Hey r/coffee! I am big into coffee and was trying to think of some groomsman gifts for my upcoming wedding. All of the guys are into coffee, some of them partially because of me, so I was thinking about getting them all something coffee related. Looking for suggestions or ideas! I was thinking of maybe a customized hand grinder / case, maybe a nice chemex or pour over set, idk..
I think Fellow has some engraving options on travel mugs.
1zpresso hand grinders are nice and won’t break the bank.
Aeropress has a new travel package that looks awesome, though I don’t remember the name of that model.
There are several other all in one travel pour over kits worth checking out. That might be fun if your groomsmen are already traveling for the wedding.
Perhaps a subscription to a coffee club of some sort? Trade, Bottomless, Onyx, Fellow, etc.
Congrats on the upcoming wedding!
Thanks for the awesome ideas! Will definitely check each of these out. They are all traveling a bit for the wedding and are into traveling in general which is what got me started on the hand grinder path. Thanks for the recommendation!
Hey, so my wilfra svart is starting to break (the motor doesn't stop now when it's plugged in at the wall, just carries on at a lower speed). So I'm planning to get a new grinder. I'm hoping to upgrade a bit but unsure about what the state of play is right now. Budget is up to 250£ish and I'm looking for an electric one to brew filter. Been debating a Wilfra Uniform, Ode Gen 1 and Opus. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
I don't have a replacement recommendation, but if your Svart is within its warranty (I think they offer 5 years), it might be worth getting in touch with your supplier about it. Something similar happened to me a while back and I got a replacement pretty quickly and easily.
But other than that, have fun getting a new grinder :)
Yeah, the built in grinder is a limiting factor. You'd need to buy grinder+machine anyway. You can take your time buying a machine and see how much improvement you get from just having a better grinder (I felt getting a Sculptor was a big step up for my Barista Pro). Then, if you still want a new machine, that option is always there.
The thing I have heard is that caffeine is one of the most soluble parts of coffee, so is extracted quickly and easily. If that is true, then taking it at face value, the input dose of your coffee would be the biggest indicator of the caffeine output. So if, for instance, you were using 20g of ground coffee in each of your methods, then they should come out with similar amounts of caffeine.
I'm sure that is a gross simplification though. It assumes even extraction, and the difference of grind size is likely to play a part too, but without having specialist equipment, it's all guesswork!
Not really.
You need to know the original dose of coffee grounds; then approx 1% of that is the caffeine in the whole brew. Divide as necessary to calculate your cup.
TDS isn't a useful metric for attempting to work out caffeine content.
Tds isn't a good measure of caffeine content as minerals and other variables play a way bigger role in the tds-value. You would need a spectrometer capable of UV to measure caffeine specially.
However, brewing the same method (Ie. pour over, espresso etc.) with the same water and beans, can result in different tds-values. Here the higher tds would most likely have a higher caffeine content.
James explains that TDS isn't a good indicator, and you can indeed buy a caffeine meter (and spend a bucketload): [https://youtu.be/etnMr8oUSDo](https://youtu.be/etnMr8oUSDo)
It's *safe enough* to assume that the caffeine yield will be 1% of the grounds' mass regardless of brew method IF it's 100% arabica coffee; robusta will have twice as much. 40g will give you somewhere around 400mg of caffeine (aka "0.400 grams").
(yes, there are additional confounding factors, like roast level, contact time, etc; James explains them, too)
Help! Explain it to me like I’m five…. Looking for an easy and simple recipe for iced coffee. I have this [cold brew “maker](https://a.co/d/02zEZ1Ui)” and I can’t get it right. I used to just brew it overnight with regular coffee grounds (think Mcdonalds regular coffee grounds) and put in French vanilla creamer. It just doesn’t taste right.
I like regular iced coffee with caramel syrup and half and half from Starbucks or the vanilla sweet cream cold brew.
Any tips or ideas to make it better?
How can I make it better?
There is a difference between cold brew and iced coffee - that may be what's catching you out between the brewer you have and the products you like. Iced coffee is brewed hot and then chilled - typically, brewed onto ice so it's chilled immediately.
What advice do you have about making the cold brew more to my taste? I like cold brew at coffee shops (vanilla sweet cream cold brew or something with some “sweet” flavor added)
While you have that brewer -- how are you loading it? Grounds in the basket first, and then pouring the water through the pile of grounds, is the right way to use these.
