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i've recently been looking at hand burr grinders. the ones from Zassenhaus are especially good-looking...methinks another hobby might be at hand
i have a manual burr grinder i keep in my office with my aeropress, but it's not as nice as these Zassenhaus ones. there's a nice collection of antique manual burr grinders that show up on ebay quite often...
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Nothing high tech here...I pour boiling water through a small, hand-held fine mesh strainer. Seems to work okay. Maybe a minute or two to make a cup. Quick clean up. Maybe I'm missing out on something
gshan, the only comment i would make about this method is that the grounds are not fully-extracted, so you lose a lot of the oils and other compounds that make for a really good cup of coffee. even without a french press, if you pour your hot water into the grounds, stir it, and let it steep for 4 minutes prior to straining it, i think your cup will be that much better! my 2 cents
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i've recently been looking at hand burr grinders. the ones from Zassenhaus are especially good-looking...methinks another hobby might be at hand
i have a manual burr grinder i keep in my office with my aeropress, but it's not as nice as these Zassenhaus ones. there's a nice collection of antique manual burr grinders that show up on ebay quite often...
You can get zass from sweetmarias, but they only get a few shipments every now and then. (I was emailing them a few weeks ago before I decided to get an automatic grinder) Sadly, the newer grinders aren't comparable in quality to the originals...
BTW, how's the aeropress? I've been reading up on it, I'm still not sure if I want it or a french press. Supposedly you need a polyester filter to keep most of the coffee oils intact. (and I don't know where to get any)
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BTW, how's the aeropress? I've been reading up on it, I'm still not sure if I want it or a french press. Supposedly you need a polyester filter to keep most of the coffee oils intact. (and I don't know where to get any)
Check out the reviews at Coffee Geek, it's pretty much the head-fi of the coffee world.
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Check out the reviews at Coffee Geek, it's pretty much the head-fi of the coffee world.
Thanks, but I've already been there. (been reading LOTS of threads in the past months)
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You can get zass from sweetmarias, but they only get a few shipments every now and then. (I was emailing them a few weeks ago before I decided to get an automatic grinder) Sadly, the newer grinders aren't comparable in quality to the originals...
BTW, how's the aeropress? I've been reading up on it, I'm still not sure if I want it or a french press. Supposedly you need a polyester filter to keep most of the coffee oils intact. (and I don't know where to get any)
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Check out the reviews at Coffee Geek, it's pretty much the head-fi of the coffee world.
kirosia, the aeropress is not bad. the thing i like about it is that you can vary the strength of your coffee by how much water you put in after the extraction. it's not a bad piece of equipment.
however, if you have to choose between one or the other, i'd still go the french press route. it's still THE best way to make a great cup of coffee, IMO.
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Krups coffee grinder (Ethiopia Sidamo, or Sumatra) with whole beans, and either Bodum 2 cup or separate 4 cup French Press, boiled water that has been filtered through refrigerator filter, or a 5 year old Mr. Coffee to make 4 cups of expresso (which to me is one serving).
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however, if you have to choose between one or the other, i'd still go the french press route. it's still THE best way to make a great cup of coffee, IMO.
Thanks, I've been leading towards the french press. If you don't mind me asking, how's the cleanup? I hear that it's the biggest annoyance with the press.
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Thanks, I've been leading towards the french press. If you don't mind me asking, how's the cleanup? I hear that it's the biggest annoyance with the press.
it's really not too bad. dump the grounds into the trash or down the sink (if you have a compactor)...or better yet, add it to your compost. then it's just a light rinsing with some soap. the screen gets grounds caught in b/n the various parts so just make sure you lift the screen away to loosen the grounds.
i completely take apart the screen filter portion probably once every 10 or so uses to give it a good washing...it really isn't too bad.
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Thanks, I've been leading towards the french press. If you don't mind me asking, how's the cleanup? I hear that it's the biggest annoyance with the press.
Like Kugino said, it's a snap. You dump out the grounds and rinse it out. The filter is only three pieces and it takes about 30 seconds to rinse the whole thing. I run the french press through the dish washer when ever I run a wash and that's it. Much nicer than other brewers because with those you really can't clean out everything with soap and water very easily.
Brewing is a simple process too. I put the water on for the boil. Once it boils I take it off, fill up the french press and start my grinder. I then pour out the water from the press into my cup to preheat that and pour the grinds into the press when they're ready. Pour in the rest of the hot water, stir with chopsticks, wait 3:30, press, and pour. It seems like a bit of doing to find the right time to hold the water off from the boil before adding it to the grinds, the size of the grind, and the brewing time. But really, just going through the routine is the right pacing for the correct water temp and my grinder has a timer so I know that I get the correct measure each time. For the brew time, that's easily tuned by how the coffee tastes. Three minutes was too acidic so I've lengthened the brew time.
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