Chrisweaver wrote:hey guys, im currently lacking in usable coffee
just made a drink, about 17g of coffee-ish will do me two and a half 8oz ish cups,
Shock and horror,
Hi Chris, I'm wondering if this is either a 'mickey take', typing errors or just 'plain-old-fashion' using the wrong figures.
8 ozs (Fluid ozs) of water equals 250 mls of water which happens to be the USA cup measure, yes ?
17 grams of coffee just-so happens to be the weight of coffee you get after grinding an Aeropress scoop-full of beans, yes ?
Just to put my comment into perspective, I'm an 'achieved-learner' compared to most of the guys on this forum, "achieved" because via this forums help I am now drinking coffee that pleases me. Early days I was over extracting, grinding too course, grinding too fine, using too-much water for too-little coffee and because I don't like black coffee I had to find my own path in the end but all guided by what I read and learned from this forum, now, you are using twice as much water as I do in my press and expecting a decent cup of coffee, is it me ?
I grind 17 grams of beans, throw them into a
small press (I find it makes a difference) and pour-on 100mls of water. (4 fluid ozs) Because my grind is irregular and leaning towards fine I don't let my coffee brew, I stir-and-press very gently.
The resulting coffee is topped with a little half-and-half then watered down with fresh boiling water so I end-up with about 200mls (almost 8ozs) of lovely-lovely coffee.
Thanks again guys, and a happy-new-year to you all. I'm still managing on my basic kit but drinking coffee that gets me out of bed early just for the pure pleasure.
Those first two cups are the best of the day, yes?
Regards
Richard
Hot-air-gun roasting.
French press.
Aeropress. Swiss Gold Modified.
Bialetti Venus.
MahlKonig Vario.