What's the Coffee Brew for You?

[@EdwardIglesias]

I'm a V60 guy. I used to do the home espresso thing years ago but as I get older I tend to go for simplicity and repeatability.

[@raddyxx]

Great video, thanks Hashem. You made me rediscover a decent cup of coffee through your channel. Love from Germany!

[@hashemmcadam]

That's great! Thank you 🙂

[@vald0134]

Love James Hofmann the book is really good and so fun to read.

[@poniatowski3547]

Oh man Turkish coffee yum. I’m fortunate to have an expresso machine at home, but at work I have a bodum siphon I’ve had for near on 20 years, love the brew it produces.

[@hashemmcadam]

Nice! Yeah I have one of those too, but only use it if I'm brewing for more than just myself 🙂

[@cafeallegro3321]

Love the video! I have a V60 but tend to go for the French press for laziness!

[@hashemmcadam]

Thanks! Yeah there's not much involvement!

[@john_murch]

I’ve just re-activated the French press into service and followed the James Hoffman method. Made some really tasty brew. ☕️ Cheers! 😀

[@hashemmcadam]

Makes a difference right! 😁

[@colomboluke]

Love this! Makes me want to brew a coffee right now

[@hashemmcadam]

That's a success then 😁

[@colomboluke]

@@hashemmcadam just bought a ceramic kinto coffee maker

[@owainshaw]

Mocha pot for me - although I'd like to try Turkish. Coffee hasn't been the same for me since I first had a Mocho Pot brew. Also the design is iconic, and looks especially fresh on a gas stove. While the pot itself might cost a little bit, they last forever. I've had mine for over a decade now. Here in Spain you can easily buy replacement filters or seals should those wear out as well. Most houses have two or three of different sizes.

[@hashemmcadam]

Iconic for sure! It was great when we visited Europe where many airbnbs etc would have at least one in the kitchen somewhere 😁

[@owainshaw]

@@hashemmcadam decent coffee would seem to pretty much be considered a fundamental right in the Mediterranean region. Coming from the UK, this is one of the things I think they definitely got right.

[@mpk33]

I stick to one huge black coffee a day in my soup mug from the French press. 😅 I also have an XL moka pot that I use occasionally when I want that more concentrated flavour, but I will add a bit more water to it for volume. Both are great. I haven't had a Turkish/Arabic/Bosnian coffee in a few years. It's quite the experience, tho you mostly do need to add a little sweetness to it to make it drinkable. They can be very bitter & I'm not a fan of bitter coffee.

[@hashemmcadam]

Nice! Yeah my experience growing up having Lebanese variants of that coffee were always super dark-roasted and bitter, having to be balanced with sweetness or spices like cardamom. Recently though, I've discovered that if you grind good fresh beans of a not-so-dark roast and follow the method I linked, you get a very different result!

[@ingobohn]

I use a mocca pot, pour over coffee is too thin for my liking. Sometimes I mix the mocca with the same amount of warm milk (in a French boule).

[@hashemmcadam]

Nice!

[@nitablackwood6301]

Moka pot and espresso machine for me !

[@grainybrews]

V60 at home, batchy at work, espresso when i’m hungover 😂

[@hashemmcadam]

Haha, good system! 😁

[@TheChosenOne_]

I use the V60, mostly because the clean up is 30 seconds and I’m lazy. Also once my Aeropress got stuck and then suddenly plunged down and I sprayed my whole kitchen wall with coffee. You are definitely correct that pour over requires more specific variables. I use the hoffmann technique, same grind size, same temp, as similar as possible pour style and while even the brew down timings often match within 5 seconds it’s still not consistent in flavor. But it’s okay, my rule for imperfect coffee is a splash of milk 😂