I want to move some days from v60 to something easier….. so my wife could make coffee for me once in a while lol. Apart from a machine or a French press… what good and easy?
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Hario Switch, using Tetsu Kasuya's recipe, which works out to be somewhat less fussy for me than James Hoffmann's one cup V60 recipe.
For iced coffee, it's Japanese iced coffee all the way, or cold brew with a French press using cheaper beans when I don't have the energy to brew a pourover.
My dad gave me his old krups that he's had for forever and just never used, but I'm still learning how to effectively use it. I can at least brew with it but I have not mastered the milk steaming yet, so I've been leaning into more basic ice coffees. 1 shot of espresso + eyeballed pour of caramel syrup + 7 ice cubes from my small tray + rest of the cup with milk. Once I start narrowing what beans I like/what I like about them, I'm hoping to refine my process a bit better, but I have some beans that my FIL roasted and I gotta say, all coffee tastes better having been roasted and brewed with care. :)
I've been pretty busy the past year, and most recently I've just been lazy, so lately I've just been using my French press. I have a cheap calphalon espresso machine but I guess at some point I'll clean it and use that again.
Edit to add: I also use a bialetti moka pot for laziness.
Ditto Ghostx. I also do James Hoffman’s AeroPress recipe. If I’m making for more than myself, I do the AeroPress AeroPress recipe which allows me to distribute the coffee more evenly and it makes a nice, crisp and snappy cup!
Just using my aeropress at home. I do also have a Clever dripper that I use now and again, but I just feel the aeropress is more convenient for me.
I am in the market for a coffee machine, just need to work out where the hell I can put it in my kitchen
Grind each morning (currently on an Ethiopian kick), then through a BUNN drip. It's not as good as those special one-off coffees, but I've found its the best balance of energy vs. enjoyment
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I've been replying on my v60 daily now, never fails to make a good cup! Maybe I'll make an aeropress once every so often each month for a change.
Recently started making Japanese style iced coffee and that's been fantastic for the warm weather!
I have also been experimenting with a Flair Neo, but I've yet to make something I'm entirely satisfied with.
So as a foreigner who has lived in Japan for 15 years, what is Japanese iced coffee, specifically? Really weak instant coffee with coffee cubes mixed in? I'm not trying to be rude I honestly don't know
I'm using James Hoffman's recipe as found here. I can't say that weak instant coffee with coffee cubes sounds particularly enjoyable!
@nikmis But Japan so polite, so clean! Iced Coffee is water and americano type coffee, sometimes espress mixed with water. If you want the good stuff go for the latte one liter cartons with sugar and milk in em. That's what Richard Sensei drinks (apparently).