I like espressos (especially mochas) but they take a bit of work to prepare a single cup. With drip brew, I can do very little and get unhealthy amounts of caffeination into my corpse. Also, I pour ungodly amounts of creamer into my coffee. That Mason jar is quite literally half coffee half creamer.

  • rmuk@feddit.ukEnglish
    12·
    18 hours ago

    I used to date a guy who had that EXACT machine. I appreciate it’s a popular model but it brought back memories.

    Anyway, he made the shittiest coffee, real dirty-tasting brown sludge and I couldn’t figure out why. When he wasn’t about one day I tested the machine with some cheap supermarket grounds and I couldn’t believe it: it was fine. Perfectly cromulent, surprising clean tasting, and hassle-free.

    Anyway, after a while I figured it out. Turns out he was putting Nescafé instant coffee into the filter.

  • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    man, I yearn for the coffee maker that lasts long enough to have the button rub off again. It’s been years since I’ve had one last long enough to do that. I started buying service/replacement plans for my coffee makers because they just are not built like they used to be.

  • Tooks@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    23 hours ago

    Evil Drip Brew Gang represent!

    After trying the alternatives, including unreasonably priced espresso machines, I’ll never stop using $15-$20 (USD) 12-cup evil drip brewers. Most efficient way to get coffee in me as quickly and frequently as possible.

  • MadBits@europe.pub
    41·
    20 hours ago

    Yea, that’s not half/half… you’re basically just drinking creamer with a hint of coffee.

  • GladiusB@lemmy.world
    2·
    19 hours ago

    I have the same coffee machine. But I drink it black. I have one particular brew I get locally and keep it on the counter.

  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    1 day ago

    Use hot chocolate mix instead of some creamer or sugar. Approximates the mocha flavor along the same lines of laziness for payoff.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      19 hours ago

      yeah, i’m not a coffee snob, i’m a food snob. i appreciate the delicacy in the coffee but if it’s brown, drink it down. if it’s black, drink it back. if it’s white, tastes alright. i can rhyme these all day.

    • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      5·
      1 day ago

      When I was in university, and it was finals time and they opened the study areas 24/7, they would wheel out big coffee dispensers, the kind I associate with hospitals or bad hotels. Just a big insulated metal cylinder filled with almost rancid, mealy, astringent black liquid, with rickety little spouts.

      The default coffee here is Turkish-style (we call it Turkish or Arabic coffee), but this was a weird halfway between batch brew drip coffee and Turkish style coffee. And being a few hours old it was basically the absolute worst of both worlds.

      I think they don’t allow any food or coffee anymore there now which sucks, maybe one too many spills. Never an issue when I was there.

      My friends knew I would only get coffee from particular places, and they would be shocked to see me drink what I called hospital coffee. But for me this was the coffee called for by the situation I was in, hopelessly cramming control systems at three in the morning. The bad coffee is integral (don’t clap) to the experience. I’m participating in the ritual that is finals here, so this is part of that ritual. The fact that the coffee tastes like bitumen is just part of me taking the moment in. I know it’s shit. I want it to be shit. Let me enjoy the diversity the world offers.

      • deranger@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        16 hours ago

        I’ve got one like that, but in the military. We got little packets of instant coffee in our rations, I’d just pour that in my mouth and drink some water. I think that’s still technically coffee. Tasted like shit but woke you up, first from the taste and then from the caffeine. Mission accomplished, that’s a good coffee in my book.

        Getting down those concentrated bitter coffee crystals with semi cool water (that might be a bit mildewey or plasticky depending on the age of the camelbak you’re drinking from) on a long shitty ruck just feels proper.

    • BurntWits@sh.itjust.worksM
      11·
      2 days ago

      This is my take too, any coffee is good. I just wanna talk about this drink, I don’t care how people like to actually drink it. I’ve got my preferences, and accept that others may have different preferences. It’s what makes this hobby so much fun. Life would be boring if we all had the same likes and dislikes.