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And happy weekend, everybody. What's everyone up to?

I saw Guys and Dolls last night. The boy is cooking breakfast. Going to Best Buy later this morning because the boy wants to go there... Then he wants a haircut. I would never do either of these things, for the record. On Sunday we're rec climbing in a granddaddy southern live oak.

At some point I'll probably take out my new MS 880 and bask in the conflicting emotions of love for my new 2-stroke child and buyers remorse. I'm just glad I'll be climbing with the MS 661 on crane day this upcoming week so I don't have to use the damn thing. It's so weird, but I couldn't justify buying anything else - another MS 661 would just double up what I already have. A smaller saw should be battery-powered to last more than a year or two, but they're as yet just a bit underpowered for a lot of >12" trunkwood bucking. Ended up getting the MS 880 for ground guy to cut 10-26" diameter wood. He's going to hate me, lol. Of course, it's main purpose is to slab large diameter logs and do a bit of bucking and stump cutting on the side... Anyone else having these types of saw problems?
 
VenasNursery said:
Wow Sorry I offended anybody
What’s wrong with Dunkin Donuts?
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Well, it's just that the coffee has probably sat too long in the supply chain since it was roasted, and has already been ground, so all those aromatics are gone. It *is* important that your coffee drinking be affirmed here, so I support your coffee choice. If you like it, that's great. It just reminds me a bit of Johnny drinking Coors on Cobra Kai. I see that he likes it and that it brings him comfort, but I feel like there is a whole world of beer out there, very accessible, untapped, and waiting to be discovered by him.

If you want to, try a bag of whole bean that is about a week past its roasting date, grind it with a low speed/high torque burr grinder to the particle size that matches your brewing style, and brew it up with water that is exactly 200°. If all of that is done, you have a chance at drinking transportive coffee. I'll call off the militia. ;)

I'm where I'm at as well. An automatic drip like the one I just got does not make the best coffee, but it makes really good coffee and is the best method for my SO and I. Before this one, we were using a black and decker automatic drip (no water temp control and a hot plate...) with a separate high speed/low torque spice grinder that was used to grind the beans the night before. No bueno, pretty much killed the coffee before it was brewed. I stopped buying high quality beans because I was putting the hurt on them. Instead, I bought Walmart single origin beans and put the money I saved towards the new breville.

Before the black and decker, I was brewing with a stove top espresso. I used a dark roast, but it's still a bit intense to boil the water that hot. It was good though. I melted the handle of that thing, which is why we fell back on my SO's black and decker.

Before the stove top espresso unit, I was using an aeropress, which makes an amazing cup of coffee, but in small amounts. I hand ground coffee for both the stove top espresso and the aeropress, using a ceramic burr grinder made by Porlex. I did not have temperature control on the aeropress, so some brews were good and some were over or under-extracted. The aeropress brew has a full and smooth body to it. The aeropress flew off my trailer when we moved from my apartment to our house several years ago.

Out in California, I have a Chemex drip in my mom's kitchen. I like to buy beans from The Tulip House, a local roaster. I do not yet have temp control, so same experience as with the aeropress. Totally different brew though. Very nutty and can be almost dry or parched in taste. A lemony profile from a yirgachefe bean comes out very strongly with the chemex drip. I grind with my Porlex mini, which is very portable for travel.

It amazes me that I can get such a range of tastes from coffee beans. Everything starts with water temp control, a good low speed burr grinder, and a good bag of beans. Or not. :)
 
Naturarbo said:
is that grown in USA coffee?
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It is only roasted here. The couple who roast it travel regularly to visit growers around the world. Once they have seen the farm and built that relationship, they order beans and roast them here in their shop. I stop by the shop and ask them what's cool this week. They stick their head out the cracked door like I'm a toxic waste delivery, then loosen up once they see that I have a mask on and am not charging the door. They ask what I'm brewing it with and if I want dark/medium/light roast, then pick something out for me. I bought two bags this time. One was roasted recently and the other was about a week old and ready to brew. Then they tell me about their current tree issue and ask when I can come by. In their position, it is good to have strong trees, lol. I am slated to prune a maple and remove a couple mulberries threatening the 120 house electric line.

What do you guys get over there?
 
colb said:
It is only roasted here. The couple who roast it travel regularly to visit growers around the world. Once they have seen the farm and built that relationship, they order beans and roast them here in their shop. I stop by the shop and ask them what's cool this week. They stick their head out the cracked door like I'm a toxic waste delivery, then loosen up once they see that I have a mask on and am not charging the door. They ask what I'm brewing it with and if I want dark/medium/light roast, then pick something out for me. I bought two bags this time. One was roasted recently and the other was about a week old and ready to brew. Then they tell me about their current tree issue and ask when I can come by. In their position, it is good to have strong trees, lol. I am slated to prune a maple and remove a couple mulberries threatening the 120 house electric line.

What do you guys get over there?
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lots of varieties, today been in 1 shop where they grind it and have like 7 types.We use to buy green coffee and roast and grind ourselves.now we are on a vietnamese coffee
 
Cheap coffee drinkers of the world, unite! @VenasNursery Someone has to stand up for those of us who can’t afford that crazy $500 a pound imported stuff and just want some caffeine on occasion!
 

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Reach said:
Cheap coffee drinkers of the world, unite! @VenasNursery Someone has to stand up for those of us who can’t afford that crazy $500 a pound imported stuff and just want some caffeine on occasion!
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Hey, if you're lucky, that green leaf from that plant on the right will get in there and add some natural flavor to that cup... ;)

Try going in to your local roasters' shops. If I go to the store just down the road, the price is way higher for the same coffee. There's no way I would buy it in the store regularly, but I'd probably still buy different stuff on occasion. The Walmart single origin is not horrible either and they have three varieties of it. It's really cost effective. I don't have the same confidence in it as I do when I talk to my local roaster, but it might be legit.
 
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