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The Wired Gourmet
United States
Приєднався 24 лис 2006
Trump University Professor of Theoretical Physics.
Saoirse agus ceartas don Phalaistín!
Besides my uniquely competent equipment evaluations, I emphasize understanding the processes and techniques, and acquiring skills and judgement. My coffee videos are different, first because I take a culinary approach, and second because I don't recite café-industry doctrine and marketing clichés: I test everything empirically and toss out the superstitions and commercial BS.
I also make occasional videos about food, politics, art, health, and anything else I bloody well please.
I write about politics over at Medium (link below).
I have a Xitter account but I don't use it much.
I re-edited my old cooking sketches from 2006 to improve the video and audio quality. I was not very successful. They still look and sound like UA-cam 2006, but the content is solid.
There are detailed, written supplements to all of my old cooking tutorials at my Wordpress blog (link below).
Saoirse agus ceartas don Phalaistín!
Besides my uniquely competent equipment evaluations, I emphasize understanding the processes and techniques, and acquiring skills and judgement. My coffee videos are different, first because I take a culinary approach, and second because I don't recite café-industry doctrine and marketing clichés: I test everything empirically and toss out the superstitions and commercial BS.
I also make occasional videos about food, politics, art, health, and anything else I bloody well please.
I write about politics over at Medium (link below).
I have a Xitter account but I don't use it much.
I re-edited my old cooking sketches from 2006 to improve the video and audio quality. I was not very successful. They still look and sound like UA-cam 2006, but the content is solid.
There are detailed, written supplements to all of my old cooking tutorials at my Wordpress blog (link below).
Schooled About Channeling By Redditors!
I said channeling is a myth. They said my beans were too soft and too dark. I struck a nerve with a few people over at Reddit when I said that channeling is bollocks and WDT is a pointless ritual. So let's revisit this -- with the RIGHT kind of beans this time!
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#espresso #coffee #reddit
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#espresso #coffee #reddit
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Audio edited with WaveLab Elements 10.0.70
Video Capture: Panasonic HC-X920
Video edited with DaVinci Resolve 18.0.3
Still images edited with Gimp 2.10.240
Production Assistant: Leo Greene
Music:
Kalimba Relaxation Music by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5711-kalimba-relaxation-music
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
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Cafesing Orca Hand Grinder
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A review of the Orca hand grinder by Cafesing, a flat-burr unit with ghost burrs for brewing and standard ones for espresso. It has some strengths and weaknesses, so let's put her to the test. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #espresso #coffeegrinder Audio capture: Zoom H-5 Audio edited with WaveLab Elements 10.0.70 Video Capture: Panaso...
Belfast: A Pit Stop for the Soul
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A walk around Belfast, Northern Ireland, which captures my heart in a day. Saoirse agus ceartas don Phalaistín! Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine Peace wall online archive: www.peacewall-archive.net/ #ireland #solidaritywithpalestine #belfast #northernireland #freepalestine Audio capture: Zoom H-5 Audio edited with WaveLab Elements 10.0.7...
Espresso Terrors: 2 Grinder Anxiety
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People fret about coffee grinders. And while it's true that different burrs and grinding speeds and feed rates and other factors can yield subtle differences on the palate, it's easy to worry too much. I'll try to de-fang the goblins that seem to cause the most anxiety. Then I'll push the cafe-industry grinder regulations to the limit, hoping to get arrested. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emer...
Explaining Gaza with Rabbi Chuck Schumer
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Scholarship fail; or what happens when you read a single verse and neglect to turn the page... Saoirse agus ceartas don Phalaistín! Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #gaza #solidaritywithpalestine #israel #freepalestine
Marching For Gaza In Dublin
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Ever wonder why the Irish are more sympathetic toward Palestine, and more hostile toward Israel, than most other western Europeans? Let me invite you to central Dublin during a demonstration and try to explain the Irish point of view. Saoirse agus ceartas don Phalaistín! Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine "An Phalaistín" sung by Róisín Els...
