If you don't do a fresh brew for each cup, highly recommend a thermal carafe.

Sweet! Grunching, but I roast my own beans. Sometimes I use my aeropress but I bought a pretty fancy drip machine because I was getting lazy. Aeropress is still a pretty significant upgrade to my machine. I also switched off of the aeropress when the study came out about French Press possibly being bad for you. I figured the aeropress was about the same as the French Press.

aeropress filters out the bad oils. No filter on a French press

This.

Best Christmas present I got this year was a 3-month subscription for a variety of coffee beans from various roasters. Got my first bag today.

My daily routine is making 3 large cups in a French press and using a thermal carafe. Works great for me.

I use a metal filter for my aeropress. Think it also filters the bad oils out? I've really been pretty happy skipping the hassle of the aero anyway, even with the slight decrease in tastiness.

in japan they sell warm cans of coffee

I googled it, and (cliffs) the paper filter captures some of the oils that a metal filter misses. Like 10x times between the two.

I'm not clear if these oils are dangerous at any level.

This is the study that concerned me. I'm already taking Crestor for high cholesterol, so I have to take it serious, I guess.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10....47487320914443

I'm a coffee noob. Why is it bad to leave a pot of coffee on the heating plate? If I'm just a casual coffee drinker am I going to notice any difference by switching to a thermal carafe?

If you enjoy your last cup as much as you do your first cup, don't bother with a thermal carafe.

I must be a complete heathen because I generally don't have a second cup - until the next day.
Pour as much as I'm going to drink (maybe 24-30ish ounces into a huge insulated thermos) then throw the rest of the pot in the fridge so I can heat before work in a to-go cup the next day.

You don't have a second cup but drink 24-30ish ounces a day?

I didn't mean a specific measurement. I mean I don't typically physically pour coffee out of the pot more than once per day.
So no, not every day. I make coffee at home maybe twice per week. The days I do make coffee I tend to drink a lot. The insulated mugs keeps it hot for hours.

When there's some left in the pot, the next day I'll pour ~12oz into a cup and reheat it in the microwave to drink on the way to work.

When the weather warms I make cold brew and keep a big thing simple syrup around.

So glad I found this thread. Much needed

I'm a coffee snob. I prefer espresso based drinks, but not gonna splurge for an at home espresso machine at the moment. A few years ago i bought the scale, a manual grinder (pain in the ass, big mistake), gooseneck kettle, pour over and Aeropress. No matter what I did or how many youtubes I watched I could never dial in my coffee at home to taste anything like my awesome coffee shop, despite the owner there walking me through the process and using the same exact beans.

Partially inspired by this thread I just purchased a Burr conical Encore grinder and an electric gooseneck kettle and am going to give it another go. Any tips?

Guessing you have a scale? If not get a scale (with a timer ideally), keep notes on your method, and adjust your method/ratios. Work backwards from taste, identify what is off and you can make targeted changes to your method.

You need to be able to be precise in your measurements and be able to repeat your method for consistent results.

Ask a coffee shop you like for a thermos of water and try your method at home with that. Your water could be a big issue at home.

Your old manual grinder probably produced a pretty bad grind, you will likely improve alot just via the encore grind consistency. You will have to play around to get the best grind for a good pour over drawdown. Im usually between 13-15 for my pour over.

I love coffee.
I love tea.
I love the java jive and it loves me.

I have a scale. Got rid of the gooseneck kettle on the stove for an electric gooseneck kettle which can give me a more precise temp. I use Poland spring spring water from a water cooler.

Looking forward to dialing it in when the kettle and grinder arrive. Thinking the grind had a lot to do with it also. Im sure ill have a million questions here when dialing it in.

You guys can basically replicate your coffee shop at home?

I cannot personally, but I have friends who can lol.

For the last two years I used a hand grinder to grind beans for cold brew. 140g per batch. Always thought the process was kinda fun and relaxing, but 20 minutes I could probably use better.

My wife got me a Baratza Virtuoso for Christmas and I can’t wait to try it for the first time.

The water temp is a pretty big factor too. Were you using a thermometer when you were using the stovetop kettle?

No. Boiling that **** on the stove til it started hissing lol

finally got the aeropress yesterday and i'm extremely surprised at the difference from mokapot. i assume the filter has some to do with it, also that its not being boiled at all. and its extremely easy to clean/start another, unlike the moka where you have to wait til its cool or really be fiending.

if the water boils BEFORE you use it, it should be fine, but boiling water right away might change the flavor. also, i assume you're using filtered water? if not, a boil might actually help, but i always use water from the pur filter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpyBYuu-wJI

Depends on your technique. Watch this video about moka pot coffee - use hot water to start to minimize stove time, and cancel the brew as soon as it's finished by running under cold water or dipping into a bowl filled with water.

idk why i never thought of that.. gonna have to give them a try side by side next weekend probably

I am similar to most here. Electric goose neck, manual grinder, aeropress, v60, etcetc.

In my experience, for delicious black coffee in my belly asap the aeropress gets it done. I've never used a metal filter so I'm intrigued by that.

A great resource is aeropress world championship recipes. Didn't know it was a thing but I've experimented with a few of these. The girl from the Philippines in 2015 has a very simple and consistent recipe - although I go slightly coarser and hotter with the water.