Got some beans from the Dominican. Now what?

[ultramag]

Originally Posted by spincycle

Thanks for the reply Sir Moo.

After I press the coffee. Do I leave the coffee to sit with the pressed grinds and pour as required from the pot? Or do I pour all the coffee out so it doesn't stay in with the grinds?

Is it possible to buy a decent burr grinder for say, $100?

floydpink: I bought back 8 bags with me. I love that coffee!



Cheers,
spin

I can help with this though I feel like I shouldn't 'cause I'm a n00b squared at this coffee business as well.

It is best to transfer your coffee into a thermos or similiar vessel after brewing time and pressing. The reason for this is that the extraction process will somewhat continue the whole time the grounds remain in contact with the water. This can make your coffee strong and bitter.

Here is a link to buy what is a very nice burr grinder that fits your price range perfectly:

http://www.amazon.com/Capresso-560-0.../dp/B0000AR7SY

This is the same grinder tzaddi has posted pictures of in this thread except in a black finish. The outside is a little cheaper on the one I linked, but it's what's inside that counts. It seems to be alot of grinder for the money.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1068

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by ultramag

...It is best to transfer your coffee into a thermos or similiar vessel after brewing time and pressing. The reason for this is that the extraction process will somewhat continue the whole time the grounds remain in contact with the water. This can make your coffee strong and bitter.

So sez the conventional wisdom, noob. Fact is, several of us tested the conventional wisdom and it doesn't wash out true. Coffee might get cold after 24-hours but is simply does not get bitter. Over short periods of time the coffee may go from hot to warm but it doesn't get overly strong or bitter. Try. You see for yourself.

(now we all do a little coffee dance)

[ultramag]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

So sez the conventional wisdom, noob. Fact is, several of us tested the conventional wisdom and it doesn't wash out true. Coffee might get cold after 24-hours but is simply does not get bitter. Over short periods of time the coffee may go from hot to warm but it doesn't get overly strong or bitter. Try. You see for yourself.

(now we all do a little coffee dance)

I will most definately give it a whirl and see. I read somewhere in the archives about sitting a FP on a raised wire platform (cooling rack IIRC) above a warming burner on a stovetop. Any thoughts or experience with that? It would seem to me that warming the grounds enough to keep the coffee warm would be just begging for trouble, but as I have already proved, I don't know much.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by ultramag

I will most definately give it a whirl and see. I read somewhere in the archives about sitting a FP on a raised wire platform (cooling rack IIRC) above a warming burner on a stovetop. Any thoughts or experience with that? It would seem to me that warming the grounds enough to keep the coffee warm would be just begging for trouble, but as I have already proved, I don't know much.

I can't follow that at all. As it is I have two presses - a small and a large. Both are steel and both are insulated. In either case, coffee never sits in them long enough to get cool. When I used a Bodum borosilicate press I'd sometimes wrap it with a terri towel or a tea cozy if I was drinking the contents by myself; it never went tepid. Nor sure about the reason to put a press on a stove - wire rack or not.

I do wire-rack my pyrex vacpots (below) as is the recommended practice for boiling - never a problem.

[TOB9595]

AND SO?????
How is your Dominican bean coffee.
What have you substituted to your equipment?

Tom

Haven't got around to buying the equipment yet. I have managed to convince my local starbucks to grind my coffee for me though!

A FP won't be far behind!