Harvester on 3/8/2020 at 18:18
205F == approximately 96C, not 38.
Kolya on 3/8/2020 at 18:59
Ah right. I should have looked that up myself, but in a thread about coffee aficionados it didn't seem overly suspicious.
heywood on 3/8/2020 at 20:17
By the way, the Nespresso capsules are made of Aluminum/Aluminium and are recyclable. There's a kitchen store on my way home from work that sells and recycles them. If you're buying them online you can also ship them back to Nespresso, which is admittedly less convenient unless you do it really big batches.
catbarf on 3/8/2020 at 20:54
Quote Posted by Kolya
I'm surprised your barely above body temperature coffee has any taste at all.
I'm using freshly ground Arabica in a paper filter in a ceramic funnel. On the weekends a stovetop. Pads and pods are an environmental sin that isn't justified by it's taste or cost.
Quote Posted by Harvester
205F == approximately 96C, not 38.
Oops, yeah, screwed up my conversion factor. Should have noticed... but I hadn't finished my morning coffee yet :p
Aluminum is definitely way better than plastic as far as environmental impact. I have to wonder how the general push towards reusability and reduction of waste is going to affect coffee- having just coffee grounds and/or paper to recycle is a much lower impact. Same deal with breweries advertising refillable growlers more even though aluminum cans are much more reusable than glass bottles.
henke on 4/8/2020 at 05:27
Quote Posted by heywood
Like caffeinatedzombeh said, they did seem very needy, which is not what I want, but they had a lot more users at work. At home, it will just be my wife and I most days, so it might be low maintenance enough.
My experience(1 user, 2 cups per day):
Refilling water: 3-4 times per week
Emptying drip-tray: ~2 times per week
Cleaning the brewing unit: you're
supposed to do this every week but, uh... pretty much never. :P
Integrated cleaning program: I do this when the symbol starts flashing ~3-4 times per year. Takes half an hour, kinda a hassle. I clean the brewing unit here as well.
Integrated desclaing program: Same deal, the symbol starts flashing maybe once a year.
Briareos H on 4/8/2020 at 05:51
I've been trying to limit myself to one coffee a day, I'll take a 10-15 minute break from work, grind the beans (I'm currently going throug a Sumatra Gayo phase, stuff's delicious) with a manual Porlex grinder and prepare the coffee in an aeropress. It's a small ritual and the resulting coffee is so satisfying.
Also, fuck Nestlé.
t850terminator on 5/8/2020 at 21:10
I like my coffee either 100% black and bitter or just basically 98% milk with no in-between.
Gray on 10/8/2020 at 01:32
I would not advocate the Nespresso. We had one and it was terrible. However, the thing I would advocate probably isn't available in your country. I try not to be snobbish about coffee, I don't care about all the fancy new types, I just want a good plain black cup, no milky contaminants whatsoever, frothy or otherwise. For that, a plain cheap Swedish brew machine would do the job, about £12, but of course I can't get one here in the UK. Yes, paper filters, but much better than the weak dishwater I got in the US. You might perhaps want something else, though. Swedes drink a lot of coffee, usually black and strong.