Saw the earlier post about the evil drip machine, figured I’d jump in and post my deranged coffee setup too. The picture contains both the tools and all of the ingredients that make up ~90% of my coffee intake. I have a moka pot and a french press and a grinder in the kitchen, as well as a little buzzy tool that froths milk that I use when I’m making coffee for any set of people larger than just myself. I even go to a local roaster so I can keep 3 or 4 exotic sounding bags of coffee beans around to make for/impress company. Nobody I know irl has ever seen the Taster’s Choice setup of shame, yall can consider yourselves (un)lucky
Y’all are pushing buttons on trying to avoid judgement and gatekeeping on a coffee interest group today. I’ll bite my tongue and wish you a wonderful weekend!
I’d love to see a sudden surge in “guilty pleasure” or “don’t judge me” coffee setups. I think that would be fun. I know my posts probably come off as snobbish but I just know what I like, and that happens to be very similar to what coffee snobs are into. I’m happy to see people enjoy their drinks however they want to enjoy them, even if it’s instant coffee with sweetener and a half mug full of creamer. I just wanna talk about coffee in any capacity, honestly.
I want you to add my set up too! But at what point does it become not-coffee? I like coffee but can’t stand much caffeine, so most days I make a chicory not-coffee, would that be acceptable?
I think chicory would be fine as that’s been historically the most popular coffee substitute. But if you like coffee and just don’t do caffeine, why not try decaf? There’s some great options available. I love decaf, personally. It lets me continue making coffee late into the evening without affecting my sleep. I’m a big fan.
Somehow I have found a njce chicory but not a nice decaf. I also haven’t looked very hard after finding the chicory
Fair enough. It might be worth doing some research on though, lots of specialty roasters have a decaf option. I’d personally recommend getting something with EA or sugarcane process, rather than Swiss water process, as I find the flavour notes are far more distinct, but that’s just my opinion. SW is definitely the more popular one, at least where I live.
Either way, I’d love to see you post your setup in this comm!
Judge away! I’ve got thick skin, and I don’t mind being a foil to the people posting here in earnest. All I ask is that you try to make sure any insults or negative comments are funny