To be fair, you gotta be brain damaged to be brewing Folger's ๐คฎ
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I was in military for over 23 years and coffee is coffee to me. Yes, some are tastier than others but at end of day I am just looking for the caffeine. Taste is an after thought when you get woken up at 2am for operations. I also drink it black.
Folger's tastes like jail coffee, which tracks with the "coffee is coffee" philosophy ๐
Military, jail - whatโs the difference?
One pays you and sets you up for a life afterward, the other takes away your dignity and everything you had put together for your life.
Army coffee is special. Part of its effectiveness in waking you up is the shockingly bad taste, which you maximize by drinking it black. It's better when it's bad, because you're gonna drink it anyway.
You want wimpy good-tasting coffee, go join the Air Force.
Its what I drank for 20 years until I got some amazing coffee for my birthday one year. I just couldnt go back. If you've retired from military life and have the time to enjoy instead of rushing for ops it might be time to treat yourself.
Also, weigh it. Volumes change with different beans and grinds. Weights dont. Kitchen scales are cheap and easy.
The office buys it, so I drink it.
Pro tip: A tablespoon to measure is stupid. Use a 1\4 cup measuring cup. 1\4 cup = 4 tablespoons, so 2 1\2 scoops is your 10 cup carafe, and one rounded scoop is a half pot (5).
I buy my own because my job offers nothing, so I get Dunkin original blend and caramel/french vanilla creamer!
I'm bougie as hell with my coffee at home. Fancy whole beans, burr grinder, aerobie coffee press, and temp adjustable kettle.
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Meh, it's cheap and it's good enough. I like coffee but not enough to spend money on "the good stuff" for daily consumption. And there's no way in hell I'm grinding beans at 6am.
If there's a Winco near you, they have good-might-be-stretch-but-significantly-better-than-Folgers coffee in their bulk section that you can grind in store. It's fairly cheap - no idea if it's a better or worse deal than Folgers. Decent variety of strengths and flavors.
If you don't have a Winco nearby, you might have something similar- on a scale of [normal grocery store] to [Costco], Winco is kind of right in the middle; I'm guessing it's not the only chain that's like that, and that similar stores will have a similar inventory.
there's no way in hell I'm grinding beans at 6am.
You act like you have to go outside and break boulder-sized beans apart with a pickaxe, lol. It's the exact same number of scoops, you just put whole beans in your grinder first, then your coffee maker. Literally takes about 5 seconds longer.
To be clear, there's nothing wrong with liking cheaper coffee, and I don't think the majority of us need or could tell the difference from using the absolute best beans and equipment to enjoy it... BUT, grinding your beans fresh gives a huge improvement to aroma and taste, such that I'm still amazed at the coffee I'm sipping out of my thermos late in the day. And it goes without saying that it improves every morning for me, personally. Most people discover a giant improvement, even using the exact same brand and type of coffee, only whole-bean. Very little experimentation is required to make amazing coffee that tastes perfect to you. Good luck if you try it...
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I have this problem with measuring 3 measley cups of rice for the rice cooker. Even if I count out loud, there's a small chance I have to start over. It's like my brain gets lost in a 5-second time loop between "2" and "3". I suddenly have the attention span of a squirrel.
I had to make 6 cups of rice a while ago, fairly certain now that I only put in 5 and filled the water up to 6.
You should check out the finger method. You'll never have to worry about having the correct ratios again.
That's how I learned and it's fantastic when my kids "help". I never know whether we did 4 or 6 cups (we aim for 5) because they keep doing little half scoops. So I guess and use the finger method after rinsing the rice. Perfect rice every time.
I have a balance on the kitchen table all times and weigh everything. Coffee? 15gm don't need to count shit.
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My old work had it posted that we were to use four scoops per pot of coffee.
They did not say level scoops.
Requirements unclear, scoop mountain.
Get a 1/3 cup measuring cup from your local dollar store. Two scoops will land you at almost exactly 10 tbsp.
No one should be expected to count all the way to 10 during that shitty period between waking and caffeine!! 2 is much more manageable.
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That's why you gotta learn how to eyeball it.
You are done when the filter is level full.
I mean if you want bitter coffee.
More like if you want coffee flavored coffee. Coffee is bitter.
good coffee isnt really bitter though (shade grown coffee for the win!)
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It is the only way to be sure you have enough.
My in-laws always use a half scoop per cup, no thank you. Cardboard flavoured water.
To be fair though I'm spoiled with single origin, roasted to order beans
Step 1) If you are never sure... add just one more Step 2) And then if you forget that... add just one more Step 3) Repeat Step 2.
I spent a lot of time on places where the coffee is normally brewed a bit stronger (Italy, Turkey, North Africa etc).
I tend just fill up the filter paper to around to 2/3rds.
I have also been banned from making coffee at a few offices I have worked since. Their shrill cries of "Who made the coffee!!!!?" were quite fun however.
No offense to anyone who drinks Folgers, but Folgers isnโt very good coffee.
Iโm no coffee snob, but itโs definitely something worth spending a little extra money to get better quality stuff. You donโt have to go nuts and get whole bean Jamaican blue mountain whatever, but donโt buy the plastic jug of pre-ground Folgers swill either. Treat yo self.
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I have no idea how many scoops I use everyday. It's always just until it looks right, and close enough to the usual level. Works every time!
Get yourself a tally counter (click counter, hand counter, whatever). As an added bonus, it's also a great fidget toy!
๐ถOne, you got to one, you got to one! Two, you got to two, you got to two! Three, you got to three, you got to three! Four, you got to...๐ถ Fuck!
the trick: start to count with 11
No fucking way that's my exact same coffee machine that's silver crest
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