this might honestly be r/comedyheaven
Why does everyone uses the mercator projection. It makes me cry
I mean it definitely has its uses, and is super useful for navigating, but for general use it definitely misrepresents the relative size of land masses.
Yeah but I thought it was specifically about mental illness and the word mental is red like somebody had to edit it
it originally said chronic illness instead, somebody changed it to mental.
I can practically hear the loud synth music starting.
The best analogy I’ve heard for roasting is that it’s a lot like when you toast bread. If you have a piece of rye bread and a piece of french bread and you toast them only a little bit, they will still have many of the characteristics from before they were roasted, and you will be able to pick out distinct differences in flavour between the two. The more you toast them though, the more the “toast” flavour starts to take over, and the differences between the two types of bread become more subtle.
The same thing happens with roasting coffee. The longer they are roasted for, the more “roast” flavour you will find, and less of the characteristics of the bean and origin will stand out. Often cheap beans are roasted really dark for mass market production because the poorer quality of the beans is hidden by the roasting process.
That being said, darker roasts aren’t necessarily worse, but many would consider roasting high quality beans dark a waste because many of the things that make the bean special are going to be covered up by the flavour of roasting. Ultimately it’s up to preference, but generally on this sub people will recommend lighter roasts because if you’re purchasing from a good roaster then a lighter roast will give the most variation in flavour.
What I would recommend is to try the medium and light roasts and see which one you prefer, and go from there. Taste is subjective, and only you can say which you like better. The best thing to do is always to experiment.
Those are some pretty pointy ears for a human. Otherwise, it’s a pretty cool drawing.
I started working as a deckhand on a ship and on the midnight to 6 AM watch coffee was a necessity to stay awake and alert. Went right into the deep end since milk and sugar wasn’t kept on the bridge so I always drank it black. Found out that I actually really like the flavour and started drinking it on the regular, and started looking into ways of improving my daily cups.
You already have a french press, which is a great way to make coffee and is pretty inexpensive and easy to use. The next logical step is to get a manual burr grinder and an electric scale. Try to find a local roaster and buy whole beans to grind as needed.
For a french press, 1:15-1:16 is a good ratio to start with and adjust to your taste. The James Hoffmann Method is popular on this sub, and it’s what I personally use for a french press, but don’t be afraid to adjust elements of it to suit your taste.
Thanks, my brother actually has a nutribullet and an electric scale which I'm using at college. Would there be much of a difference between the nutribullet and a grinder?
I'll definitely also look in to locally roasted beans. I live at home in the West of Ireland where coffee is not great but I recently discovered beans roasted in Waterford, in the east of Ireland which on currently drinking. However, I'm in college in Dublin so it should be a lot easier to find locally roasted beans there
A nutribullet probably uses blades like a spice grinder or blenders. You’ll get a huge difference in the consistency of the grind using a burr grinder. You can pretty easily get a manual burr grinder from amazon and even the cheap ones will be a lot better than a blade one. The Hario Skerton is on the less expensive side and will definitely be good enough for a french press starting out. Not sure what the price is like in Ireland though.
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