And you can always check the packaging date. I think they are post-dated for a year shelf-life.
If you’re into specialty coffee, where origin, processing, and roast profiles are important to you, I recommend:
(1) Peloso https://www.pelosocoffee.com
(2) Eternity Coffee Roaster https://www.facebook.com/EternityCoffeeRoaster/ (you’ll have to contact him beforehand to see what he has in stock)
(3) WenShan Roasters https://www.wenshanroasting.com
(4) La Chaudière Coffee https://m.facebook.com/lachaudierecafes/
These beans are much more expensive than your usual find. 500g for >400NT isn’t unusual.
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Get one of those cheaper jura models, e.g the jura micro you can get from amazon for 750usd.
If you don’t mind a little exercise, these are super cheap and get the job done:
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A few years ago my sister-in-law regifted a Tiamo Grinder to us - this one, or one very similar. It’s a burr grinder and you can choose the size of the grind; supposedly that’s much better than the blade grinder I used to use (and now use for spice mixes), but again, I’m not sure if my palate can tell the difference.
I usually grind three or four days worth of coffee at one time, and keep the ground coffee in a sealed plastic container in the fridge. I know I’m “supposed” to grind right before brewing, but, eh.
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If I am not mistaken, this will only grind the beans. Dont you then need to heat up the water, do some drip thing with the coffee etc ?
Yeah, I was just referring to the grinding part. Although if you’re really cheap, I suppose you could just dump some hot water in with the ground coffee. I prefer using a French press myself.
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Something like a Porlex/Nippon or a Hario Skerton would be fine for pourover, but I wouldn’t recommend them for French press. You’d have to get something like a Feima 600N or Capresso Infinity for that.
Why so?
Can’t you get your own level of coarseness with those?
They don’t grind evenly at a coarse setting, meaning you’ll get largish chunks, medium particles , and fine ones. Some variance is a given, but those grinders are a bit overboard.
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I always prefer a burr grinder over a blade grinder. Now I use the Hario Skerton, but even at a fine grind it has a certain unevenness (a known issue with this grinder). If I would buy another hand grinder it would be the JavaPresse manual grinder.
This is what I had to buy because my lovely cats destroyed all previous glass French presses:
I would love that grinder. In the old country, they use mortar and pestle for coffee, or industrial grinders.
I buy all my coffee from the Oklao near to Taipei Main Station. They have a deal on just now, where you get higher-value coffee the more you preorder. I put down 3000ntd and that gets me 4 1kg bags of 300ntd value coffee and 1 half-kilo bag of 500ntd value per 1000ntd, if you follow me, plus one 800ntd value bag for putting down the larger value deposit.
I will say, however, i’m damned if I can taste the difference between the 800ntd value offer and the 300ntd value stuff I usually make in my Aeropress. Still, they’re the best value place i’ve found. Usually I put down a thousand at a time and that gets me five bags of 300ntd coffee, which I can pick up as and when I need them.
On a related note, i’ve become slightly obsessed with the idea of roasting my own beans at some point in the future, and found a lot of videos of people doing it using popcorn makers. Anyone here doing that?
Not with a popcorn maker, but I do roast. If you’re going with a popcorn maker, just make sure it’s a model that will roast for coffee as not all will. Check the internet first to see if others have had any experience with the one you’re thinking of buying.
I guess there are secondhand roasters out there that people are tired off.