Pls recommend ground coffee powder.

[DragonFire]

Huh? Electric grinder how expensive? You ok boh?

Ah I use a hand grinder. Never thought about getting a powered one. My equipment needs to be clean. I dread having to dismantle an electric grinder every weekend.

It's not only about the grinding. Gotta measure out the beans, make sure the water is the right temp. Clock the pour.

When it is cheap pre-grind, I just want the caffeine. Drop coffee in the V60, skip the bloom, fill it to the brim and let it rip. It can be a foul cuppa (not that it is bad) but at that point it isn't about the taste but about the wide open eyes.

 

[Overture1928]

Ah I use a hand grinder. Never thought about getting a powered one. My equipment needs to be clean. I dread having to dismantle an electric grinder every weekend.

It's not only about the grinding. Gotta measure out the beans, make sure the water is the right temp. Clock the pour.

When it is cheap pre-grind, I just want the caffeine. Drop coffee in the V60, skip the bloom, fill it to the brim and let it rip. It can be a foul cuppa (not that it is bad) but at that point it isn't about the taste but about the wide open eyes.

Yea, in fact hand grinders can cost way more than electric grinders due to the quality of the burr and level of precision

A friend wanted to gift me a Comandante hand grinder for a housewarming and I glad he asked ‘cause I turned it down.

I don’t give enough respect to the beans nor put in that amount of effort to grind every cup - I just blaze them with an electric grinder

 

[zueinder]

Ah I use a hand grinder. Never thought about getting a powered one. My equipment needs to be clean. I dread having to dismantle an electric grinder every weekend.

It's not only about the grinding. Gotta measure out the beans, make sure the water is the right temp. Clock the pour.

When it is cheap pre-grind, I just want the caffeine. Drop coffee in the V60, skip the bloom, fill it to the brim and let it rip. It can be a foul cuppa (not that it is bad) but at that point it isn't about the taste but about the wide open eyes.

I do all of that, with a timemore scale and temperature control kettle. Takes about 10mins including washing the dripper & carafe and me taking out the ice from the ice molds.

I also drink coffeeshop kopi o kosong peng when I don't have time or am outside which is definitely closer to what you make at home.

I get that you may not have luxury of 10 uninterrupted minutes in the morning, but it's definitely not anywhere near being similar in quality when you grind fresh. Think you confuse my point. It's just different.

 

[DragonFire]

Yea, in fact hand grinders can cost way more than electric grinders due to the quality of the burr and level of pr

A friend wanted to gift me a Comandante hand grinder for a housewarming and I glad he asked. I don’t give enough respect to the beans nor put in that amount of effort to grind every cup.

I just blaze them with an electric grinder

Haha that Comandante is a mighty fine piece of equipment. Using a C40. It sounds pretty amazing, but the few clicks to adjust grind size do make an detectable difference. I did not believe. Until I did.

 

[Lifeinmotion]

 

[LoaGong12]

is there anyway to tell if the bean are not roasted with butter or margarine?

YES . pure ones called arabica

 

[LoaGong12]

Boncafe or suzuki probably cheapest arabica beans out there
but doesn’t mean everyone will like
the unhealthy coffee shop one is “ gao”

 

[Lifeinmotion]

YES . pure ones called arabica

Arabica is just one type of beans.

 

[testerjp]

Go to Fairprice Xtra at VivoCity Tiong Hoe booth at B2.

You can smell the beans first then ask them to roast and grind to your specifications.

It's the same chemistry. It can smell nice but once they grind it's broken down to thousands of pcs and will oxidise inside out.
It will lose most flavours in hours or days.

Unless it's nitrogen flushed, the coffee takes less than 3 days from roasting to oxidise to lost over 60 pct of the flavour that coffee beans take abt 50 days.

By 20th day from roasting, you left less than 1/5 left.

And that's not all the oxidized oil taste like astringent and make the taste worse.

After drinking from so many specialty coffee for 3 decades, I confirm the Italians are still the ones who does it better. Their coffee are also darker in roast but not too extreme. The coffee are also somehow preserved much better. Their coffee beans I left out for one year still can drink and taste well. All those floral fruity notes all retained, not overly sour or bitter and so much smoother. You use to make kopi like long black, it's so much better.

 

[Overture1928]

Haha that Comandante is a mighty fine piece of equipment. Using a C40. It sounds pretty amazing, but the few clicks to adjust grind size do make an detectable difference. I did not believe. Until I did.

You’re a true aficionado

 

[singaporean11]

is there anyway to tell if the bean are not roasted with butter or margarine?

If the coffee beans appear very oily, then to me the most likely roasted with margarine (NOT BUTTER)!

Old liao, better avoid these kind of margarine-roasted coffee, else easy get heart-attack and stroke... Old people better avoid!

From what I see and searched before, only Robert Timms brand has pure 100% coffee bags, the rest of the brands are all margarine roasted!

End up if I need to go overseas to places where I may not get machine-made coffee (not 3-in-1 type), I just grind the 100% pure coffee beans at home and put in those food-safe tea/coffee filter bags to bring overseas.

 

[singaporean11]

Huh? Electric grinder how expensive? You ok boh?

I got my electric grinder for grinding dry stuff for about S$30 only (from Taobao).

 

[kevinlaikf]

If you are working class, every tea break/lunch/dinner, you sure will order kopi from your favorite cafe.
If you liked their coffee from ground beans, just need to have a keen eyes and look at the raw coffee packaging.
Or simply opened your mouth and ask, in a friendly tone as a regular customer.

Just buy from the same brand.

No cafe chain will want to sell bad tasting kopi. Their choice beans are usually the best.

 

[party.sta]

Hi Guy, can I ask if I buy this machine I am able to find my coffee?

https://m.xiaomiyoupin.com/detail?s...TPZUC-XCfmc08HXfw_aem_J_U7mbjQ4M-5Xq4z8MJ_HQ#!

 

[PiKa]

Hi Guy, can I ask if I buy this machine I am able to find my coffee?

https://m.xiaomiyoupin.com/detail?s...TPZUC-XCfmc08HXfw_aem_J_U7mbjQ4M-5Xq4z8MJ_HQ#!

What do you mean by find your coffee?

 

[NoSouL]

my gf buy from mister coffee singapore for 10+ years.
she is quite a fussy person when comes to coffee, so I guess it is not bad.

but they have closed down their parkway outlet and Giant tampines outlet, only left with the office at Balestier and 1 outlet at IMM. Can shop online and they do delivery.

 

[tokong]

just bought this from supermarket, about $5, got coffee taste but not fragrant, so not so satisfied.

(using coffee filter bag for this)

any recommendations?

 

[LWZ]

What do you mean by find your coffee?

he is on a quest to seek out his one true coffee

 

[party.sta]

What do you mean by find your coffee?

lol grind my coffeee but i am on the uest to find out my true coffee

 

[virtualape]

You ask people who buy 5$ coffee mixture to buy from tiong hoe? Seriously?
It is like asking bak chor mee eater to eat pasta instead...haha

i use jj darboven beans and add condensed and evaporated milk in the office. quite a good combo actually.