Posted Wed Feb 22, 2012, 9:58pm Subject: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
Just recalling some old notes and things. Some of the funnier things:
-Brew a cup of green coffee. Try describing the taste.
-Brew a cup of coffee. Re-brew the spent grounds with similar brew ratio. Repeat a second time. Repeat a third time. Continue until you have completed this 10 times. Yes, you'll need 10 coffee cups. Make sure you use 205°F brew water. Start with the first cup and taste each of the cups. Remark on the color of the 10th rebrewed cup. LOL
-Make 6 different bean types and roasts as cold-brewed coffee - all at the same time. Taste and compare.
-Mess up a roast by making it only half way through 1st crack, and abort the roast back to fully cool (the only default on a Behmor if you have some small beans drop into the tray and nearly burn) - not wanting to waste coffee, re-roast the batch.
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Le café doit être noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, et doux comme l'amour.
"There is no right answer with coffee. There is only the elixir in your cup at the moment you partake."
"...I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind;..." - Lord Kelvin RECIPES thread => http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/585708
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012, 2:29pm Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
I've done the reroast thing; the beans come out very oily and very shiny. Anyone up for doing the grind green and taste test with unprocessed Kopi Luwak?
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012, 2:40pm Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
Haha! That made me laugh!
A coworker of mine, knowing my enthusiasm for coffee (and, more importantly, knowing that I keep a grinder and French Press at work), shared some (roasted) Kopi Luwak with me.
The smell never quite went away on my equipment, after a month and a pretty thorough cleaning...
Posted Thu Feb 23, 2012, 2:51pm Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
wellespresso Said:
Haha! That made me laugh!
A coworker of mine, knowing my enthusiasm for coffee (and, more importantly, knowing that I keep a grinder and French Press at work), shared some (roasted) Kopi Luwak with me.
The smell never quite went away on my equipment, after a month and a pretty thorough cleaning...
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012, 8:28am Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
-Brew up some coffee. Cool it in the fridge. Put it in a sealed container in the freezer, but DO NOT FREEZE IT, just get it to 34°F. Attach to CO2 at 50PSI and carbonate it. Enjoy.
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Le café doit être noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, et doux comme l'amour.
"There is no right answer with coffee. There is only the elixir in your cup at the moment you partake."
"...I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind;..." - Lord Kelvin RECIPES thread => http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/585708
Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012, 9:55am Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
-Roast green coffee to approximately 325 F and purposefully bake it for about 5 minutes. Drop, cool, grind coarse. Brew with malted barley mash, make alt coffee beer. (Still working on this one. Gotta get my beer-brewing-brother to actually commit this year!)
Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:23am Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
Netphilosopher Said:
-Brew up some coffee. Cool it in the fridge. Put it in a sealed container in the freezer, but DO NOT FREEZE IT, just get it to 34°F. Attach to CO2 at 50PSI and carbonate it. Enjoy.
This looks seriously interesting. I know they have those soda pop makers at Macy's now. With a little sugar or splenda that could be a very interesting drink. I
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
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Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012, 3:32pm Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
SteveRhinehart Said:
-Roast green coffee to approximately 325 F and purposefully bake it for about 5 minutes. Drop, cool, grind coarse. Brew with malted barley mash, make alt coffee beer. (Still working on this one. Gotta get my beer-brewing-brother to actually commit this year!)
interesting approach. Beers made with coffee typically have the coffee added after the mash, not during. I'd probably be up for tasting one if it were done this way, but I wouldn't expect it to be very drinkable, given the coffee would be WAAAAY over-extracted.
Posted Fri Feb 24, 2012, 5:29pm Subject: Re: Fun Coffee Geek Tricks and Things to Try
-Make a stale coffee sample. Grind some coffee, then set it out in a shallow bowl and brew it in a week.
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Le café doit être noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, et doux comme l'amour.
"There is no right answer with coffee. There is only the elixir in your cup at the moment you partake."
"...I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind;..." - Lord Kelvin RECIPES thread => http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/585708
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