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[AndThatsARockFact]

Great setup mate
one piece of advice stop buying supermarket coffee.
It’s nothing to do with you being lazy it’s just a choice.
I order my coffee online which takes me all off 2-3 minutes so you can’t get any lazier than that lol

Hey, thanks!

And that's good advice.

Currently using what the wife bought three months ago when our old grinder broke for the second time. She went nuts at the thought of being without drip coffee and ordered about ten bags of pre-ground. It wasn't a big deal in the past but with the new drip pot I'd like to move to fresh. One of these days I'll get ahead of her but for now it's fine.

I was amazed at how much difference the beans made in espresso though. I tried several, and eventually landed on a lighter medium roast. By the time it gets to our local store's shelf it's usually about three weeks old. I'm sure I could buy it fresher at their storefront but it's a downtown location I don't normally drive to.

 

[Northam Saint]

Still love our Bean to Cup, even Mrs Saint has said if it breaks down she will be straight out for a new one.

 

[Mike Smart]

Hey, thanks!

And that's good advice.

Currently using what the wife bought three months ago when our old grinder broke for the second time. She went nuts at the thought of being without drip coffee and ordered about ten bags of pre-ground. It wasn't a big deal in the past but with the new drip pot I'd like to move to fresh. One of these days I'll get ahead of her but for now it's fine.

I was amazed at how much difference the beans made in espresso though. I tried several, and eventually landed on a lighter medium roast. By the time it gets to our local store's shelf it's usually about three weeks old. I'm sure I could buy it fresher at their storefront but it's a downtown location I don't normally drive to.

Each to our own mate there’s no write or wrong we’re all individuals.
I don’t get caught up in the snobbery but i have to say beans bought from reputable roasters or from your local coffee shop will be night & day to supermarket stuff.
In fact i’ll go as far as to say you can’t get good espresso from a supermarket.
There only two ingredients bean & water so they both need to be the best you can get it.
I wouldn’t be out of with beans 3 weeks after roast date, they normally take a week to 10 days is to release the carbon dioxide

 

[AndThatsARockFact]

Each to our own mate there’s no write or wrong we’re all individuals.
I don’t get caught up in the snobbery but i have to say beans bought from reputable roasters or from your local coffee shop will be night & day to supermarket stuff.
In fact i’ll go as far as to say you can’t get good espresso from a supermarket.
There only two ingredients bean & water so they both need to be the best you can get it.
I wouldn’t be out of with beans 3 weeks after roast date, they normally take a week to 10 days is to release the carbon dioxide

Lol. Yup!

The industry has changed so much, and I've been fairly indifferent all my life. Thirty years ago I think we all sort of fancied ourselves coffee snobs here in the PNW with the rise of Starbucks. Which was silly. But I've had to watch a lot of YouTubes to wrap my head 'round espresso recently, and I've been watching a lot of James Hoffmann. Fresh roasted and fresh ground are basic ground-level things now. Absolutely necessary.

Moving to locally roasted for espresso has really opened my eyes. I estimate we'll be done with all this pre-ground drip coffee in about four more months, and I'll switch us to that same local roaster at that time, provided she doesn't order more off Amazon in the meantime..!

 

[Holyzeus]

Lol. Yup!

The industry has changed so much, and I've been fairly indifferent all my life. Thirty years ago I think we all sort of fancied ourselves coffee snobs here in the PNW with the rise of Starbucks. Which was silly. But I've had to watch a lot of YouTubes to wrap my head 'round espresso recently, and I've been watching a lot of James Hoffmann. Fresh roasted and fresh ground are basic ground-level things now. Absolutely necessary.

Moving to locally roasted for espresso has really opened my eyes. I estimate we'll be done with all this pre-ground drip coffee in about four more months, and I'll switch us to that same local roaster at that time, provided she doesn't order more off Amazon in the meantime..!

I enjoy watching James’s videos

 

[AndThatsARockFact]

 

[Twelvefret]

I made the Moka Pot expresso twice recently using Cafe Bustello with a smidgeon of heavy cream.

 

[AndThatsARockFact]

Added sugar today. Living on the edge.

Local medium-roast beans (Hammerhead Stout) with oat milk, whole milk, and a little heavy cream.

 

[Sideburns]

Great setup mate
one piece of advice stop buying supermarket coffee.
It’s nothing to do with you being lazy it’s just a choice.
I order my coffee online which takes me all off 2-3 minutes so you can’t get any lazier than that lol

Thankfully in the UK we seem to have a good choice of specialist coffee roasters selling ethically sourced beans, all just a click away.

 

[Twelvefret]

Thankfully in the UK we seem to have a good choice of specialist coffee roasters selling ethically sourced beans, all just a click away.

Here we have ethnically, ethically, humanely, responsibly, politically correct sourced beans at Cosco.

 

[Sideburns]

Here we have ethnically, ethically, humanely, responsibly, politically correct sourced beans at Cosco.

I’ve had those too, some nice choice - not had great espresso from their beans, but hey, whatever floats your boat. Flavour is all pretty subjective and when you have tastebuds that have been abused over the years like mine, you begin to wonder about some of the tasting notes being offered.

The killer with supermarket beans is the time lag from when it was roasted to getting the stuff into your cupboard and into your coffee maker of choice. In addition the grade you’ll find in specialist roasters is usually graded higher quality - if it’s true a specialist coffee roaster. Supermarkets generally offer beans that aren’t specialist grade hence the reason for the big price difference.

 

[SpeedyPC]

Here we have ethnically, ethically, humanely, responsibly, politically correct sourced beans at Cosco.

 

[Sideburns]

that’s over caffeination - I recognise those symptoms - if I lose count with my espresso intake after breakfast. I have to call a halt to filling in my mindful colouring books for a few hours, I can’t keep inside the lines.

 

[SpeedyPC]

that’s over caffeination - I recognise those symptoms - if I lose count with my espresso intake after breakfast. I have to call a halt to filling in my mindful colouring books for a few hours, I can’t keep inside the lines.

Two cups of straight black coffee every morning on an empty stomach, cleans up your bloody bowel in half an hour. Keeps the colonoscopy doctors away, trust me, I’ve been doing this for nearly 10 years.