Are their any coffee connoisseurs on rdrama?

Yeah I'm pretty into coffee, I have a ton of manual coffee makers. Make sure you get a good burr grinder, blade grinders are shit and won't make good coffee. The exact temp doesn't matter too much, just boiling is fine for most coffee (at least to start). For the French press most people will tell you to grind coarsely but you should only do that if you have a dark roast, medium grind is fine for lighter roasts and the French press is pretty forgiving if you have a bad grinder (at least more than other methods).

For recipe, I recommend 70g per litre of water, just dump in the grounds then the water, doesn't need any fancy pour but don't disturb the grounds just yet. Wait 4 minutes then stir then wait 5 more minutes then serve (try not to disturb the coffee when pressing or you will get silt in your coffee).

For making good coffee in a french press: the most important thing is good beans, next is a good grinder and technique doesn't matter too much. Hmu if you have any questions, I've been making coffee in a pourover (v60) every morning for the last 5 years.

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You didn't say what type of grinder you got but I'll say for French press you need a burr grinder. The spice type with the spinning blade makes grinds of completely different sizes which fricks with the consistency of extraction. It also make a lot of dust that will pass through the sieve and become bitter sludge in your cup.

Electric kettles are great but temperature controls aren't really necessary. Dialing into the degree won't make a noticable difference. 10-20 seconds off the boil is just about right for most beans.

There's lots of online stores where you can get fresh roasted, single source beans. Some of my favorites have been Ethiopian. Skip the meme shit like blue mountain.

Get some of those old timey glass jars with the hinge and rubber gasket to store your beans. Fresh beans will continue to off gas so it's important to keep them in a sealed container that can hold a bit of pressure to retain the volatiles.

Lot of variables go into brewing but the main one you'll need to dial in for French press is grind size. It's a slower brew so your grinds will need to bigger than you'd think. Trial and error this. Too bitter, increase the grind size. Too acidic, decrease the grind size.

Find a good local roaster and try their different roasts. I'm not a huge fan of dark roasts I find it makes the beans a bit acrid. The roasting is more important than the bean sourcing IMO. If you want you can try fancier beans but they won't beat a good, local roaster who roasted recently.

Make sure your grind is right for the French press, and if you find the cup is too muddy but still wanna to fancy switch to a pour over. Takes a bit to develop the technique but makes the best coffee.

I just drink coffee, I don't care what type of coffee

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Get you a jug shaped like an upside down triangle, like this

Find you a store that will grind the coffee in front of you (middle eastern super markets, jons, wherever) and get columbian.

Then get sugar (optional) and a small ceramic cup (or just small paper cups).

You put about 100ml water in the jug, add 1 tbs of coffee, 1/2 tbs of sugar, let it slowly boil. Once the coffee begins to boil upward set it on the counter for about half a minute and carefully pour the coffee into your cup.

Wash the remaining ground coffee from your jug by just pouring out water from the sink and enjoy your coffee in sips. Don't drink the bottom sludge where the ground coffee has settled

Everyone will eventually resolve to this. It's like natural evolution and crabs. Thank me later or enjoy spending absurd amounts of money on cosmetic designer coffee.

Any freshly ground coffee will taste nice. Most gas stations these days actually have fully automatic single cup pour over coffee makers with grinders built in.

Coffee permanently stains your teeth.

I used to be really into coffee. Now I drink Kirkland signature (whole beans) but I've always had a soft spot for lavazza and medaglio dor.

Imo the differences between beans are less pronounced in a French press, any whole bean will make a good cup. The flavors and notes really come out when you use a moka pot or espresso maker.

If you grind the beans fine enough and tamp them down, a moka pot will give you a nice crema usually.

Coffee is not good for you

>i want good beans

Get stuff roasted locally and fresh. You can either shop around for bags or go to local good cafes, try their espressos and then buy the bags you like the most. Pretty easy tbh. It really is about sampling to find what you enjoy: light/med/dark roast, country of origin, specialty shit like peaberry...

Try yourself some Kona Coffee from Hawaii. It's amazing but fairly expensive. They might be worth it for you. This is assuming you have a proper set up to convert coffee beans into coffee drinks, if you don't then just get basic cheap arabica stuff, you won't feel any difference either way. Avoid Robusta.

Get some fruity flavours if you dont like gas station coffee. French press needs to be grinded to a medium size. Not to fine. There is no magic to the french press its easy

I drink black store brand coffee

I just drink coffee, not really into it. I buy a Dutch brand, which I found after a bit of research and stuck with them for years. Maybe there's something better, maybe not, I like them enough.

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