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arikara

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9. Interesting, are you a barista?

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 01:23 AM

Dec 2014

I'd like to try your coffee too.

I used a french press for years but I've graduated to a stove top espresso maker. I've figured out the right amount of coffee to make the perfect cup. The espresso maker shoots the water through the grounds at a steaming high temp. I was told that you actually get less caffeine making it like that than with a French press. I don't know if its true or not.

The best coffee I ever had was in Costa Rica. They use some kind of sock thing to make it and its wonderful. Its got Tim's and starbucks beat by light years, of course any decent coffee shop can beat tims and starbucks imho, both of them serve up burnt offerings.

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Someone told me the secret to Tim Horton coffee. Apparently [View all] applegrove Dec 2014 OP

perhaps Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2014 #1

Try different types of coffee makers? procon Dec 2014 #2

I used to use a french press. Loved the applegrove Dec 2014 #3

i hate burnt beans. i had terrible coffee in europe. they make WEAK coffee. weak coffee sucks to0. pansypoo53219 Dec 2014 #4

On a whim, I bought a coffee grinder at a church sale. $10.00 Hoppy Dec 2014 #5

The hotter the water, the more of the bitter oils will get extracted from the beans. Thor_MN Dec 2014 #6

I'd like to taste a cup of yours! inanna Dec 2014 #7

Interesting, are you a barista? arikara Dec 2014 #9

I'm a chemist by education, but a computer programmer as employment Thor_MN Dec 2014 #12

I think it could also have something to do inanna Dec 2014 #8

Battery acid? King_Klonopin Dec 2014 #10

That is exactly what I thought when I applegrove Dec 2014 #11

Water for coffee should be at least 195 degrees F. Thor_MN Dec 2014 #13