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and even though I’m tired, things are all right!
Pro tip: Don't consume caffeine within about 1 hour of waking up. Waiting a bit gives your body time to clean up the sleep chemicals and get started on the being awake chemicals before you start adding to the mix.
There are a lot of articles about this out there (here's one), but they all say more or less the same thing, as far as I've been able to tell.
Oh, interesting! I’m very, very guilty of doing the opposite of that. Making coffee is always the first activity of the day for me.
that's a great tip, thanks for posting
How do people like aeropresses overall?
would recommend it to everyone. I don't use it every day, but there are a million and one ways to brew with it, it's very handy for traveling, it's super easy.
I use it particularly for when I'm at the end of a bag of coffee and don't have enough left to do a French Press or a pour-over -- I have a couple of Aeropress recipes that use 10-12 grams.
They're amazing honestly. Extra good for travel.
Dunno but I love mine!
i love mine but i want to ditch pressure+heat in plastic. wondering if moka is the way to go, but really just wish they made aeropress with other materials!
What’s the problem with pressure+heat? In these kinds or pressures and temperatures, the plastic appears to be strong enough to handle it well enough.
it's strong enough to, but i don't trust plastic not to leach out nasties into my coffee in those conditions, plus it seems to retain grossness :(
Interesting. I would like to look into that. Got any good articles in mind?
not the best article out there but here's one that covers it: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/18/are-plastic-containers-safe-to-use-food-experts
Seems to me that the results are inconclusive at the moment, which only means that the potential effect can’t be noticed as easily as the effects of asbestos, DDT, smoking or radiation. That doesn’t mean that the effect isn’t there. It may well exist, but it certainly isn’t very strong, because otherwise we would have noticed it already and the debate would have been over decades ago. But since we can’t rule it out at this point, I really don’t blame anyone from being a bit cautious.
As a side note, you would get lots of clicks for your article if you were say that “we’re all going to die because of plastic”, but it wouldn’t be a very defendable position. Fortunately for the author, there is a way to make the reader think that without explicitly saying anything like it. By using clever words like “likely”, “associated”, “possibly”, “may be”, “in vitro”, “could disrupt”, “linked to”, “animal studies” etc. you can sort of say things without actually saying anything. You can also make the reader feel informed without actually conveying much information at all.
I agree about the soft language they use and plastics are a BROAD category of materials.... but yeah, I like to be cautious around exposing them to heat and using them for long term liquid storage.
For what its worth, I think aeropress uses plastic that's less bad, if that's possible (I believe this consideration went into the design).
Still, I'm with you on this. It's really hard to get away from plastic though. Even in relatively high end drip machines, the internals of most espresso makers, etc.
i super agree, french press or moka is my target, i just miss the flavor the pressure creates. i'll figure it out one day!
i think the tritan plastic they're using in the new models will be interesting, def seems less porous and likely to hang onto bad flavors x_x
Yeah.. you can always just... clean it... unflavored denture / retainer/ mouth guard cleaning tablets or .... actual coffee cleaning solution (also available in tablet form) should remove most or all of funk....
:0.......... okay i can def try that, yea!!!
There’s going to be a glass one released, if it hasn’t already come out yet.
Love mine. Especially for cleanup and time it takes to brew. Very happy with it. I have a French Press and a ceramic filter I use once in a while, but if it’s just me the aero press wins over.
Same reasons why I ditched my French Press. Moka Pot can be messy and seems like a more involved process. Aeropress is such an easier and cleaner process.
Making a batch of coffee with the moka pot is really easy, but making good coffee is really tricky though. You have to know exactly what you’re doing or you’ll get mediocre or even bad coffee out of it .
The aeropress is a very easy, forgiving and robust method, and messing it up would require some extraordinary conditions. Making small mistakes here and there won’t be a big deal.
Aw I have the same cup!
I will admit, washing it kinda sucks lol
Weirdly, I’ve never had an issue with it. The dishwasher seems to get it clean every time. shrug
It must be a hand-washing problem that you are too dishwasher to understand
What an nifty cup!
I might do the same, the drip coffee I make (primarily for my wife who prefers quantity over quality) does not scratch the itch like the aeropress does.
Right on, how was it?
The difference is truly night and day. Hardly any bitterness, and so much more flavor.
Yea, that’s where I’m at too. Can’t really go back. I’m always sad with the coffee they have available for us at the office.
I have a second brewing setup at work for just that reason. The cheapest part, ironically, is the Aeropress. The Aergrind is so good I got a second one so I don't have to worry about bringing it home in the weekends.
Well now I’m intrigued, what’s the benefit of using an aergrind over an electric burr grinder?
The Aergrind gets you step-less adjustment. I'm not familiar with an electric grinder that offers that at anywhere near the same price point. It's also very capable of espresso grinds. I have a Solis Barista Perfetta Plus espresso machine, and I can very easily dial in the grind setting for a specific bean/roast and pull some really tasty shots.
Ah good point. Mine definitely has steps to it. stepless sounds nifty.
Have you tried inverted method? It allows you to steep longer, thus extract more coffee.
I have tried that too, but never really saw the value in that, although that could be because my lack in tasting skills.
I’m grinding fairly fine (1.1 in the Aergrind), which seems to clog up the paper filter to such an extent that dripping is very slow. I also stir a lot to make extraction a bit faster, so I would say that I haven’t had trouble with extracting enough in the upright configuration.
I, too, am a filthy mug enthusiast.