Unhealthy Boomer, Round 2
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What a drag it is getting old... Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #boxing #fitness #cancer
Espresso Terrors: 1 Channeling & Puck Prep
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The first in an occasional series about the terrors of home espresso. In today's episode, the shame of ineffective puck prep and the curse of channeling. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #espresso #channeling #wdt Audio capture: Zoom H-5 Audio edited with WaveLab Elements 10.0.70 Video Capture: Panasonic HC-X920 Video edited with DaVinci...
Lelit Bianca: Still Going Strong
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The Lelit Bianca v3 has been on the market for a few years now and remains a strong contender. This is a review comparing it to the Profitec Pro 600. Both are dual-boiler E-61 machines with PID temperature control and flow control, both cost the same, and both are popular and respected. So this brings us to a natural cross-shopping situation. I would rate them as equal, but not the same. They'v...
Unhealthy Boomer vs Heavy Bag
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Training begins. The smart money's on the bag... Oh, and f$ck cancer! Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #boxing #fitness #cancer
Eureka 'Baby' Hand Grinder Review
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Testing a new high-performance, no-frills, conical-burr hand grinder from Eureka. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine #coffeegrinder #espresso #eureka ERRATUM: The QR code on the body of the Baby grinder shows the serial number of the piece. The QR code showing the product information is on the packaging. TWG regrets the error. Audio captur...
Mahlkonig EK43 Restored: 2 Misunderstood Genius
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I've put my used Mahlkönig EK43 back in perfect working order. Here's the full restoration. This is the most surprising and interesting coffee grinder I've ever encountered. Simple and straightforward, yet subtle and unique, and widely misunderstood. If you think you know this machine, check out this video. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. This is the follow-up to my teardown, inspe...
Mahlkonig EK43 Restored: 1 Teardown & Diagnosis
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Deep inside a used Mahlkönig EK43, a heavy-duty coffee grinder in need of repair. Watch while I tear it down and inspect and test every last bit. I'd say it's held up nicely for its age and should be easy to restore, which I will document in the next video. This video covers the teardown, inspection, testing, fault diagnosis, and to-do list. There's also a follow-up where I repair what's broken...
Ditching Flow Control on an E61
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My E-61 flow control kit bores me. I make better espresso without it. I'll show you my technique for manual pressure profiling on a stock E61, and explain why it's better than the modification. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine Setup for all shots: 18 g dose Preinf: ~10 - 15 sec (1 g out) IMS B702TF-h21-5BB ridgeless, straight, flat baske...
Espresso Through Paper: Extra Credit
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New adventures with paper-filtered espresso, and a few lingering questions answered. Did I witness a miracle? Only one way to find out. Donate to the UNICEF Palestine Emergency Appeal: www.unicef.org/appeals/state-of-palestine Setup: 16 g dose Preinf: E-61 default Baseline paperless extr: 30 g in 30 sec ( /- 2) E&B Lab B702TF-h22-NT ridgeless, straight, flat basket IMS E61 200 IM shower screen ...
What about using an aeropress filter on the top and a cut aeropress filter on the bottom? Increasing the grind size a little, for example: from 65 to 70 on the Kingrinder k6? I'll try!
After some calculations, I came up with a recipe that I liked, generating a little more drink (55-60ml) and the same texture, but it requires a little more force (be careful with the equipment). 90ml of water at 97°C for 20g of coffee. Using the dry filter at the bottom and 2 filters adapted to the top of the coffee. The grind is the same as espresso. I'm going to test increasing the grind size or using less coffee (same amount as in the video) to reduce the force needed, which is quite a lot. Thanks for the video, it's a good inspiration to think outside the box.
Hi, your videos are brilliant, just had to say that first. Regarding the ptfe tape would this work for other grinders such as the Mazzer super jolly v pro ? Because the adjustment collar on this thing is so stiff and jumpy. Thanks. Also what food safe lubricant would you suggest for threads? 👍
No special equipment needed. A marker and tin foil is all you need … now use your vice grips…. Common man
Hello ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Any updates?
honestly have had the same one for two years and i have always hated it. impossible to get all the liquid out without removing the lid, the gasket is hard to put back on after a wash, and as you said - impossible to clean and the handle is laughable. I'll be donating it soon.
