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- African coffees work best (my favourite is this)
- I preferred a slightly finer grind than is usually recommended
- This is a good place to start, recipewise
Not sure how much of this applies to the Chemex, but I imagine they work similarly
I microwave the milk too.
(pmsl, I typed microwave the milf there, but that's a different tale!)
I use the moka with the lid up so it's clear when it has just finished, although I do get spat at by it a bit as a result. If you then take it straight off the heat you should avoid the boiled peas scent that ruins it.
You need a coarse grind, controlled water temperature and controlled water flow rate.
It sounds like a lot of work because it is - makes some of the best coffee.
If you're using a darker roast bean, swap it out. Try a light roast from Sundlaug and grind it on a coarse setting.
Moka is effortless -just remember to use fresh ground coffee, 1-3 weeks post roast and don't tamp is hard (I don't tamp at all, just ensure its a slightly mounded amount in the pot and it self compresses) . Remove from the heat just as it goes blond to avoid over burnt coffee making it bitter, and douse in a cold water bath or a damp tea towel to curb the process quicker.
I don't do drip coffee anymore -it's a lot of work, as much as espresso is. Once you've worked it out, you try a new coffee and you are pretty much back to square one.
Coffee grinding is an art unto itself. I've got aeropress (basically a perfect, clean 1 cup cafetiere) and moka pot nailed. I used to use a syphon but I preferred the flavours from aeropress and it was easier to clean. They were very similar though.
@sporky you may want to check out the clever coffee dripper, its a dripper with a valve so you can brew it for a bit before you filter. I love mine:
https://www.coffeehit.co.uk/clever-coffee-dripper.html
i pre boil the water for the bottom and tamp the grounds lightly. Wife does neither.
to think I only used to use them when camping. I am not going back to a drip or espresso machine until I can afford to spend stupid money on it.
my dad just got a small moka pot and a couple of packs of rave coffee for his birthday because he kept saying how nice my coffee was.
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for me, tea is more a more refined and civilised beverage than coffee, and, while tea drinking may be on the decline here, I believe it's historically more associated with Britishness than coffee.
So, what I'm saying is, coffee drinkers are uncivilised gutter trash who should e deported to the colonies and forced to hard labour or sent to the workhouse.
now, where's my mug of tea and Little Chef full English breakfast?
We had coffee before we had tea. Tea is a piffling dilettante.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I don't hear the Tea drinkers whining about how to make a good cuppa
Balls to that, I want a delicious beverage easy. Brewed can't taste like a shot, but a shot can't taste brewed either.
Moka is probably my favourite for best of both worlds - goes with milk a treat, and likes a darker roast. The rave fudge blend works well. I did manage a batch of Kenyan that tasted of blackcurrant squash, and a yirgacheffe that was very forest fruits, so it can work straight with a fruity coffee too.
First British coffee shop - 1652
First tea sold in Britain - in a coffee shop - 1657
Coffee is more traditionally British than is tea. Also it's better.
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