Coffee scoops and coffee makers

[WinterDeere]

All good stuff. But honestly, the $30 no-name scales sold on Amazon are plenty good enough for pour over or drip. Acaia makes great scales, if moving into espresso.

I'm still running a Baratza Sette 270 as my main grinder. Bought it when they first came out, before folks started blowing up gearboxes. It's actually an excellent grinder, in terms of grind quality, retention, etc. They just make a lot of noise and blow out their gearbox every 1000 shots. Mine is down for the second time right now, so I'm using a KINGrinder K2 while awaiting new gears from Baratza. Hand grinding is actually kind of fun, at least on a very temporary basis.

I also have a Baratza Virtuoso grinder for pour-over and French press, and that's an excellent grinder for anyone here, just doing regular coffee. I can't even imagine how many thousands of pots worth of coffee that workhorse has ground, it's a serious mean machine. Very fast, too, and not anywhere near as loud as the noisy gearbox on the Sette.

I think my espresso machine came from WLL, but it's honestly been so many years that I can't remember. I started with a Gaggia Classic, due to solid reputation for a starter machine, and ability to mod. Since then, it's gotten pressure profiling, gauge, wand, PID, basket, shorter tray, reservoir light... you name it. Not sure what I'd be getting with a $2k upgrade, at this point, other than a boiler made out of better metal.

 

[Peter 315]

Mr. Coffee 12 Cup Switch Coffee Maker - BlackI paid around $20. for my Mr. coffee now they are around $30.

 

[WinterDeere]

Mr. Coffee 12 Cup Switch Coffee Maker - BlackI paid around $20. for my Mr. coffee now they are around $30.

Mr. Coffee was the gold standard of cheap coffee machines for decades. Good coffee, great price.

But reports ca.2011 were that they had reduced the brew temperature, and many customers replacing their beloved older Mr. Coffee machines were really upset with the brew coming out of the newer ones, at that time.

Do you think they've resolved the problem? Anyone got a thermocouple or small thermometer they can stick into their brew basket? Target would be 200 - 205F.

 

[ultrarunner]

All I know as a never coffee drinker is the coffee I make each morning for the hospital staff lounge goes very quick when the docs start coming in at 5:30 am

 

[mcmxi]

All good stuff. But honestly, the $30 no-name scales sold on Amazon are plenty good enough for pour over or drip. Acaia makes great scales, if moving into espresso.

I'm still running a Baratza Sette 270 as my main grinder. Bought it when they first came out, before folks started blowing up gearboxes. It's actually an excellent grinder, in terms of grind quality, retention, etc. They just make a lot of noise and blow out their gearbox every 1000 shots. Mine is down for the second time right now, so I'm using a KINGrinder K2 while awaiting new gears from Baratza. Hand grinding is actually kind of fun, at least on a very temporary basis.

I also have a Baratza Virtuoso grinder for pour-over and French press, and that's an excellent grinder for anyone here, just doing regular coffee. I can't even imagine how many thousands of pots worth of coffee that workhorse has ground, it's a serious mean machine. Very fast, too, and not anywhere near as loud as the noisy gearbox on the Sette.

I think my espresso machine came from WLL, but it's honestly been so many years that I can't remember. I started with a Gaggia Classic, due to solid reputation for a starter machine, and ability to mod. Since then, it's gotten pressure profiling, gauge, wand, PID, basket, shorter tray, reservoir light... you name it. Not sure what I'd be getting with a $2k upgrade, at this point, other than a boiler made out of better metal.

Absolutely re the scale.

I use a Hottop KN-8828B-2K (upgraded after a year with UK-105 kit to a KN-8828B-2k+) running on Artisan software to roast beans. I grind beans using a Eureka Oro Mignon single dose grinder and brew with an ECM Synchronika that has the ECM E61 flow control and ECM bottomless portafilter.

If I had a dollar for every time someone has told me that I make the best coffee drinks they've ever had I could probably buy a 16oz latte from Starbucks! Serioiusly though, I hear that every time I make coffee for friends.

 

[newbury]

My 55 cup pot says use 6 cups of grounds. Makes a nice cup of tar.

My office had one of those, back in the day. Several people ran it for years.
One day none of the regulars were there and some clueless person person was randomly assigned to make coffee. She went around and asked for "how much coffee grounds per cup", but didn't mention it was the 55 cup maker. So she measured out 55 heaping tablespoons.
It hardly flowed out the spigot. Even the basket was heaping.

 

[ultrarunner]

Several times someone put grounds in with the hot water and not in the filter at work.

A good clean and flush and the Bunn is good to go.

 

[WinterDeere]

Bunn has always been the gold standard of USA coffee makers, IMO. Unless they've gone cheap in the years since I bought my last one, I will probably never buy another brand again, for regular pour-over coffee. I'll probably also never buy another drip machine... junk.

 

[ultrarunner]

Bunn has always been the gold standard of USA coffee makers, IMO. Unless they've gone cheap in the years since I bought my last one, I will probably never buy another brand again, for regular pour-over coffee. I'll probably also never buy another drip machine... junk.

I bought two for the new surgery wing from the restaurant supply in the late 90’s.

We only use one now that Doctors and staff share the same break room.

25 years of service and I think we got our moneys worth.

During the same time the business office has gone through at least 5 or 6 Mr, Coffee and now has a one cup Kuerig that was broken by user error after a few months.

No idea what it would cost but our free coffee isn’t enough to keep a few staff from going to the nearby Starbucks for a Mocha or Latte.

Maybe experience as a barista has value on a corp resume?

 

[WinterDeere]

There's a reason nearly ever restaurant in which you've ever eaten a meal, your entire life, is running Bunn coffee makers.