What are people using for making cold brew?
I use an asobu.
It’s probably over the the top. Oh hang on, this is a coffee thread on a cycling forum, must try harder.
Don’t have one but know people that have it and love it
I was in the alpha and beta test group for this grinder. It is phenomenal. 75mm burrs so it grinds super fast and adds minimal heat to the beans. Just like an Atom 75. But the software is superb. There is a whole library of beans in their app and it makes dialing in espresso super easy because in the latest firmware update the machine has a TrueGrind button where you tell the machine what your shot weight was and time for the extraction. It then adjusts the grind for you. Absolute game changer imo. I cannot believe how much coffee I’ve saved by being able to quickly dial in on this. (I have no association with Clive Coffee btw).
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Is it close to 0 retention?
Takeya cold brew here. It’s really all we drink in the summer so we always have 2 in the fridge. Cheap and effective.
Its very good, but being a hopper design it is not really it’s forte. If you want zero retention I would look at Ceado’s. This is dedicated to espresso, so retention per se wasn’t one of my major concerns.
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Bruh.
Have you seen the setups some people have here!
Ive seen $5000 machines paired with a 600$ grinder
A $1000 machine with a $2000 grinder and everything in between… absolutely nothing you post here is over the top!
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interesting take.
For me, 0 retention is at the probably the top of my list of requirements of a grinder for home use.
I dont think most people who have the resources to buy a $1500 grinder will use the hopper as it is intended. Most of them will use it as a single dose.
With that in mind, even tho it is a dedicated espresso, you may have cross “contamination” when it comes to grounds and adjustment.
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Like I said. Buy a Ceado you want zero retention. Hoppers are made for a reason. You do you.
If anyone is concerned about zero retention I would generally stay away from hoppers. I use a hand grinder when I want zero retention for single origins, aeropress and pour-overs.
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I have a forte bg and I nearly get 0 retention after doing the Lance Hendrick small mod for it. The grinder itself is such a beast. Still loving my Cafelat Robot as well.
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Upgraded my grinder from a Baratza Sette 30 to a DF64. Should be great for my daily drip and similar for my daily espresso. Too excited to post a picture. Havent even put any beans through it yet.
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I had that Gaggia foreeeever. Little hero of a machine.
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For all the espresso nerds: Systematically Improving Espresso: Insights from Mathematical Modeling and Experiment
I don’t have an espresso machine, so I can’t test this out, but thought folks might find this interesting, useful, something to rant about 
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Apologies for not reading all of the preceding 925 posts, but I did look at all the pictures 
Some nice systems out there, I think I saw a GS3 as well as a couple Synchronikas, along with a Monument or two…
I got a new setup last year—ECM Synchronika and Ceado E37SD purchased at Whole Latte Love. These replaced a system I had bought new about 10 yrs earlier, an Expobar Brewtus III with a couple of Mazzer Minis. In between these two purchases, the home barista world had seen a lot of advances, which helped inform my recent purchase.
In particular, home users with the budget should probably get a single-dose grinder. The reason for this is, home users do not blow through bags of coffee quickly enough to dump the beans in a hopper. If you leave them in the hopper, they’re gonna go stale. A good single dose grinder lets you easily switch between different beans, while quickly and consistently dialing in the appropriate grind for each. This means you are also best served by first dividing your bag of coffee into individual doses (I typically do 18g to 20g per dose) and storing them in mini-containers. Weber Workshops make “bean cellars” for this purpose, but there may be other options on the market. Weber make a ton of cool products, btw. If I hadn’t already purchased a Ceado, I might have gone with one of their grinders. I recently got their unibody portafilter and it’s awesome. Another thing I would suggest is getting a distribution tool in addition to a tamper. Mine are made by Saint Anthony Industries and I got them at Clive Coffee.
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Somebody has already sent my coffee machine Bialetti Moka Express 3 Cup 06799
source: 10 Best Manual Coffee Makers Reviewed in Detail (Fall 2022). It brews real Italian coffee. It’s stronger and more concentrated than the American one and the flavor it’s just different. Especially about the cups, don’t think that the moka makes 6 American cups…when they say 6 cups they’re referring to the expresso cups.
It’s a different kind of coffee.
It’s not espresso but it’s not dropped. It’s something in between.
There is a method to use the moka pot that will result in an absolutely great tasting coffee.
I have use the technique and it works great…give it a shot…
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For 1 cup just use an aeropress and make it as strong as you want. Strength is about ratio mostly.