Thanks.
You-know, my comments about those who prefer instant are-not meant to be a judgement.
My taste and preference in coffee came about as a result of the odd-cup of something served very occasionally by either a friend or the odd coffee shop that cares about coffee.
When I joined this forum I was in need, within weeks of roasting my own the brewing process became a challenge, then the roasting process wasn't doing the right thing, then back to the brewing process.
Press-pot-V-espresso was ongoing and I decided to sell my Sylvia on the basis that espresso was wasted on me, horror of horrors, I enjoy a little half-and-half in my coffee.
What i'm trying to describe is a journey of discovery into what tastes good to me. Those who who never made any sort of journey should regard themselves as missing-out if their tastes have only been influenced by coffee machines and shops selling poor quality, poorly made and even-worse, coffee with not a lot of coffee in it.
It's like your vocabulary, if you only mix with juveniles, never read and didn't pay attention at school, you'll end-up talking bro-spreak or text-speak. Not like-what-the Queen does, Eh ?
Right now my roast is taking twice as long but it's twice as nice.
Hot-air-gun roasting.
French press.
Aeropress. Swiss Gold Modified.
Bialetti Venus.
MahlKonig Vario.