coffee for mags - a coffee roasting trip report (& free mag coffee)

Gonna take me a minute.

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But what in God’s name is this?

Some of the best coffee of my life. You gave it to me in Morioka.

Tgapp roasts some of the best coffee in the world.


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Sorry mate. I don’t know how to make pics work.

K so how much do both of you want? I’d take trades or $. I’d like two kg of the washed Sidra (I typically roast in five hundred g batches).


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check your pm/s

Just roasted the Gesha and Kenya, haven’t done the Sidra. Will mail you guys’ coffee next week.


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In the market for a grinder- don’t need an espresso grinder, looking for something to primarily serve a moccamaster drip for daily/full pot grind.

Weighing options between:

Baratza Encore
Baratza Virtuoso+
Eureka Mignon Crono
Fellow Opus

I don’t think I’d go wrong with any of them, but curious if anyone has strong thoughts one way or another on these?

My biggest complaint about the encore is the noise. It is very loud, even for a grinder. I have not used the others.

I had heard that about them. my current grinder is pretty loud but no idea how they’d stack up

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Originally Posted by JimmyCarter

In the market for a grinder- don’t need an espresso grinder, looking for something to primarily serve a moccamaster drip for daily/full pot grind.

Weighing options between:

Baratza Encore
Baratza Virtuoso+
Eureka Mignon Crono
Fellow Opus

I don’t think I’d go wrong with any of them, but curious if anyone has strong thoughts one way or another on these?

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I have an encore that I use for French press. I like it. Have used it daily for several years. It’s easy to clean, and to source replacement parts if/when the rubber gasket tears.

If you live in a dry climate, the static from the grinds makes a mess.
Yes, it’s noisier than some, but you’re not leaving the grinder on for hours. No experience with the other grinders on your list , so there might be a better option?

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Weighing options between:

Baratza Encore
Baratza Virtuoso+
Eureka Mignon Crono
Fellow Opus

I don’t think I’d go wrong with any of them, but curious if anyone has strong thoughts one way or another on these?

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I’d go for the Eureka probably for the flat burrs, but don’t have extensive experience with any of them.


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Jimmy where you based? I have an encore I will sell cheap in Seattle. I would ship it too, but they are heavy so maybe not worth it. Used it daily for a few years but I only make single pourover servings so I went back to a hand grinder to save on noise and counter space.

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Jimmy where you based? I have an encore I will sell cheap in Seattle. I would ship it too, but they are heavy so maybe not worth it. Used it daily for a few years but I only make single pourover servings so I went back to a hand grinder to save on noise and counter space.

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Appreciate that, but wrong side of the country (and i already pulled the trigger on the eureka!)

No pics.

Regardless— tgapp— the beans you passed me at our mini summit in JP are fricking phenomenal. Tell me more about them.

Tanzania Karatu Vohora SLTwentyEight

And muchas gracias.

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No pics.

Regardless— tgapp— the beans you passed me at our mini summit in JP are fricking phenomenal. Tell me more about them.

Tanzania Karatu Vohora SLTwentyEight

And muchas gracias.

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ah yeah that's a good coffee but truth be told it is a middle of the road good coffee - i think other mag experts would agree. meaning - finding coffee that good in Japan (even in smaller cities) is totally possible and quite affordable as well.

I can't remember -- are you in Sendai? if so these guys have a great menu - they are buying good coffee:

https://www.invitrocoffee.com/line-up/

If you want a shop closer to Yamagata then check out these guys - can't really tell from their site but they appear to be great

https://dayandcoffee.official.ec/

Tokyo has (easily) the best coffee culture I have ever encountered - we went to quite a few shops that were easily as good or better than my coffee, and a couple that blew everything I've ever had well out of the water. truly world class.

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Cheers, mate! I'll be in Tokyo again on Tuesday/Wednesday. Maybe I'll take some time to search for rad coffee on my roadie.

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Cheers, mate! I'll be in Tokyo again on Tuesday/Wednesday. Maybe I'll take some time to search for rad coffee on my roadie.

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Go check out (in Tokyo):

Leaves Coffee Roasters
Koffee Mameya
Glitch Coffee

If you liked that Tanzanian, just find a "natural process" coffee and try that.

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Had some espresso with the Washed Sidra from Galo Morales and man was it great espresso. The funny thing is that I initially thought the shot would be bad, the grind was too coarse and the pressure quickly tailed off when maintaining a flow rate of 1.2 g/s. Little crema and I thought I’d be diluting it with water and making an americano out of it. But man was it tasty, very floral and stone fruit notes. So then of coarse I think well I’ll do even better and tighten the grind. Pulled an almost textbook light roast shot, 10 second infusion and 40 g out for a total of 1:10 that started at 10 bar and faded to 4, but it wasn’t close to as good.


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Espresso is always full of surprises

Thinkin about Domingo

https://www.genuineorigin.com/nicara...y=1&custcol3=1

anyone want in on this?

jackattack's in for 10
i probably want 20-30

bueller? anyone?



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I'll do 6 boxes if you roast em for me

I don’t know what thread to put this in….

Nearly a decade of using a pour over, french press, or moka pot for our daily dose - we left the Stone Age and bought a Moccamaster. With kid 2, “manual” brewing didn’t make sense anymore. This device is badass. Debated and overanalyzed all of the different “pour over style” brewers - glad we landed on this simplistic machine. In love.


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Ill take twentyish

After rereading some of this thread I feel my coffee making is on par with "skis in jeans." I "upgraded" from my hand grinder to an electric burr grinder a couple years ago, now I don't have to attach the makita to the hand grinder. The hand grinder has turned out to be a fantastic pepper grinder. My typical coffee is made with my trusty mocha pot with about a half full coffee basket. If I'm making for 2 peeps I have a nice double wall stainless steel French press. Anyways, time for my second cup and a doobie on the dock. In jeans.

The beans are the most important part. Unfortunately going to an electric burr was probably a downgrade in quality. But a mocha pot is perfectly capable of making a great cup of coffee.


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I don’t know what thread to put this in….

Nearly a decade of using a pour over, french press, or moka pot for our daily dose - we left the Stone Age and bought a Moccamaster. With kid 2, “manual” brewing didn’t make sense anymore. This device is badass. Debated and overanalyzed all of the different “pour over style” brewers - glad we landed on this simplistic machine. In love.


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Nice. I've wanted one for years, but the wife drinks tea and I only drink one cup so it doesn't make sense.

Moccamasters are worth every penny. I actually crave the coffee it brews when I’m away from home. Ours is paired with an electric burr grinder.

@dantheman, I believe they make a single cup brewer

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@dantheman, I believe they make a single cup brewer

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They do, but for one cup it doesn't offer much convenience over a manual method.

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Yo, I'd happily take some. The stuff you left at my place was better than anything I can find locally.