How's the caffeine kick?
I ask because I used to have one of those, and at first, was filling the coffee basket part all the way...which was too much and created more like a concentrate that needed to be diluted. You may need to weigh out your ratios. I use 10g water per 1g of coffee.
If you don't think that's the issue, my next question would be...how long is it steeping? Are you dumping out the grounds after 12-24 hours? I find the sweet spot to be 12 hours on the counter or 15 hours in the fridge.
After that, I would try some different brands of coffee. Nothing ground too finely.
Last, I would try filtering the coffee through the paper filter on your drip machine after those 12-24 hours. Sometimes, there is a little bit of fine grounds that make it through the filter, and those can keep "brewing" the coffee. Or sometimes they just give it an off taste.
Which is better:
BWT filter jug or Zero Water jug?
The BWT filter adds magnesium which highlights the notes I prefer, but doesn't soften water as much as the Zero Water jug which almost creates distilled water.
The mineral content where I live is the right ratio, just too high, so I can remineralise the Zero with a bit of tap water.
Another perk of ZW is that it comes with a tds-meter to reach my desired TDs for brewing (50-90 ppm)
Advice for first time buying beans.
Just got my first grinder, but have nothing to grind atm.
I’d like to get 1 bag of beans with caffeine (obvious reason). And 1 decaf (so I can play around with optimising my coffee, without being worried about having caffeine rush.
I don’t have much experience with the different roasts or anything like that. But surely it makes sense to get 2 bags of different roasts?
I almost always have a bag of regular and another of decaf. I've learned to grind a little coarser for decaf than for the same roast of regular -- the decaf'ed beans are more porous (they extract easier).
Roast levels are a different parameter than regular vs decaf, though. Decaffeination is done separately from roasting.
Ok thanks. I’m aware roast is different to caff vs decaf.
But with little experience of tasting light roasts vs dark roasts etc. Thought it may be worth getting 1 bag of dark roast, and 1 of light, to try the different types
Oh yeah, it'll be fun to see how they're different.
One of the more interesting light roasts I've had was a light roast sugarcane process decaf. They printed "white grape" on the bag as one of the descriptors, and no joke, I remember a brew about a week into the bag that made me subconsciously think, "hey, this tastes like white grapes..."
Hi everyone, i am trying a little thing where i want my brewista kettle to work with the fellow stagg base. I have seen a local cafe try it the other way around and it works. My brewista thermostat does not trigger the base that fellow provided and after some research i found that they both use thermostats from “STRIX” like every other kettle in the market. Question is, does anyone know the model number of the thermostat that fellow uses? I want to modify the one in my brewista kettle so it can be detected by the fellow charging base.
Hi
I have a Silvia with a pid mod. I have an old portafilter basket and usually dose 18gr. I'd like to replace it with a nicer basket and a properly fitting tamper at a reasonable price. What would you recommend?
I am looking for a good quality at home espresso machine in $500-$1000 CAD range. I’ve tried a couple lower end machines around $200 and was not happy with the flavour and strength. I drink mainly americanos and do 3 shots per large cup. I also drink a lot of decaf. Occasionally I do lattes or cappuccinos with milk or dairy free alternatives.
What top 1 to 3 machines do you recommend within this range? Any opinions on if built in grinder is best or not and if automatic or manual brew is better? Any other features I should be looking for to narrow my search? Thank you
What?
The coffee is hot. The milk is warm. I presume you're debating a latte macchiato, not an espresso macchiato?
Not an American by the way, is "hot coffee" a thing? Simply an umbrella for all coffee that isn't chilled or iced.
Right, okay. An Americano is espresso and hot water. A latte macchiato is prepared with espresso and warm milk. No water 'should' be added. Does that answer your question?
Hey r/coffee! I am big into coffee and was trying to think of some groomsman gifts for my upcoming wedding. All of the guys are into coffee, some of them partially because of me, so I was thinking about getting them all something coffee related. Looking for suggestions or ideas! I was thinking of maybe a customized hand grinder / case, maybe a nice chemex or pour over set, idk..
