What's your favorite extraction?

[aguynamedjoe]

Are you hooked on your drip coffeemaker? Do you need a shot of espresso to start your morning? Will you walk out of a shop if they don't offer pourovers? Do you think a clover is worth every penny? The list goes on and on...I love me some coffee gadgets, and the diversity lies in the brewing (sure, brewing's for show and grinding's for dough, but I want to hear how you get the most out of your bean, another thread another time for how you prep your bean the best)

It's summertime here in Chicago, and for me nothing beats a cold press extraction from a glass kyoto press, undiluted but "on the rocks"

What's your favorite?

 

[ZZ Hop]

Good old Melitta pour over is my morning cup, but it is also often supplemented by a latte or two (in the colder months), or a cup of cold brew (coarse grind in a mason jar, 24 hour extraction) lately.

 

[ANeat]

I usually do a Pourover, Chemex or Clever Coffee Dripper with an occasional espresso

 

[takeshi]

Espresso (in a latte) regardless of weather. It's 90-100+ with insane humidity here many days and I'll still drink hot lattes (we do have AC indoors).

Getting the most from the bean isn't just the extraction method but the beans, the grind, the dose and the skill of the person. I'm in between machines at the moment and in the middle of remodeling the house so I'm currently getting the most from my beans by hitting my favorite coffee shops.

 

[mwhitcraft]

My favorite is French Press.

 

[marcallain]

I usually pull a couple shots from my Rancilio in the morning. We did have a shop nearby that had a Clover and that stuff was amazing. Sadly they no longer have the Clover :-(

 

[ricardo9505]

I use this thing. I grew up with it at home. Caribbean coffee is just an espresso with some fresh ground nutmeg thrown in with the grind

 

[StillShaving]

This would also make a fun poll question. It is hard to use only one method. But I would have to put espresso (Presso) first.

 

[aguynamedjoe]

This would also make a fun poll question. It is hard to use only one method. But I would have to put espresso (Presso) first.

Sounds like a plan, I'll make with the top few responses over the next week or so

 

[Stevew443]

I use my old Melita pour over. Very occasionally I will use a French Press. I just like the way my freshly roasted coffee blooms in the Melita.

 

[Slash McCoy]

It's all good. I grew up drinking perk coffee, and also drip coffee made in the old style porcelain creole coffee pot which is great for cafe au lait. Drank many a cup on many a trawler in my youth that was made in a cheap aluminum stovetop dripper, and men have been fired or hired on the strength of their ability to make a decent pot in one. I have a pourover and I like that for its compactness and minimalism. French press? Don't get me started. Once you have it dialed in, you can get a magnificent cup of coffee with the most enticing aroma and satisfying finish possible. I like my little bialetti clone moka pot. It is a great conversation starter when I have a guest on my sailboat that has never seen one. My steam powered $39 Mr Coffee espresso machine makes a fair approximation of cappuccino, and I can replace it with a trip to walmart and a couple of Jacksons. I have enjoyed many an espresso or cappuccino from various automatic machines on ships, and to be honest I find many of them don't give me any more satisfaction than the Mr Coffee steamer, but still good, as good or better than Scarbucks. Cowboy coffee? Sure. Move in to a new apartment or onto a new (to me!) yacht, with no paraphernalia, I am not shy about making cowboy coffee in a saucepan. It can be quite good, depending on the grind and your settling/pouring technique. Belizean style drip with a drizzle of sweetened condensed milk is very satisfying. I even like the concentrated cold press sold in the grocery. I sometimes pour a shot straight from the jug onto a bowl of ice cream. Variations include heating the coffee extract first, or adding a little soda, or stirring more or less, or a few seconds of the whole dish in the microwave. Currently, though, the novelty has not yet worn off of my DeLonghi Magnifica automatic, and I am doing a quad shot cappa in under 10 minutes from the first push of the button to the first sip from the mug. Very convenient but still a hugely pleasing coffee, without the muss or fuss of grinding, since the machine's grinder does a fairly good job of it.

I got to say that if I have to choose a favorite brew, it has to be a good cappuccino. But many others have their place in my coffee drinking life, and their own separate and distinct charms.

 

[Mick]

My "fast and dirty daily joe" is made in a commercial Bunn then xfered to a Bunn air pot to stay warm and easily accessible for the entire day (I drink a LOT of coffee). I have a 3 coffee blend that is my go to for the Bunn as it is very consistent in the taste. I drink my coffee black most of the time so a slight variation is noticeable to me.

If I want something special in the way of drip (pour over) I will use a Chemex (I have all of the sizes so can go from a single pour over cup up to a 12 cup pot). I will start with hot water over the filter to "wet it" which removes some of the "paper" taste. I swirl the hot water around then pour it out which warms the vessel. Then I will "nurse" my extraction.

OR...

I will use a Bodum double wall french press if I am in more of a "hurry".

OR...

When I have the time to "really play coffee" I will break out my German Cona vacuum pot

Lately I have been using an espresso machine more than any other method (even with non espresso beans for a "nice single cup"). I have been rotating the machines lately. I have had a Francis Francis X5 out on the counter for a few weeks now but I have a few others that come and go. I should be getting an HX machine in the next week or so, once I finalize my decision on which one. The choice is down to 3 which is about the lowest it has been in a while.

I am lucky to have a small batch specialty roaster here in town so I can get very fresh single source roasted beans.

 

[WesternModern]

Weekdays it's a drip with auto-timer and thermal carafe.
Weekends it's a stove-top stainless steel percolator.

 

[jumper]

I like my Technivorm Moccamaster but after coffee break and on the weekends I pull double shots from Miss Silvia.

 

[Jim_M]

I suspect I'm in the minority, but I'm a big vac-pot guy. I'm so devoted, in fact, that I'm on my third in about a year because I've managed to break the top pot twice.

I also own a Chemex, an Aeropress, and a decent Bunn, but I keep coming back to the vac-pot. If money weren't an issue I'd probably have a decent espresso maker, but the good machines cost more than I'm willing to invest and I'm a little afraid of the inexpensive models.

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Jim