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by Arctic Mama
July 1st, 2014, 9:47 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 64
Views: 10037

I'm done buying 12 oz. bags of coffee

See I was scared off freezing beans on these forums ages ago sad thought the wisdom still held that it lowered the quality of the coffee, so I purposely but only in quantities I can consume in a week or two, which is about 12 oz. I don't mind smaller sizes and don't even mind a markup - packaging
by Arctic Mama
June 22nd, 2014, 11:57 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 0
Views: 270

LIDO 1 burr alignment issue

Well after over a year of light use I can honestly say my Lido has increasingly been giving me boulders and dust. I can even hear the burrs whisper in one point as I'm grinding, and I'm about 1.5 turns off zero! Eek! I tried to align my lido once before with mixed results, as it is
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by Arctic Mama
December 18th, 2013, 2:01 am
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 9
Views: 3371

ES3, the single shot puller

It looks awesome!
by Arctic Mama
August 13th, 2013, 8:46 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 47
Views: 5462

How often do you grind coffee by hand?

100% hand ground here. I'm doing 24-48 grams of medium grind per day. I would love a large electric grinder or even a sweet, minimal effort grinder like a versalab or HG-One. But space and budget prohibit, so I grind away for a few minutes each day by hand, instead. It would only be a problem with l...
by Arctic Mama
August 5th, 2013, 5:40 pm
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 4
Views: 751

Ceramic pourover lead safety

Food grade glazes are quite inert. Humans have been cooking, eating with, and storing foods of varying temperatures and acidities in ceramic vessels since the beginning. The poison is in the dose, not the substance - a little lead will NOT cause appreciable harm. It's keeping it out of the range of ...
by Arctic Mama
August 3rd, 2013, 1:43 am
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 33
Views: 2827

Stirring filter brews after extraction?

I don't intentionally stir, but given how I like my drinks they often end up stirred or swirled about a bit before consumption. I hadn't given stratification any thought, but it makes sense. I think some taste testing on my next few pourovers is in order!
by Arctic Mama
August 3rd, 2013, 1:15 am
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 70
Views: 14338

Impress Coffee Brewer (Kickstarter)

{image} Got my Impress today - the spiffy new black/carbon one! I went ahead with some Kenyan roasted last Sunday, which I've been favoring in my iced coffee, and brewed up 14 grams worth into 200 ml water, steeped for three minutes, and transferred the brew for tasting. I left my Lido at 1.75
by Arctic Mama
July 29th, 2013, 12:19 am
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 18
Views: 15217

Does Aeropress make coffee or espresso?

I laughed so hard when I came to this site and saw all the *actual* engineers. I'm not the engineer - my husband, brother in law, and father in law are! It was like sitting around the dinner table with them geeking out, just coffee related instead of structures and software Makes me feel right at
by Arctic Mama
July 25th, 2013, 8:53 pm
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 70
Views: 14338

Impress Coffee Brewer (Kickstarter)

I would expect some flaking of the dots, given that they're not etched on. Short of that, stuff printed on metal invariably gets worn down by handling and repeated washings. Looking forward to getting one of these - we'll see if I like it better than my messy bodum or pourover cones
by Arctic Mama
July 25th, 2013, 8:13 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 649
Views: 75714

Owner experience with LIDO cupping coffee grinder by Orphan Espresso

Ugh. I agree. I can't decide if I'm excited or annoyed . Probably a bit of both, since I love my LIDO but was looking at a different kind of hand grinder as my next investment