Perfect Coffee

I just did weight dosing, I am amazed.

@dpietranczyk — Now I'm going to have to buy yet another grinder. Looks great. Dosing by weight is totally the way to go.

seijoed

I'll take 2 please!

dpietranczyk_49940

My perfect cup.. Beans are stored in a vacuum sealed container, ground per usage (22g of coffee/285g water@205deg F), dripped via a Hario V60 pourover (45 sec pre-infusion, 2:30 extraction time), into a pre-warmed mug. Cheers!

dpietranczyk_49940

@Chris If you like the Virtuoso you may want to upgrade to the Vario-W. Instead of being set on a timer, it operates on weight. This thing rocks! One could easily make the argument that you could dose the coffee out on a stand alone scale and add the amount to the grinder and save yourself a few hundred dollars. Also, keeping the beans in a vacuum sealed environment on the side doesn't hurt either. That said, you can get super super dialed in on grind size with this guy and it has some nice memory functions as well. Thoughts??

http://www.amazon.com/Baratza-Vario-W-Coffee-Grinder-985/dp/B0058J1XMC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2LBT2TSQKZPT4&coliid=IOD27XVOH5P0F

@Chris HAHAHA works for me!

michaeltran

Another cheap way to get amazing coffee is with an Aeropress. It was my go to method for a morning brew before my fiance got me an expresso machine.

See the World Aeropress Championship page for advance methods: http://worldaeropresschampionship.wordpress.com/recipes/

@Mason - You're a DIY guy. Get the hand one, then get your drill to make it spin. Let comedy ensue.

hmmm the hand one is looking like a better fit now....

@Mason– It's not that a hand grinder is better than a power grinder. It's just that you can get a good hand-cranked burr grinder for well under $100. The same is not true for powered grinders. If you want powered, I highly recommend this grinder:

http://amzn.to/TdcDrx

I cannot speak to their less expensive model, but the other products I've used from Baratza have all been great.

HAHA

Thanks Mason, I'll pull a cork in a few ...

Start Drinking? Oh that's 1 step...

for those of you interested in the Hario mill, Sur La Table stores (at least the one I work at) carry it. I took the PT job to satisfy my cooking gear addiction; I don't take home much money, but I do have cool tools! Anyone know of a good 12-step program for knife or cookbook addicts?

@Brendan muchas gracias!

Ha well im not a Barista, grind a few days a week and well I have Xmas gift cards to B, B and B so I may get the powered one...

I haven't heard good things but I've never really used them either. Coffee people are a fickle bunch so you never know if something is expensive because of the name or because it's truly better.

Are the 60 dollar burr grinders like Cuisinart not good? Because that didn't seem that expensive....

A good quality powered burr grinder is very expensive and this is pretty useful for other things other than coffee too.

sorry if this has been covered? I need a new grinder...

And why is this better than a powered unit?

yes, and there is a nice user posted video in the review section on amazon too

is it variable for grind size?

This is the hand grinder that's recommended I believe. http://amzn.com/B001802PIQ

Apologies if this is off-topic, but I can't find the right place to look for the Coffee/Spice grinder that is favored by the CS team. Thanks.

Wow why didn't I find this post earlier....