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Most forgiving brewing method? (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/coffee

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My significant other doesn’t care nearly as much about coffee as I do, so we always have pre-ground supermarket coffee at home. Tastewise, it’s usually rather dull and bitter because apparently, that‘s what people expect coffee to taste like around here.

I wonder if there is a method/recipe that can compensate for those flaws. The Aeropress is pretty versatile, so going for lower temperatures and/or shorter extraction times comes to me as a natural first step in this investigation. Doing a pour over with this stuff feels like I‘m wasting precious V60 filter papers though tbh 😄

Any further suggestions? I own a V60, an Aeropress, a cheap drip coffee machine and the (in-) famous IKEA french press. My kettle only allows for adjustments in 10°C steps, but features a temperature display, so I can go reasonably precise on that end.

Cheers! ✌️

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In my scenario, I don‘t have control over the grind size as I’m trying to work with pre-ground beans. But even though I might give that a try.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Check my other comment. I grind using an old timey grinder. Not sure what condition the grinding parts are in as I don't know how they should look new. So your pre-ground should be fine. Probably with a but shorter steep (2-4 minutes?). You biggest issue may be oxidation of your coffee.

You do know you can fake a french press by just putting water and beans in a container, let it steep and once done pour through a fine sieve.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I read your other comment and even replied to it IIRC, thanks for tuning in on the other discussion as well!

Doing some sort of immersion sounds reasonable when I can’t do cold brew. I also like the idea of implementing some advanced self filtering with a kitchen sieve, where I could easily just sieve the coffee again through the same grounds and probably catch most of the sediment that way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

If you drink gently almost all sediment have gathered at the bottom by the time you get there. Just don't chug the last few drops and you'll be fine.