My coffee station

You can't look at this and tell me that coffee isn't a drug. Lol. My stoner buddy has a set up just like this....except, bongs, vaporizers, several grinders, several jars of resin, a dab rig, and a ceramic knife laid out in similar, almost reverent positioning.

All jokes aside, it's a beautiful setup. I'm jealous. We just do a French Press and that's good enough for me at the moment.

So true! It all started with a $30 hand grinder and a Chemex, and it has grown to this. Luckily, the espresso machine seemed to finally scratch the itch and I haven’t felt a need to get anything new or upgrade anything since then. Between coffee, photography, and custom keyboards, I have enough expensive hobbies.
- Is the fellows kettle worth it?
  We have a 5 piece vacuum storage set, a few of their mugs, and I’m always half in half out on. $200 kettle
- Well now you need to show the keyboards
I can look at this and tell you coffee isn't a drug. It's just a great way to deliver the action drug, caffeine!
Beans 😏
- B̵̙͋ě̷͕a̸̤̔ñ̶̩s̴̙̀ ̵̺̚f̷̻͌ò̸͖r̶̖͘ ̷͙͒ẗ̴̫ḧ̵̢́ẽ̷̦ ̷͈͝B̵̨̈́e̸͔̓ả̴̢n̶͇͊ ̸͈́G̵̺͛o̸̧̿d̶̝̐

And here's my coffee station.

That's a really neat looking setup. What espresso machine is that? It's beautiful.

My internet searching pulls up a Quick Mill Carola Evo.
https://www.chriscoffee.com/products/quick-mill-carola?variant=30277493948452&currency=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho-lBhC_ARIsAMpgMofOSU27eoHe2DZGM1mLY8yJmFeZMEl8cNh3KVHt65Wxa969Zd4U7j0aAmtXEALw_wcB
Thanks! Mean bean is correct, it is the Quick Mill Corola Evo! I was hesitant to buy it at first because I couldn’t find many reviews, and the reviews I did find were for an earlier model that is no longer being sold. I’m glad I went with this one, as I don’t care to have a steam wand (I bought a Brevel frother to take its place). This unit focuses solely on the espresso, so for the price it is very good at pulling shots.

Oh god, that is beautiful

If we started doing #CoffeeStation on Lemmy, then we've arrived.

Now that’s a morning set up! What do you usually make in the mornings?

To drink, it usually just depends on my mood. Sometimes I just use the v60. For espresso, I usually make latte’s with oat milk. The oat milk gives a nice nutty flavor that I love. If I’m feeling fancy, I’ll add some white chocolate and go for a white chocolate mocha.
For beans, I’ve been loving Fellow Drops. Haven’t gotten bad beans from them yet!

Why not just have a French press?

I do not enjoy having money, but I do enjoy drinking coffee.
This is more fun.

That there is a beaut clark.

Proceeds to make Folgers in a drip coffee maker. Refuses to elaborate further. Leaves.

The Niche! Good choice

Thanks! I didn’t like the idea of wasting coffee by purging between grind setting changes. I was skeptical of the supposed “zero retention”, but it is true. I feel like for it’s price point it’s a great grinder. Anything more expensive and I feel like you really start to get into the territory of diminishing returns.
- Usually the more money you pour into a thing the better it gets at one aspect of it which could be really important for some but probably not very important for most. As for the retention issue, I’ve found spraying some water on my coffee beans right before grinding significantly reduces retention. Disclaimer: I use a hand grinder (1ZPresso J-Max) but I’m sure it would work for other grinders too.

What brand is your water heater? Been looking for a good one

That kettle is a Fellow Stagg
- 160 EUR ... jesus

Why is it not in order tho

Fits well this way. Gives me space to prepare the v60 and not feel cramped. Also, the cord for the kettle is insanely short and I never bothered to buy an extension cord to be able to move it, so it only reached the outlet sitting on that end.

Nice!

I feel so inadequate - I just have a French press!

Don’t feel inadequate! Coffee is coffee and we all start somewhere. Our love of coffee is what brings us together, not the amount of money we’ve spent on equipment in pursuit of the perfect cup. Oddly enough, a French Press is the one brewer I DON’T own lol.

Nice!

Very nice. Missing a setup of syrups though.

Gaggia Classic Pro and Turin DF64 grinder

Do you have trouble with the button on your Fellow kettle? I’ve got that one too. I have to mash the button multiple times to get it on or off.

yes I had this problem with mine, it’s a known issue. I got the base replaced by support and the replacement works the first time every time.
My kettle looks exactly the same, same wood bits, shaoe, everything, but mine has a toggle switch on the bottom of the kettle itself. Weird