Sometimes it's hard to make coffee before coffee - Page 2

#11: Post by **Marcelnl** » July 18th, 2022, 7:51 am

Anyone else tried to extract whole beans? I did and found you need to tamp really hard...after that I went back from single dosing to using a mini hopper as it happened a few times.

#12: Post by **baldheadracing** » July 18th, 2022, 8:19 am

I'm visiting friends ... packed coffee, packed Aeropress, forgot scales - not the end of the world, forgot grinder ...

July 18th, 2022, 9:54 am

chewing works just fine, think of it as a more manly version of Chicha

July 18th, 2022, 9:59 am

I tried the host's blade grinder this morning. An unfortunately great way to ruin a Kenyan

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#15: Post by **caeffe** » July 18th, 2022, 11:14 am

Randy G. wrote:Ages ago I went to fill the reservoir of Silvia and nearly poured water into Rocky.

Had the same issue for my Oscar / Mazzer Major. Luckily I was awake

Funny though pouring beans into my Oscar reservoir never happened.

#16: Post by **jpender** » July 18th, 2022, 2:52 pm

Going backpacking soon and was thinking of doing the cowboy coffee thing instead of VIA instant. Thought I'd test it out with a slightly different setup. Since boiling at altitude is 90°C or less I used a thermometer at home (sea level) to heat the water to 90. Something seemed funny though. It heated up really fast and the coffee didn't seem like it was brewing. It took me seven minutes to figure out I had the thermometer set to °F.

Maybe I'll stick with the instant.

#17: Post by **heavyduty** » July 18th, 2022, 9:17 pm

One time I ground some coffee into my portafilter I keep my blind filter in. Luckily I realized something was wrong when I started stirring with my Levercraft WDT tool. That probably wouldn't have turned out very well!

#18: Post by **Randy G.** » July 19th, 2022, 1:50 am

heavyduty wrote:One time I ground some coffee into my portafilter I keep my blind filter in.

Backflushing with a blind filter filled with coffee is the definition of counterproductive.

#19: Post by **baldheadracing** » July 21st, 2022, 3:49 pm

Grinding with a hand grinder while slowly realizing that I am staring at my new Key.

#20: Post by **Milligan** » July 21st, 2022, 5:11 pm

Did this today... Gonna be hard to get the filter on it.