u/Leather-Floor5206 — reddlx

Why all the Chemex hate?

I recently saw a coffee influencer do one of those tier rankings for different brewing methods, and they put the Chemex in the D tier. I really don’t understand why.
I know it hasn’t been the cool new thing in a couple of decades at this point, but I have had some great cups of coffee, and when I need to make a batch brew or just a large pot to get me through the morning, it is my go-to, and I’m rarely disappointed. I treat it like a much slower V60, so I go a lot coarser, and I’ve had some great experiences with it.

Why do people hate on it so much?

Does everyone else here agree that Chemex is D-tier?

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u/Leather-Floor5206 — 11 days ago

▲ 2 r/roasting

New to roasting (almost)

Just ordered a Kaleido M1 Lite. Should be here within the month. Any recommendations on books or roasting methods to get started? I do light-roast pour-overs and medium-dark espressos. I’m buying beans from sweet Maria’s here in the states. Picked up a book on Amazon.
Nervous for my first roast. Anything helps.
Thanks in advance.

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u/Leather-Floor5206 — 3 months ago

▲ 227 r/espresso

Can I finally get my wife off of SBux

My wife has a very specific and expensive Starbucks order. The Brown Sugar Oat Milk Shaken Espresso w/ brown sugar cold foam. No joke, that thing is like $8 USD. We set up a coffee station with the express purpose of spending less money at coffee shops, and making more consistent, better cups at home.

A little less than a year later, she’s still spending $8 a day while I’m making great drinks from home. My fault, I hadn’t figured out hers.
So I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to perfect this recipe because the bar is apparently pretty high (despite the wildly inconsistent drinks she gets every morning) —Not bitter :)

Next week I’m out of town for work and I’m trying to set her up for success. My goal: the experience of making her drink at home should be faster, cheaper, and more consistent than her daily trip to the bux. So this was my checklist:

Bought and portioned the freshest SBux blonde espresso I could find (eww!)
Made and bottled homemade brown sugar syrup (more complicated recipe than you’d think)
Mixed and bottled BS Cold Foam formula
Premixed Pavlis water for the machine
Wrote down the recipe

Going to teach her the steps this week. She’s committed to trying it my way but we’ll see what happens. There’s a convenience to driving up and getting your drink in the morning. I get it. If this doesn’t convert her, I’ll give up and stop giving her a hard time…probably.

Any other espresso enthusiasts trying to convert their reluctant family members?

u/Leather-Floor5206 — 4 months ago

▲ 32 r/pourover

Aeropress revelation

I just bought my first aeropress since I’m traveling more for work and needed something that was more portable than my V60 set up. And now I completely understand the hype.
I’ve been making pour overs for a few years and even though I’ve gotten some amazing cups of coffee, there is a trickiness to it and a lot of variables including grind size, temperature, and even the specific recipe you use make a huge difference. I tend to change coffees a lot and try new methods and processes and beans from all over the world so I inevitably get a few less-than-desirable cups here and there.
Anyway, this is all to say that I have been using my aeropress for close to a week and have consistently gotten amazing cups of coffee out of it. The closest I’ve seen to this level of consistency was with a Hario switch.
The only addition I’ve made to the set up was buying the flow control valve. Anyway, if anybody has ever been on the fence about this particular thing, I highly recommend giving it a try. My last week has been filled with the most consistently expressive cups of coffee I’ve had in a long time.

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u/Leather-Floor5206 — 4 months ago

▲ 29 r/espresso

What’s with the Fellow ES1 Influencer obsession?

OK. Short rant but I’m starting to distrust most Coffee influencers these days. I feel like everyone has been pushing this fellow ES1 like it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to Coffee. I get the appeal, but I finally went to a showroom and messed around with one and even pulled a couple of shots, and to be honest, it just felt like cheap plastic. Then I looked at the parts & materials list — more and more plastic. I just feel like this is gonna turn into a landfill product after a couple of years because repairing it is going to be a disaster that no one will know how to work on.
To spend that much on a machine that has so many delicate, proprietary parts and complicated software, it seems like too much.

I was seriously considering this machine as an upgrade to my Breville Bambino Plus but I don’t want to buy a decorative money pit. Does anyone have any experience with it and can you convince me that I might be wrong on this?

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u/Leather-Floor5206 — 4 months ago