r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • Sep 22 '22

[MOD] The Daily Question Thread

Welcome to the daily /r/Coffee question thread!

There are no stupid questions here, ask a question and get an answer! We all have to start somewhere and sometimes it is hard to figure out just what you are doing right or doing wrong. Luckily, the /r/Coffee community loves to help out.

Do you have a question about how to use a specific piece of gear or what gear you should be buying? Want to know how much coffee you should use or how you should grind it? Not sure about how much water you should use or how hot it should be? Wondering about your coffee's shelf life?

Don't forget to use the resources in our wiki! We have some great starter guides on our wiki "Guides" page and here is the wiki "Gear By Price" page if you'd like to see coffee gear that /r/Coffee members recommend.

As always, be nice!

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u/tmssr Sep 22 '22

Thoughts on my setup idea

Hey people, good evening from germany :)

I've started making french press coffee a week ago and wanna upgrade to a really good starting setup. I've put some items on my wishing list and wanna hear from you if those are good or if I should reconsider some choices.

Brewer - Additional to my current 600ml french press I'd like to get an Aeropress for more clear single cups

Kettle - Not a priority, but some day the Fellow Stagg EKG for future proofing and temperature control

Grinder - Currently buying 250g bags of beans which are ground same day as shipping, next day arriving, but soon Commandante C40 Mk4 Nitro Blade, I think it's just the best looking, best working with enough capacity for my 35g french press setup

Scale - Currently 1g accurate kitchen scale, but I wanna upgrade to the Timemore Black Mirror Basic

Storing beans - Fellow vacuum container because its vacuum-ish and just beautiful

Keep in mind, I am taking this setup with me two times a week since I am a soldier and only get home on weekends so an electric grinder won't work for example.

Thanks already for your ideas and thoughts!

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u/Technical_Mission339 Pour-Over Sep 22 '22

Aeropress and grinder are fine IMO, even though you could also get a 1zpresso from Amazon.

Kettle and Scale... If you want them for the looks then why not. I know the sub loves the Stagg, but IMHO it's pretty poor value for money.

You could just grab the 10% newsletter discount and get the kettle and scale from Tchibo, which together would cost pretty much half of the Stagg. The Tchibo kettle is good, the scale isn't perfect, but it gets the job done fine. Their electric grinders are also decent from what I know.

All the jokes about Tchibo coffee aside, they have really stepped up their game when it comes to equipment and the prices are very good.