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midnight_thunder t1_j9un60g wrote

Reply to comment by being_igor in MFs want me to go to Ridgewood for $4 😭 by munchingzia

If it’s iced, the ice will be melted. If it’s hot, it will be lukewarm. There is no good reason to get Starbucks delivery. Order K cups, a jug of cold coffee, or instant coffee from the supermarket and get that delivered. Makes way more sense.

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specialgravity t1_j9uoasy wrote

Get a French press and some decent ground coffee and you can have better quality coffee for less without the environmental impact of dumb plastic k-cups. You can even make cold brew. If you want to start going crazy, get a scale and a cheap blade grinder and start grinding your beans. Much better than k-cups or delivered Starbucks coffee.

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midnight_thunder t1_j9urujj wrote

I was choosing the laziest methods I could think of, in comparison to getting Starbucks delivered.

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deluxepepperoncini t1_j9wj3ha wrote

I’ve thought about getting a French press for home again. I have this dumb fucking machine that does k-cups and has also the carafe but I can never get the scoops right. It doesn’t make the coffee good enough.

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specialgravity t1_j9x52lo wrote

Food scales my dude. Ideally coffee and water should always be weighed at a 1:15 - 1:20 ratio depending on your taste, meaning for every 15 grams of coffee there should be 225 - 300 grams of water (this produces 1 coffee). A French press typically brews up to 4 coffee (do the math). The problem with scoops is that there is no standard measurement and no two people scoop the same.

Not all drip machines are designed equally. There’s a whole bunch of factors here, including basket vs cone filters, brew temperatures, pooling and channeling, and the heat plate underneath the carafe burning your coffee. Your machine could be old and need to be descaled. This is why French presses are such a fool proof way to start out making better coffee.

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lost_in_life_34 t1_j9v6vkt wrote

i bought a $350 moccamaster coffee maker that makes really good coffee and worth every penny. my wife doesn't even like to go to starbucks after it

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being_igor t1_j9uni7b wrote

What does this have to do with anything? Doordash exists for this purpose. Drivers don’t have to accept. End of story.

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