Best non Espresso coffee methods

Muscles

Okay, so "The Worst Coffee" thread has me thinking I should maybe try another brewing method in the office.

I currently use a percolator. I grind fresh each morning and drive to work, prepare and turn on the machine. I make enough for whovere else wants one making sure there's none left over. I take enough ground coffee to work for a second brew after lunch. I know it's not ideal and will soon take a grinder in to work.

So, what alterantive brewing method would recommend I try or should I stick with the perc and why??

Tango

No Aeropress??

Muscles

Added Aeropress, does that cover everything?

Koffee_Kosmo

I vote for Greek/Turkish coffee KK

Muscles

Greek/Turkish - I'd need a stove wouldn't I? Maybe I should've mentioned I don't have a stove in my office...

Koffee_Kosmo

Muscles wrote:

Greek/Turkish - I'd need a stove wouldn't I? Maybe I should've mentioned I don't have a stove in my office...

A small camping style gas stove Should be good for a couple of hundred cups per gas bottle KK

Muscles

Not sure if OH&S will let me use one of those in my office... could be interesting though!

UNM

you could always go for an electric version. The deli in my local shopping centre has a greek coffee making kit. With an electrically heated pot. I've been wondering if it would be any good. I expect the vacuum packed pre-ground coffee that comes with it would be less than perfect.

Koffee_Kosmo

I forgot :🙂 My mother inlaw makes it in a small Birko KK

admin

Muscles - great idea to do the poll - look forward to seeing how the results pan out A

Muscles

hmmm, so far neck and neck for the Aeropress and Plunger and no votes for the trusty ol' Perc...

Brett_H

Muscles wrote:

hmmm, so far neck and neck for the Aeropress and Plunger and no votes for the trusty ol' Perc...

Did you say perk or puke?

hazchem

I've assumed drip also covers pourover devices like V60 & Clever Dripper. The Abid CCD is my preferred non-espresso brew method. So easy to deal with at 5am when I'm just out of bed.

UNM

I only put down aeropress because there wasn't an option for cold process. I assume this is for hot brewing methods.

beanflying

I think you have all been sold by Aerobie's and the local resellers marketing 😉 Best cups for me come from Pourover (hario sock) or Syphon. Both have their good and bad points but for my palate it gets the clarity/oil/flavour balance about right for me at home. Still use the plunger at work sometimes and some of the better coffee businesses in Melbourne are putting them back in to serve customers with. Not mentioned either but Cold Drip or CP rates a mention too 🙂

hiphipharar

beanflying wrote:

I think you have all been sold by Aerobie's and the local resellers marketing 😉

Tongue in cheek comment aside, I have had some of my most enjoyable brews from an Aeropress (with Coava disk) As already pointed out, the survey doesn't include all the alternate brewing methods (pourover, cold press, various forms of Atomic, .

Not mentioned either but Cold Drip or CP rates a mention too 🙂

Only if you ignore the post immediately above yours 😉

beanflying

hiphipharar wrote:

Tongue in cheek comment aside, I have had some of my most enjoyable brews from an Aeropress (with Coava disk) As already pointed out, the survey doesn't include all the alternate brewing methods (pourover, cold press, various forms of Atomic, . Only if you ignore the post immediately above yours 😉

I have come to like the Aeropress more with the Coava Disk in rather than the paper. I only have the original more course one at this stage when I brought the Kone. More pocket money needed to be spent ;D I suppose more of what I was getting at is there is a huge range of manual brewed options out there and they all rate a mention and or being tried by everyone. Would happily tick most of the boxes in the survey and add some more.

WotB

To be brutally honest, I prefer all "manual" brewing methods over espresso. There is so much more character out there than the thimble of espresso you see in a lot of Sydney establishments these days. Life's too short, and so are the shots in Sydney.

Muscles

Sorry guys, goes to show how much I know... been focused on Espresso for so long.... I changed Drip to Drip/Pourover and then was going to add cold press but thought we would possibly need to start the poll again so I just left it as is. Feel free to expand on your votes in here. Maybe I should have also renamed the thread to best coffee for the office as there are a few limiting factors in an office - like no stove top, anyway, maybe that warrants another thread where every possible method is listed and people can place their votes - I am sure Admin or mods could rename and start a new topic. Also, I have arranged a swap on some coffee hardware and should be trialling an Aeropress at work over the next couple of weeks. Everyone in the office thinks I am a nut already, I can only imagine their faces when yet another method gets introduced. I have had a budget espresso machine in there, 2 percolators, the kettle and a plunger already 🙂

beanflying

Renamed the original post and leave the poll running as is. This sort of thread is just a good place to chat about different stuff. If it get to focused on one method we can always spin it off into its own 🙂