What is your final conclusion on the question of top paper? The end suggest you will render a verdict in the future. What's the verdict?
What have I been doing! 😂
CAFELAT ROBOT!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏆🏆🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I understand you really dislike coffee sifters, but there's something you never mentioned in the video. Does it actually improve the clarity of the drink? from my experience it does significantly.
Thomas, I have friends and family that live in Israel- even proud Arab Israelis and you are so thoroughly duped on this topic it’s clear you’ve been exposed to nothing but one sided propaganda and hate. This video is extremely disappointing and quite frankly it’s disgusting. You’re clearly an eloquent and well spoken person and so I was really hoping for better here. Unsubscribed.
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I can just say WOW. For many years I used a Nespresso pod machine because I never liked the taste of coffee from a moka pot. Yesterday I ran out of capsules and decided to try making coffee with the moka pot using this method. It's infinitely better than the Nespresso machine I have and even better than some coffee shops
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How to brew coffee and steam lelit MaraX
Arabic* coffee.
The uncle Doug of coffee grinders
I disagree with a lot of what you said. Just saying.
I stumbled across your channel after looking up information on my Bodum, that has been in my cabinet so long that I forgot how to use it. Then I proceeded to watch many other of your videos. Soo much I did not know. Thanks! New sub.
I'm getting into espresso and will probably soon be buying a LELIT machine, complete with IMS baskets. The dealer offers VST (he swears by them). I don't think I'll listen to him, and decide : BOYCOT for VST ( does he get a good margin on their sales ❓🤣) . Thank you for your video 🙏
if i was suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder i would definitely do this 😂
Valuable content as usual. Just a weird combination seeing euro coins with US accent :)
Can you please review the scale you are using? I was thinking about getting one and I would like to know if it is worth $60…Thanks
It will be a while. I can say, it's a good size for espr, consistent to around 0.2g, and the battery charge lasts. No data on durability, obviously. I'd pay $60 for it. I see no point buying a $250 one prolly using the same $6 AliBaba loadcell.
I kinda want to see someone make immersion coffee using a beaker and stir bar for the full brew time, then quickly decant it into a vacuum filtration funnel to pull it through a fine paper filter in the shortest possible time while removing all of the fines. I suspect that the result will be quite similar to a siphon pot or vacuum pot coffee, since the mechanism is similar, but you'd get more control over the brew temperature and amount of agitation. I just want to see how a chemist would engineer a brew.
Thank you!
When looking at my bottomless, the coffee comes out fine, but when I examine my puck by layer, I can sometimes see small circles/areas of dark grounds, to me it means unextracted flavors, also means channeling, no one can see what's going on with the puck when brewing (yet), but I guess the best we can do is examine the aftermath.
A lot of the surface features are just from turbulence disturbing the fines on top, or bubbles from CO2 release, etc. You shouldn't worry at all unless there's a flavor penalty. If the coffee tastes good, it IS good.
Yum! Think I’ll have a nice light roast tomorrow morning! My water goes through reverse osmosis and is re-mineralized. I wouldn’t even give San Diego tap water to my dog.
Which roaster are you using to roast your coffee?
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The tone was a bit snippy 😂 Love your work challenging the sheep.
This is the reason I avoid made in China products as much as possible.
Excellent video. Your recent videos on this issue struck a chord with me. Other UA-camrs (Lance Hedrick, springs to mind), push new End Game Grinder, Machine, silly gadgets and a new ritual to get the best espresso every other week.
The push is annoying. Looking for companies to send new toys to play with. Havent seen anyone being humble , honest and not pretentious beside this channel, aramse, some of real sprometheous and thats about it. Everyone else sound like marketing employees
@@ilkzode1822 How about "Pete's Rancilio Silvia" ? His position is to make the equipment already you have work for you as best as possible.
