r/Coffee • u/menschmaschine5 Kalita Wave • 4d ago

[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/Puzzleheaded-Leg1092 4d ago

My french press always leave grounds in the bottom of the cup, even when I plunge very slow. The mesh look fine but maybe I need a replacement?

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u/Maleficent-Work-3889 4d ago

A little sediment is normal with a French press, even with a slow plunge. A slightly coarser grind and a gentler pour can reduce it, but it won’t get paper-filter clean.

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u/KPcoffee 4d ago

This is normal for French press. If you want no grounds try a brewer that uses paper filtration (Aeropress, Clever Dripper, V60 etc.)

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u/Regular_Ad_6602 3d ago

More information would help, like how did you plunge and how far down. Anyway, you only need to slowly plunge an inch or two below the coffee surface. And I often pour my French press brew through a paper coffee filter. Hopefully you have another brewer that uses paper filters. This works very well, and you'll be surprised by how much sediment is filtered out. It will filter very slowly toward the end. But you will have great coffee! James Hoffman did a youtube video about plunging just an inch below the coffee surface. Check it out.

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u/NerfLapras 3d ago

maybe I need a replacement?

Probably not. It's normal to have a very small amount of powdery residue. But if it's really annoying, then it's not normal.

There are two ways to solve this problem: grind a little more coarsely, or do the Hoffmann's method. You don't need to do exactly what he does, but you can take inspiration from it.

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u/regulus314 2d ago

The mesh strainer cannot prevent the fine particles from passing thru the mesh to your cup. Only a paper filter can do that. Unless you grind really coarse and you have a very decent mid to high cost grinder to produce even particles then you can prevent having sediments in your cup

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u/jupetoh 3d ago

Any tips on the do's and don'ts of making your own blend at home with pre roasted beans?

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u/Funny-Report-2724 2d ago

Have a sage barista express. Been left for approx 5 months unused.

There would have been water and coffee residue in the machine as itt wasn't an intention unused period just circumstances of a holiday followed by working away from home.

Is it possible to run a few cleaning cycles on this machine and use this machine again?

Or is there an issue of mould or anything building up internally.

Can my machine be cleaned and used again or is it for the skip.

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u/NerfLapras 2d ago

After two tests, I can now confirm that boiling water makes terrible coffee 🙃✌️

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u/regulus314 2d ago

So how did you test it?

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u/NerfLapras 2d ago

Very light roasted beans with a french press ✌️

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u/regulus314 2d ago

Light roasts are best with higher water temperatures. You probably dont like light roast. I brew my light roasts at 98-100C on a pour over. I do cupping at 100C water as well.

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u/NerfLapras 2d ago

I love light roast, I just tried with boiling water and it was bad, like dense but flat. Perhaps I should try with a coarser grind than at 96-98°C…

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u/Def_frog 2d ago

What tools do I need to get a full budget coffee setup at home? I wanna make 250ml Lattes or Cappuccino's every day just for myself. My Lithuanian relatives offered me to get a Moka Pot and Timemore chestnut C5 ESP manual coffee grinder. Are they a good choice? Do I need any other stuff like digital thermometer or milk frother? To be honest i know nothing in a coffee topic so please help 🥹

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u/Latte-Produladce2611 3d ago

Nice angle on mod daily question. Glad you wrote this up.