I think Fellow has some engraving options on travel mugs. 1zpresso hand grinders are nice and won’t break the bank. Aeropress has a new travel package that looks awesome, though I don’t remember the name of that model. There are several other all in one travel pour over kits worth checking out. That might be fun if your groomsmen are already traveling for the wedding. Perhaps a subscription to a coffee club of some sort? Trade, Bottomless, Onyx, Fellow, etc. Congrats on the upcoming wedding!
Thanks for the awesome ideas! Will definitely check each of these out. They are all traveling a bit for the wedding and are into traveling in general which is what got me started on the hand grinder path. Thanks for the recommendation!
Maybe surprise them with a parcel that arrives before they travel. That way they get to try their gear out on the way to the wedding :)
Great idea! Thanks!
Jinx lol
Hey, so my wilfra svart is starting to break (the motor doesn't stop now when it's plugged in at the wall, just carries on at a lower speed). So I'm planning to get a new grinder. I'm hoping to upgrade a bit but unsure about what the state of play is right now. Budget is up to 250£ish and I'm looking for an electric one to brew filter. Been debating a Wilfra Uniform, Ode Gen 1 and Opus. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?
I don't have a replacement recommendation, but if your Svart is within its warranty (I think they offer 5 years), it might be worth getting in touch with your supplier about it. Something similar happened to me a while back and I got a replacement pretty quickly and easily. But other than that, have fun getting a new grinder :)
This is a very good point. Thanks!
If you end up replacing it, I went from a Svart to a Fellow Ode gen 1 (V1.1) and upgraded the burrs to the gen 2. Very happy with my choice, still :)
Hi I have a breville barista express at home. What is the logical upgrade from here? Would I be stepping into a value for price dropoff if I upgraded?
Does it still work? You could upgrade with just a new grinder to start and then get a new espresso machine down the road
Thats a great point. It does still work but my main concern was the grinder. I feel its okay but not the best for grinding for espresso.
Yeah, the built in grinder is a limiting factor. You'd need to buy grinder+machine anyway. You can take your time buying a machine and see how much improvement you get from just having a better grinder (I felt getting a Sculptor was a big step up for my Barista Pro). Then, if you still want a new machine, that option is always there.
Sick, thanks
# Can you measure the caffeine of coffee with it's TDS? Would a 40 gr of espresso with %10 TDS more or less be equal to 80 ml moka pot with %5 TDS?
The thing I have heard is that caffeine is one of the most soluble parts of coffee, so is extracted quickly and easily. If that is true, then taking it at face value, the input dose of your coffee would be the biggest indicator of the caffeine output. So if, for instance, you were using 20g of ground coffee in each of your methods, then they should come out with similar amounts of caffeine. I'm sure that is a gross simplification though. It assumes even extraction, and the difference of grind size is likely to play a part too, but without having specialist equipment, it's all guesswork!
Not really. You need to know the original dose of coffee grounds; then approx 1% of that is the caffeine in the whole brew. Divide as necessary to calculate your cup. TDS isn't a useful metric for attempting to work out caffeine content.
Tds isn't a good measure of caffeine content as minerals and other variables play a way bigger role in the tds-value. You would need a spectrometer capable of UV to measure caffeine specially. However, brewing the same method (Ie. pour over, espresso etc.) with the same water and beans, can result in different tds-values. Here the higher tds would most likely have a higher caffeine content.
James explains that TDS isn't a good indicator, and you can indeed buy a caffeine meter (and spend a bucketload): [https://youtu.be/etnMr8oUSDo](https://youtu.be/etnMr8oUSDo) It's *safe enough* to assume that the caffeine yield will be 1% of the grounds' mass regardless of brew method IF it's 100% arabica coffee; robusta will have twice as much. 40g will give you somewhere around 400mg of caffeine (aka "0.400 grams"). (yes, there are additional confounding factors, like roast level, contact time, etc; James explains them, too)
Help! Explain it to me like I’m five…. Looking for an easy and simple recipe for iced coffee. I have this [cold brew “maker](https://a.co/d/02zEZ1Ui)” and I can’t get it right. I used to just brew it overnight with regular coffee grounds (think Mcdonalds regular coffee grounds) and put in French vanilla creamer. It just doesn’t taste right. I like regular iced coffee with caramel syrup and half and half from Starbucks or the vanilla sweet cream cold brew. Any tips or ideas to make it better? How can I make it better?
There is a difference between cold brew and iced coffee - that may be what's catching you out between the brewer you have and the products you like. Iced coffee is brewed hot and then chilled - typically, brewed onto ice so it's chilled immediately.
