billy Budapest]

I think you’d have to specify that to the company and they would adjust it for you. I know that the EU and US models are tweaked to brew at different temperatures and for different times. There isn’t anything high tech about the brewer—no computer controls, etc. Just a huge copper heating element and a gigantic current draw.

Look at part #11 below—that’s the heating element:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/te.../things-come-apart-coffeemaker-december-2017/

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[chris719]

I too have tried kopi lewak. As a coffee professional, I found it to be meh. I consider it to be more of a curiosity than a serious coffee. IMHO.

Fun fact, the palm civet was identified to be the species from which the original SARS jumped into humans. Probably best to not have people picking things out of their poop these days.

Never tried it, but always suspected it was more hype than anything.

 

[thegeton]

Fun fact, the palm civet was identified to be the species from which the original SARS jumped into humans. Probably best to not have people picking things out of their poop these days.

Never tried it, but always suspected it was more hype than anything.

Interesting note: When coffee beans are roasted that process removes any type of bioactive component from coffee, especially pathogens. The NSF considers roasted coffee to have undergone a necessary "kill step" that makes the resultant product unregulated from a food safety perspective.

 

[thegeton]

Look at part #11 below—that’s the heating element:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/te.../things-come-apart-coffeemaker-december-2017/

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I'm assuming that most of the 1.4kW for which the unit is rated is probably consumed by the heater.

I once was the TPM for a B2B intelligent bean to cup brewer that had a 9.6kW heating system. Bean to cup in less than 30 seconds.

 

[Helicopter]

Interesting note: When coffee beans are roasted that process removes any type of bioactive component from coffee, especially pathogens. The NSF considers roasted coffee to have undergone a necessary "kill step" that makes the resultant product unregulated from a food safety perspective.

Yeah, but the guy picking it up off the ground could still expose the human species to a new virus in the process.

 

[dlieb]

I switched over to hot cocoa for most of my hot beverage consumption. Easy to make, consistent results and better for you. Less jitters and sleep better too.

How do you brew your hot cocoa? My results have been inconsistent!

 

[gingerbeer]

I use a decent espresso machine - a very cool coffee “computer” that allows full control over the temperature, pressure and flow rates to create a lot of different types of coffee.

Depending on how deep you want to go there can be a significant learning curve for sure, but once you get the hang of it it has profiles that can recreate almost any type of coffee machine accurately and being able to see the flow rate (on the tablet) and have the profile adjust to the measured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUb5O7lQKbE

 

[thegeton]

Yeah, but the guy picking it up off the ground could still expose the human species to a new virus in the process.

True that. Good catch!

We need to discourage coffee connoisseurs from continually putting our species in danger while in pursuit of their next beverage unobtanium...

 

[Helicopter]

True that. Good catch!

We need to discourage coffee connoisseurs from continually putting our species in danger while in pursuit of their next beverage unobtanium...

I'm not worried about it; I just don't think roasting the beans does much to mitigate this particular and already infinitesimally small risk.

 

[scott wurcer]

Snake wine anybody?

 

[chris719]

Interesting note: When coffee beans are roasted that process removes any type of bioactive component from coffee, especially pathogens. The NSF considers roasted coffee to have undergone a necessary "kill step" that makes the resultant product unregulated from a food safety perspective.

It's not about the coffee being contaminated. Everyone knows coffee is roasted. It's about people handling animal waste.

I'm not passing judgement on this activity, just noting that it's probably not the best idea in regions where certain things are endemic.

Edit- ah yeah, someone already mentioned above.

 

[Racheski]

My go to bean is Intelligentsia Black Cat Original Expresso . It's a local Chicago coffee roaster, so not sure how well they are known outside of Chi-town. It's a light/medium roast that is chocolatey and has some molasses notes. Makes great coffee and espresso - can anyone suggest something similar that I could try?

 

[chris719]

My go to bean is Intelligentsia Black Cat Original Expresso . It's a local Chicago coffee roaster, so not sure how well they are known outside of Chi-town. It's a light/medium roast that is chocolatey and has some molasses notes. Makes great coffee and espresso - can anyone suggest something similar that I could try?

They are pretty well known I think. I like their stuff. I'm not sure how exactly close you're trying to get, but there's a lot of roasters that produce similar quality. I've only tried it as drip and not actual espresso. Someone recently sent me Coava coffee from Portland and it was also very good, but I don't know if there's an exact match for the flavor profile of Black Cat.

 

[thegeton]

It's not about the coffee being contaminated. Everyone knows coffee is roasted. It's about people handling animal waste.

I'm not passing judgement on this activity, just noting that it's probably not the best idea in regions where certain things are endemic.

Edit- ah yeah, someone already mentioned above.

No worries.

It's not like coffee gets roasted right off of the tree. It spends about 90% of it's time "green." During that time it is considered a regulated food product. Still a potential source of biological pathogens.

 

[Doodski]

How do you brew your hot cocoa? My results have been inconsistent!

I toss into a large coffee mug 2 heaping table spoons of sugar and use a flat or heaping table spoon of powdered cocoa. Add ~boiling water and mix well. I bought Hersheys, Frys, Nestle and no name cocoa and found the no name works the best for baking because it creates a darker more shiny surface when baked.

 

[Helicopter]

I toss into a large coffee mug 2 heaping table spoons of sugar and use a flat or heaping table spoon of powdered cocoa. Add ~boiling water and mix well. I bought Hersheys, Frys, Nestle and no name cocoa and found the no name works the best for baking because it creates a darker more shiny surface when baked.

Agree. I get the stuff from Aldi when they have it in stock.

 

[scott wurcer]

I toss into a large coffee mug 2 heaping table spoons of sugar and use a flat or heaping table spoon of powdered cocoa. Add ~boiling water and mix well. I bought Hersheys, Frys, Nestle and no name cocoa and found the no name works the best for baking because it creates a darker more shiny surface when baked.

They're likely all the same in any case.

 

[Wes]

Interesting note: When coffee beans are roasted that process removes any type of bioactive component from coffee, especially pathogens. The NSF considers roasted coffee to have undergone a necessary "kill step" that makes the resultant product unregulated from a food safety perspective.

NSF??

what does NIH think?

or ONR?

 

[Billy Budapest]

This coffee was a special treat for me growing up in the 80’s. A family friend’s brother was a government minister in Papua New Guinea and when he would come to visit the States, he would bring his brother and us vacuum sealed bags of the stuff—pre-ground, not beans. Even though today I prefer dark roasts, I remember this coffee being a lighter roast but nonetheless extremely flavorful. Back then it was not imported to the U.S. (although obviously it made it through customs). Anybody else heard of it or tried it?

https://www.gorokacoffee.com/

 

[phoenixdogfan]

I can show you how an angsty millennial with five fingernails covered with turquoise nail polish, a windowpane plaid shirt, and a neck chain with a chinese calligraphy figure drinks it.

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