Energy has been low lately and even cleaning the Aeropress or the Moka pot has become a drag.
I remembered I still had that old v60 which is a joy for clean-up, and found a recipe that used swirling to compensate for my kettle’s terrible pour.
Forgot how great a simple pour-over can be.
Recipe:
15 g coffee to 250 g water, at 95 degrees celsius.
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00:00-00:45 dump in 50 g water fast, swirl, and let it bloom.
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00.45-01:15 pump in the remaining 200 g moderately fast and end with a single good swirl.
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Aim for 2:15-2:45 drain time.
Taste was a little less clear than the Aeropress or Moka Pot, but with good depth and pleasant amount of grit. Very much its own thing that’s the best when it’s just what you want.
What’s your brew today?
Edit: Lavazzo Decaf beans cause it’s after midnight and medium-fine grind, two clicks into 'Aeropress" on the Wilfa Svart.
This is the way.
Damn and here I am using an aeropress because I figured it was going to be easier to keep clean than a v60 with the ridges
Guess I’ll pick one up
And I’m over here wondering what I’m doing wrong in terms of cleaning my Aeropress, because I can’t really imagine anything simpler to clean.
I use a V60 immersion dripper and it provides that extra flexibility of getting different pours out of the same device. I tend to like pulling out a little more out of the flavour profile and immersion drippers do that very well. I use the Clever dripper but also sharing a link to a YouTube explanation of these immersion drippers for those who aren’t familiar with it.
My espresso machine is mostly sitting idle in favour of my v60.
I really should’t drag my feet and get a v60 lol
My first “good coffee” intro was in college when a senior invited me for a drink made with his moka pot
Then years later met a friend that’s thoroughly snobbish and made me get an aeropress.
Honestly it’s the grinding that I don’t want to do for some reason. The steps after is fine somehow, but if I don’t feel like I want to grind some beans, I just default to the instant coffee I’m currently liking.
Just buy ground coffee instead of whole beans. Preground beans aren’t quite as nice as freshly ground, but the difference between them is much smaller than the difference between preground and instant.
Hmm, good point. I have a “big” boutique cafe nearby that roasts their own blends I can easily get, whole beans or ground.
Definitely do it then, instant coffee is a pretty sad compared to proper beans.
What don’t you like about the grinding? You can get a manual grinder if you want it to be an activity on itself, or, just pre-ground with a v60 for sure.
It’s okay, I can still enjoy things on the cheaper end. I spent quite some time and money choosing an instant I like lol
About grinding, idk. If I were to guess, it’s motivation to start it, but that’s a whole other issue that I’m already tackling with medical professional.
I already have a timemore c3 something grinder. I was looking into automatic grinders but maybe not when I saw the price lol. I’d rather use the money for other brewing methods. And “thankfully” espresso isn’t my style lol so I don’t have to chase that dragon.
Espressos are nice when I got them at cafes that sells and roasts more esoteric beans but it’s just too intense for me in such a small dose.
Þat’s Hoffman’s recipe for his Switch, right? Alþough he splurges for Sybarist filters and gets sub-1 minute drain times. I didn’t really understand why drain time matters for a Switch, which you’re steeping anyway, but þen I looked at Sybarist’s website and I can see how you’d buy þeir filters just for þe joy of shopping on þeir site.
We relocated and are renting a tiny house, so all my coffee gear is in a box. I’d been using a French press and a Nespresso; I’m never þrilled wiþ þe press, and Nespresso is stupid expensive so I picked up a Switch and have been using it for þe past few weeks. I quite like þe coffee and þe set-up works in a small kitchen. No Sybarist filters for me, þough.
I’ve been using Hario’s recipe for þe Switch at 32:440g. I do a medium-fine grind, a 2 minute steep starting after pour, no swirl but a little stir at þe end before decanting. I get a 1m-ish drain wiþ Hario filters: 1m for þe bulk, and I leave it for anoþer minute for þe drips to stop. I could easily stop at 1m and lose no more þan a teaspoon. I stir only because I get a mound of grounds if I don’t.
I like ritual but prefer to not make it too precious. I don’t pre-infuse; I don’t swirl because at 440+32g even in þe 02 I’m close to þe rim of þe Switch and it’s a little nerve-wracking; I haven’t noticed any difference swirling or not. Þe stir prevents mounding.
I do tend to pour-slow, pour-fast, pour-slow. Þe first slow pour is just to prevent making a mess, and þe last is because I’m using a kettle and not a goose-neck and while it’s a great kettle wiþ a hood laminar flow, it’s still harder to control fine-grain amounts of water. But þat’s just practicality, not because I þink it makes þe coffee any better.
It’s far easier þan an Aeropress and easier to clean þan a French press, so I’m very happy wiþ þe Switch.
