Any black coffee, including instant, will taste gourmet with a bit of lemon peel, honey, and, if you’re feeling fancy or need something a bit sweet, a nice dash of condensed milk. Try it next time you’re at a meeting where they only have shit tea and coffee, you’ll thank me later
Grinding coffee with a splash of water reduces static electricity and makes more consistent and intense espresso: Study
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to science@mander.xyz
https://phys.org/news/2023-12-coffee-splash-static-electricity-intense.html
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fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
scytale@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I get the condensed milk and honey, but haven’t heard of using lemon peel. Maybe I’ll try it if I happen to have some extra lemon around.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
The lemon trick was a common thing in the 20th century to help mask the bitterness of improperly brewed or processed espresso, but it’s died out since production and brewing of coffee has been refined in the modern era. Still an ok, calorie-free way to liven up some shit coffee.
Source: my history class textbook from like…10 years ago.
Godort@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Lemon and coffee go surprisingly well together. There is a reason that espresso martinis are sometimes garnished with a lemon twist
thantik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Very tiny amounts of salt will also make low quality bitter coffee a lot more palatable and help you use less sugar, so I assume the sourness of the lemon probably has a similar effect.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
It unironically neutralises the acidity in shitty coffee.
JoMomma@lemm.ee 11 months ago
That would make a horrible sticky mess out of my grinder lol
JillyB@beehaw.org 11 months ago
It’s literally a drop. Some grinders need it more than others because they’ll make a mess of grounds everywhere without it.
admiralteal@kbin.social 11 months ago
Ideally you use a spray bottle. Just give it 1 or 2 pumps, tops, then shake it about. The surface of the beans will still look and feel essentially dry.
Been normal to do this in coffee circles for a long time. It does not affect the grinder.
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
This has been “known” for a long time but glad to see a formal study confirming it!
I often splash the handle-end of a spoon with water and stir the beans with it before grinding. Makes a big difference!
Pulptastic@midwest.social 11 months ago
I obsessed over coffee for a couple years and never heard this! Maybe it wasn’t a thing then years ago?
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
The reason I like it is it reduces all the static when it comes out of my burr grinder. So it’s not clinging to everything and it’s easier to get my grinds from one place to another without making such a mess
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 11 months ago
That’s Big Grinder propaganda to make you ruin your grinder and have to buy a new one. A conspiracy I tell you!
Haagel@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Y’all think way too much about coffee…
BolexForSoup@kbin.social 11 months ago
I thought that until a $50 burr grinder overhauled my coffee. Some stuff really matters!
Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That will jack up your carbon steel grinder, so be aware if that’s you.
Godort@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Use a mister bottle and give your beans one(1) spritz per 20 grams. In those cases the amount of water should be small enough that it will completely dry before rust can develop
Nougat@kbin.social 11 months ago
Burr grinder 4 lyfe.
kellyaster@kbin.social 11 months ago
Hear hear! I used to grind beans with a regular old blade grinder, and the resulting grounds were always really inconsistent; half of it would end up really dine, almost like a powder, and it would take forever to brew and would sometimes clog the filter. The burr grinder I picked up cost more, but it was worth it. I'm never going back, blade grinders suck.