52 absolute coffee addict like 9pm espresso type, ive always found my moka pot i got 25 yrs ago coffee is amazing once you sort your fluffy milk of course.
So, you demonstrate that light roasts are easy to work with by using a medium roast? I mean I like the no nonsense approach and it's better to have some opinions than none, but you're probably well aware that lots of people use both lighter and darker roasts. Both extremely light and extremely dark roasts are difficult to work with in their own ways, calling them defective is just making up a different myth.
Those Reddit kids.........
Really interesting video (as was the original). I tried replicating it and....... I got channelling and a much slower shot. Which I wasn't expecting. The shot was bad and that fact wasn't disguised by milk. Truth be told I like the WDT process. It's like a form of mindfulness. Each to their own I guess. I do enjoy your videos though. Always interesting and you take a good approach.
Thank you for reaction! I guess time to bring omni in for naggers. I suggest them to watch Dritan Alsela lives where he tamp on the fly! And I guess the worst can happen to a business if there was any defects on end result! And now, I can relate the most to Lance's quote "there is a lot hive of the mind and chamber of reflection in coffee hobby".
I think that you don't always see channeling because of the viscosity of the coffee exiting the basket masking it, unless it is particularly bad and it squirts out. I believe channeling will always happen to a small extent even with WDT, and more so with poor puck prep. Puck integrity always breaks down as solubles are lost from the puck, leaving larger gaps between grinds and making channel formation more likely.
I can’t say that my experience matches yours but I’m glad that you made this video sharing your experience. One huge difference is that I don’t roast my own coffee. Most of us don’t? I don’t know whether there’s anything to it but I’ve noticed a correlation between the roaster I buy the coffee from and how “well behaved” the coffee will be when pulling shots. I don’t believe that can be explained away by simply looking at the roast level. Another matter is the fact that you’re using blends. There’s a snobbery around single-origin and I’ll admit that I can’t recall the last time I bought a blend. However, when faced with a particularly temperemental coffee, I will often “blend” two bags of single origin after the fact which helps a whole lot with the channelling/taste issues that I might otherwise have. You’ve probably spent enough time & energy on this but fwiw I think it would be fun to see you pull shots with single origin roasts from specialty roasters (ie not your roasts). Cheers.
Your dump shake tamp was spot on. Lance has jumped the shark. I have to wonder why, given his excellent history.
Nailed it " jumped the shark" is precisely what Lances channel feels like nowadays. Its become pretentious where its laughable. When stuff like $3000 grinders, automated pourovers, wdt shakers by weber costing $100 are the content, it makes head turn. Dude needs to relax and stop bring up Dr Smerkie all the time Just enjoy the coffee and making this hobby a joke
@@ilkzode1822 I have tried most things Lance has presented on his channel recently, and it is not beneficial for me. WDT does not fix a puck with voids in it and grounds of varying density. The Weber shaker is a joke with coffee that is medium roast or darker. The Weber basket with vertical sides and thick steel makes the puck hard to remove and examine for technique. The IMS baskets with a nanocoating and a slight taper to the basket are all you need. I have no problem with static that needs to be fixed with an expensive grinder anti-static gizmo. And the list goes on. Milk prep, tamping, etc. He does cause me to have ideas that help. For example, when I am grinding into a cup I rotate the cup so that the distribution of grinds is even in the cup. This really makes it easy to dump the coffee into the basket and ensure that there are no voids or clumps - a gentle shake and tap and the coffee is ready to be tamped.