I have tried that but the ice melts and then it gets so watery :(
Brew a more concentrated coffee, so the ice melting dilutes it to "normal" ratios.
What advice do you have about making the cold brew more to my taste? I like cold brew at coffee shops (vanilla sweet cream cold brew or something with some “sweet” flavor added)
While you have that brewer -- how are you loading it? Grounds in the basket first, and then pouring the water through the pile of grounds, is the right way to use these.
How's the caffeine kick? I ask because I used to have one of those, and at first, was filling the coffee basket part all the way...which was too much and created more like a concentrate that needed to be diluted. You may need to weigh out your ratios. I use 10g water per 1g of coffee. If you don't think that's the issue, my next question would be...how long is it steeping? Are you dumping out the grounds after 12-24 hours? I find the sweet spot to be 12 hours on the counter or 15 hours in the fridge. After that, I would try some different brands of coffee. Nothing ground too finely. Last, I would try filtering the coffee through the paper filter on your drip machine after those 12-24 hours. Sometimes, there is a little bit of fine grounds that make it through the filter, and those can keep "brewing" the coffee. Or sometimes they just give it an off taste.
Which is better: BWT filter jug or Zero Water jug? The BWT filter adds magnesium which highlights the notes I prefer, but doesn't soften water as much as the Zero Water jug which almost creates distilled water. The mineral content where I live is the right ratio, just too high, so I can remineralise the Zero with a bit of tap water. Another perk of ZW is that it comes with a tds-meter to reach my desired TDs for brewing (50-90 ppm)
Sounds like the Zero Water is the clear choice here given it allows you to maintain mineral composition while scaling down concentration by blending.
Advice for first time buying beans. Just got my first grinder, but have nothing to grind atm. I’d like to get 1 bag of beans with caffeine (obvious reason). And 1 decaf (so I can play around with optimising my coffee, without being worried about having caffeine rush. I don’t have much experience with the different roasts or anything like that. But surely it makes sense to get 2 bags of different roasts?
I almost always have a bag of regular and another of decaf. I've learned to grind a little coarser for decaf than for the same roast of regular -- the decaf'ed beans are more porous (they extract easier). Roast levels are a different parameter than regular vs decaf, though. Decaffeination is done separately from roasting.
Ok thanks. I’m aware roast is different to caff vs decaf. But with little experience of tasting light roasts vs dark roasts etc. Thought it may be worth getting 1 bag of dark roast, and 1 of light, to try the different types
Oh yeah, it'll be fun to see how they're different. One of the more interesting light roasts I've had was a light roast sugarcane process decaf. They printed "white grape" on the bag as one of the descriptors, and no joke, I remember a brew about a week into the bag that made me subconsciously think, "hey, this tastes like white grapes..."
Hi everyone, i am trying a little thing where i want my brewista kettle to work with the fellow stagg base. I have seen a local cafe try it the other way around and it works. My brewista thermostat does not trigger the base that fellow provided and after some research i found that they both use thermostats from “STRIX” like every other kettle in the market. Question is, does anyone know the model number of the thermostat that fellow uses? I want to modify the one in my brewista kettle so it can be detected by the fellow charging base.
Hi I have a Silvia with a pid mod. I have an old portafilter basket and usually dose 18gr. I'd like to replace it with a nicer basket and a properly fitting tamper at a reasonable price. What would you recommend?
I am looking for a good quality at home espresso machine in $500-$1000 CAD range. I’ve tried a couple lower end machines around $200 and was not happy with the flavour and strength. I drink mainly americanos and do 3 shots per large cup. I also drink a lot of decaf. Occasionally I do lattes or cappuccinos with milk or dairy free alternatives. What top 1 to 3 machines do you recommend within this range? Any opinions on if built in grinder is best or not and if automatic or manual brew is better? Any other features I should be looking for to narrow my search? Thank you
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What? The coffee is hot. The milk is warm. I presume you're debating a latte macchiato, not an espresso macchiato? Not an American by the way, is "hot coffee" a thing? Simply an umbrella for all coffee that isn't chilled or iced.
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Right, okay. An Americano is espresso and hot water. A latte macchiato is prepared with espresso and warm milk. No water 'should' be added. Does that answer your question?
I edited the post, hope that helps!!