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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #80 on: October 06, 2014, 12:33:17 AM »
How do you guys store your coffee? I've just been keeping them in the bags that they came in, but they lose their freshness too easily since it takes me some time to finish a bag.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #81 on: October 06, 2014, 12:43:15 AM »
You can freeze whole beans in airtight bags for a while to keep them a bit fresher. I don't think the freezer trick works as well as some may think though.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #82 on: October 06, 2014, 01:32:17 AM »
I roast small quantities as needed.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #83 on: October 06, 2014, 02:21:49 AM »
Quote from: thegunner100 on October 06, 2014, 12:33:17 AM
How do you guys store your coffee? I've just been keeping them in the bags that they came in, but they lose their freshness too easily since it takes me some time to finish a bag.
Airtight container of some sort.

http://www.amazon.com/Friis-16-Ounce-Coffee-Vault-Stainless/dp/B001V9VDP0/ref=sr_1_5?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1412562049&sr=1-5&keywords=airtight+container

It works for about a week before the beans start to dry out.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #84 on: October 06, 2014, 02:25:44 AM »
I keep my coffee in these oxopop airtight containers.. they don't have a one way valve to let out c02 but I hear one way valves actually do as much harm as good because they let in oxygen.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJ7C2E/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687542&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00CZA0MAQ&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=03ZAQC7HY8Y9YV795P7D

and I brew using aeropress and lido 2 grinder 

I have a local coffee roaster and get his guatemala huehuetenango when I have money, but when I have no money I just use cheap beans from sam's club(zomg heresy)

here's my local roasters stuff 
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #85 on: October 06, 2014, 02:55:42 AM »
My humble percolators in their colourful location.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #86 on: October 06, 2014, 04:29:26 AM »
Quote from: Marv on October 05, 2014, 10:56:57 PM
The recent SW batches of the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe has been pretty good. Last year didn't seem as good. The taste of the coffee depends on more than the beans though, i.e., roasting technique, water quality, grinding, brewing, oversampling, filtering, temperature, etc. Not too much different from DACs.

Oh- the best Yirgacheffe is incredible...like buttered blueberry muffins!  People don't believe me until I share a batch like that.  Sometimes, the acidity comes in a bit too bright (as lemon) and so is not as good for an early cup or daily drinker. 

Yemen Moka is not as interesting or exciting, but a great daily drinker.  Yemen had some political issues though, affected some local roasters inventory.

I've been introduced to the Indonesian coffees and they are strong/herbal, sometimes even "meaty".  I tend to like lighter roasts and fruitier profiles.
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #87 on: October 06, 2014, 02:14:59 PM »
I just got one of these in order to further my coffee journey....





Makes some amazing espresso.  :)
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #88 on: October 06, 2014, 07:45:22 PM »
I have kilo of beans in supply. Do I really need more coffee beans?

I mean, one 500 grammes bag usually lasts me about two or three months. I will be mightily tempted when I see this Ethiopian coffee in the Netherlands though...
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Re: The Coffee Thread!!!
« Reply #89 on: October 07, 2014, 08:55:43 AM »
Sipping on some Ethiopian Limu "Pope" as I type. Apparently, these beans are approved by the Vatican for use during Lent?

TBH it's not my favorite. Of African beans, I prefer the more tomato/citrusey flavor of Kenyan beans. The acidity in Ethiopian beans, to me, is more indistinct. I've also been trying out some beans from Papua New Guinea. It's fairly mild with some herbal undertones.

While I've been using a Bonmac-style dripper, I'm thinking of switching either to a V60 for better control, or to this doo-dad:



The Clever dripper seems to combine immersion brewing with paper brewing, making brews more dependent on time than on flow rate.
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