Equipment

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• Brewers: Hario V60 02, OXO Rapid Brewer, Aeropress
• Grinder: Kingrinder K6 (Manual/Hand Crank)
• Water: Waterdrop Countertop Filter, Bonavita Gooseneck Kettle
• Accessories: WDT Tool, Water Mister/Spritzer ("RDT"), Tamper
• 3D Prints: DIY Aeropress-cap-as-Melodrip, OXO Tamper Stabilizer mod, OXO Rapid Brewer vessel-fitting mod

My Brew Methods

• Common parameters: 90-95C water, always whole bean coffee, manually ground
• Hario V60 02 Pourover: 1:15 ratio, K6 @ 70-80 clicks, Hario white paper filters, three pour brew: 55ml bloom for 45s, 100ml pour, 10s rest, 100ml pour
• OXO Rapid Brewer Zuppa Lunga (Long Soup): ~1:10 ratio, K6 @ 60 clicks, white Aeropress-size filters on bottom and top, leaning pour to displace air in filter chamber with water
• Aeropress: Inverted method, filled to brim, K6 @ 70-80 clicks, metal or paper filter, regular cap

Notes

• Ratings are subjective and involve my preferences which sometimes skew away from the darkest roasts. However, I try to account for this fact a bit in the scores.
• All brew methods are my baselines that I enjoy. Experimentation always welcome.
• I enjoy espresso but avoid it since I find it wasteful. I prefer bigger drinks.
• I drink nearly 100% of my coffee black. No sugar, creamer, or anything added (no judgement).
• I have some related writings: about Caffeine and Hydration as well as my experience as a viewer partaking in Hoffmann's Decaf Project
• I strongly lean my preferences towards specialty coffee, especially roasters that take workers' rights, fair trade practices, good coffee relationships with producers, and other things like this into consideration.
• Roasters that are not transparent about the origin, processing, and other details will affect how I view the coffee overall. I may add these factors to the table below later on.
• I tend to avoid mass-produced grocery-store coffee for the most part as it is typically not transparent at all, doesn't have a roast date provided, and is produced with an exploitative "cutting costs" set of priorities.
• Nothing here should be taken as a judgement of how you enjoy your own coffee or where you buy it, just to offer my takes. The best coffee is the one you can afford, the one you enjoy, and however you enjoy it.

Other Coffee Content / Resources

• Video: James Hoffmann (YouTube) / Lance Hedrick (YouTube) / Morgan Eckroth (YouTube)
• Newsletter: The Coffee Index
• Christopher Feran's Blog
• Christopher Feran's Glossary of Coffee Processes

My Inventory/Ratings