Coffee Drinkers? (or other hot beverages)

[Grahame]

39 minutes ago, naamanf said:

I think I want a super automatic for the store. Thinking a Jura J8. What say y'all?

 

If  you want to go down the 'Merican route

(Note the dB levels in the "Noise Levels" section - testing with a sound level meter - 3:45 - 4:50)

via: 

The folks on reddit suggest getting a demo of your candidate machines to aid the decision process.

"Have you gone to a William Sonoma or a Sur La Tab to sample and talk with them about the various options?"

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But that may be easier said than done in Little Rock, AR

 

 

Edited May 8 by Grahame

[naamanf]

4 minutes ago, Grahame said:

If  you want to go down the 'Merican route

(Note the dB levels in the "Noise Levels" section - testing with a sound level meter - 3:45 - 4:50)

via: 

The folks on reddit suggest getting a demo of your candidate machines to aid the decision process.

"Have you gone to a William Sonoma or a Sur La Tab to sample and talk with them about the various options?"

via:

But that may be easier said than done in Little Rock, AR

 

 

I’ll just buy at Best Buy and return the loser 🤷‍♂️

[swt61]

What, no "bucha" bar?

That is way gnarly dude. So Arkansas 1992 dude.

[HemiSam]

I felt obligated to post this.  

Drinking Onyx Coffee Lab's Columbia Jairo Arcila Lychee.  No....just no.

I literally just wrote Onyx.  First time in over two decades of making coffee that I very much felt the need to provide the feedback.

I believe they added actual lychees during the fermentation process and the result is I will likely toss the remaining beans in the bin.  WTH?!?

Save yourselves....LOL.

HS

[Grahame]

One of our neighbors has a Columbian wife, and has started a coffee company using her family's farm.

https://www.orchideacoffee.com/

So we said put us down for a bag when you get started.

This week one was hand delivered to our door.

Joanne said we should reserve it as a weekend treat.

Not too shabby.

[HiWire]

James Hoffmann bought one of David Lynch's old coffee makers (an Italian Velox Ferrara Minibar design from the 1960s and 70s):
 

 

[HemiSam]

That was fun.  I was belly laughing at one point.

HS

[HiWire]

Peter Weller talks coffee:
 

 

Also, he wrote his first book on a book on Italian painting from before 1435:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/leon-battista-alberti-in-exile/CA506C81F7296D3DB63B1EDC7A136E9E

Edited September 13 by HiWire

[robm321]

That is a brilliant video. 

[HemiSam]

I have owned my Chemex a long while.  The quality of the filters finally has me considering other options...they just don't drain like they did years ago and I'm tired of messing with it.

I'm considering a couple of drip machines.  We have relatively low counters in our old house so a Technivorm, as an example, isn't a good option.

Looking at the Wilfa Performance and the Ration Six Series 2.  Any thoughts or recommendations before I jump in?

Thanks...

HS