I'm back on the coffee train after a few years of lazy instant drinking. The French press was released from the cupboard and given new life! Then it went back in the cupboard because I remembered why I put it in the cupboard in the first place, bloody pain in the arse that it is.
Yesterday I got an Aeropress and a hand grinder, and some crappy supermarket beans. Things are looking up and I'm having fun experimenting, but the beans aren't exactly setting the world on fire. I live in the middle of nowhere so I can't buy from a local roaster (gotta move back to the city, everything sucks out here unless you like gazing at sheep).
Any UK folk use a coffee subscription service? There are loads and loads. I want to get 250g packs that fit through the letterbox, plenty of variety and the option to pause the subscription without having to call anyone. I'd use North Star since they're semi-local and I know they're good, but they fail the letterbox test. Any suggestions?
The Aeropress is interesting. My first couple of cups were not very nice, and I think it was because I used water that was too cool. The instructions said 80°C and I don't have a thermometer so I let the kettle cool for a few minutes. Not good. So far I've had the best results with a fine grind (3 on a Porlex grinder) and adding water up to level 3, ~1 minute after the kettle boils. There are so many variables and I had 7 cups of coffee yesterday and I couldn't sleep and now it's today and I'm wide awake thinking about coffee. I'm also thinking about water filters and cold brew and that I'm poor and I should have stuck with instant instead of opening Pandora's Box.