@@TomJones-tx7pb one thing most influencers never discuss is the stress of trying to knock a puck out of a High Extraction basket. Ive been adding a wet paper filtet on the bottom like with previous IMS basket but its still a hassle. Im pretty happy to go back to the IMS with bottom filter. If you cant simply workflow, then all that hard work for a wee dram of espresso wasnt worth it. Also like to grind into a dosing cup amd very subtle shale with it upside down in portafilter. Wdt and pooooof no channeling. WEBER CAN KISS MY ASS. One thing i have yet to see are youtubers talking about farms, roasters, terroir, processing, milling Its just run of the mill (no pun intended) lets compare this grinder to that. This tamper to this. Oooo zerno and philos came out. Lets persuade ppl to spend thousands
Love your work, you think like an engineer and work like a researcher. I have started to treat coffee grounds like soil and tamp the puck in place based on the same principles.
Thank you, I love your videos I think you are very objective thanks for not going with all fancy stuff, I think that they are clowns
i always enjoy your uploads!keep them coming
you do what you enjoy. dont take reddit too seriously. i personally like dark roast espressos
Thank you for this excellent video.
When I first heard about those mineral kits you add to distilled water to brew with, I scoffed. I thought it was being fussy for the sake of being fussy and coffee snobs being pretentious. But the more I've brewed coffee over the years, the more I've realized its importance. Now I'm wondering if my water is the reason why some coffees just don't taste right.
yeah, I just happen to ahve epson salt and baking soda so I was like "yeah I might try the water recipe at barista hustle". It changed the taste of my coffee to be better and now I've been doing it ever since.
Yeah people tend to really underestimate the importance of water quality. I always advocate for a good reverse osmosis system with a good remineralizer. It's easy and cheap to DIY where you can tap off the pure mineral free RO water before the remineralizer so you can add in whatever concoction just for coffee, and then use the water that's passed through the remineralizer for general purpose drinking and food usage.
Would you ever consider doing tear downs of those really high-end grinders (stuff from Kafatek, Lagom, Weber Workshops, etc.)? Many reviews say they're well-built, precisely machined, etc. I'm now inclined to take that all with a large grain of salt since most probably have not thoroughly examined and considered these machines like you have with the EK43.
I'd LOVE to. I have asked a few for loaners, but no one has taken me up on that. They're really expensive, and on a little channel like this, there really isn't a budget for me to buy them, sadly.
I roast coffee, I was also a sous chef. I know my way around food, the kitchen, coffee and roasters. I end my dark roasts at the end of 1C. That's as done as I'm willing to go. Anything beyond that gets into burning the coffee. Flavor & body is established during Maillard and Dev is putting frosting on the cake. Taking a Gesha beyond 13 to 14% destroys its floral & fruity notes. The same can be said for Wush Wush, Rainbow Bourbon or the alternative fermented coffees (72 hour Ltd oxy Naturals) that I typically buy. Anything beyond 20% Dev is done to mask roast defects, or hide poor quality greens.. I understand that your preference is for almost burnt coffee; cool for you. But to imply that light roasts are bad, undesirable, or bad tasting is ridiculous. In coffee as in food we all have our personal preferences, correct?
You sound emotionally biased, with your adjectives - I think he is actually saying the same as you. Personally, I do not like spinach salads or cooked avocado. There is a zone of cooking that balances the pros and cons of the ingredient being cooked. We all can intuitively taste this zone unless we have persistently abused our body. Arguing about the best coffee extraction is similar to arguing about the best tobacco, IMHO.
Water chemistry plays a large role in flavor, it’s not all in the roast.
What is the correct fill for the Cafelat robot? Thank you.
It's a different principle than the e-61. Mine seems to work best between 14-20g depending on the coffee.
Thanks for speaking up
I saw your video posted in the espresso subreddit and posted something like... "It's good to have a reality check from time to time" or similar words. There weren't many posts in the thread at the time and I didn't go back to check but when I saw it I just knew the dogpiling would start. Much like many subredits it's full of hive mind and echo chamber mentality. There is no room there for alternative thinking. People just repeat the opinions of Lance Hedricks or James Hoffmann over and over and any opinion that differs from theirs is just bulked at. Thanks for this video. I have long been of the opinion that dosing a basket correctly is very important for my espresso. Not many people seem to have wised up to it tho.
It is the most important thing once you get beyond the basics.