BF2S Forums the bf2s official coffee thread

knightsofwibble wrote:

OT: How's that for a first post in 4 years, eh? You wouldn't believe me if I told you how I got back here - I can't believe BF2S is still active!

wb, the black pearl of communities

I have been drinking tea at home lately. It's great. It taste much better than coffee but doesn't have the caffeine kick which is unfortunate.

Just bought myself one of these



and £5 of Columbian beans

what on earth is that, how does it work, looks cool

but meh americano

I have a bookmark somewhere that shows how to do that. My wife gave me a "I know what you're thinking" look when we watched that episode

globefish23 wrote:

Better yet, get a water-jet vacuum pump, a vacuum side-arm flask , a Büchner funnel and laboratory filters.

Gotta get all those impurities out of your coffee. Black coffee? Try clear coffee!

globefish23 wrote:

I read about cold brewing today.
Steeping the ground beans in room temperature (or even chilled) water for 12 hours.
It's supposedly less acidic and less bitter.

DesertFox- wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

Better yet, get a water-jet vacuum pump, a vacuum side-arm flask , a Büchner funnel and laboratory filters.

Gotta get all those impurities out of your coffee. Black coffee? Try clear coffee!

True.
Instead of hot water, you can also use chloroform or ether.
After evaporation, you should be left with sticky, oily crystals, which are basically the caffeine and the aroma of the bean.

We'll then lyophilizse it and allow for recombination with a sterile water diluent, to be injected at one's pleasure.

I'll post the Kickstarter link soon.

DesertFox- wrote:

I'll post the Kickstarter link soon.

I'd buy it.

Adams_BJ wrote:

You should have luwak coffee, it's not bitter at all.

I have tried it, and therefore I must feel superior to those who haven't.

You tried Turkish coffee?

globefish23 wrote:

I read about cold brewing today.
Steeping the ground beans in room temperature (or even chilled) water for 12 hours.
It's supposedly less acidic and less bitter.

DesertFox- wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

Better yet, get a water-jet vacuum pump, a vacuum side-arm flask , a Büchner funnel and laboratory filters.

Gotta get all those impurities out of your coffee. Black coffee? Try clear coffee!

True.
Instead of hot water, you can also use chloroform or ether.
After evaporation, you should be left with sticky, oily crystals, which are basically the caffeine and the aroma of the bean.

Less acid and bitter? Finally something my stomach could handle daily. Maybe.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

I have been drinking tea at home lately. It's great. It taste much better than coffee but doesn't have the caffeine kick which is unfortunate.

afaik as i know some tea has more caffeine than coffee, and others more psychotropic effects (like green tea for example). it's all to do with the way you brew it, and the fact that tea is normally more much dilute. pretty sure tea leaves have a higher caffeine content than coffee beans. i do like a good tea when i can get it, but i refuse to buy anything in a teabag composed of fannings and dust crap. i have a very nice loose leaf tea that my ex brought back from sri lanka for me. it is excellent, do recommend.

Adams_BJ wrote:

You should have luwak coffee

Don't!
Since that coffee has become popular a few years ago, the civets who eat and shit the beans are now getting captured in masses, kept in cages and force fed coffee beans.
Other countries in South East Asia are using other animals like weasels for that purpose as well.

It's a good example how globalization, capitalism and trendy crap can negatively affect things.
On the other hand, some people are trying to replicate the enzymatic digestion of the beans with bacteria grown enzymes.

Anyway, just accept that coffee is bitter and surrender yourself to this beautiful source of the glorious caffeine.

P.S. I only buy fairtrade coffee. Not that this helps the ecologic problems of coffee farming and global transporting, but at least a few of the local workers have better conditions. At least the ones on the audited farms.

Jay wrote:

uziq wrote:

Dilbert_X wrote:

How is that different from a cafetiere - a tedious way of making cold coffee?

If I'm drinking coffee I want it scalding hot and with half the grinds still in it.

considering most people are rocking instant coffee or aforementioned cafetieres at work, i really recommend the aeropress. for twenty bucks it improves the taste and quality of even an average coffee significantly. it's quick, it's easy, you can re-use filters all week, and any moron can use it at work. again. at work. they are surprisingly decent.

You're losing all the oils

it's a coffee i can make in 3 minutes whilst at work, several times a day.

i'm gaining all the caffeine, which is the important part.