Any Espresso Junkies?

[GSPHUNTER]

$8 buys a pound of green coffee beans. I can roast that pound in under 30 minutes. No foamy milk for me either.

I see roasting coffee and home brewing beer (another hobby of mine) as similar to hand loading ammo. Probably not necessary but you did get exactly what you want.

I'm not a coffee or beer snob. I can pound a thermos of truck stop coffee on a long road trip or even a good instant when camping but Folgers just does not agree with me.

I do the same thing, eight O'clock coffee. I seldom get it at a coffee shop, when I do, it's not Starbucks.

 

[HighUintas]

I usually make a quad shot Americano in the morning and like to have a milk drink in the evening. I can't remember the name but it's a shot with whole milk (equal parts by volume) steamed heavily so that it's mostly foam I'm pouring in the shot

 

[parshal]

I can't remember the name but it's a shot with whole milk (equal parts by volume) steamed heavily so that it's mostly foam I'm pouring in the shot

Cappuccino I believe.

 

[LostArra]

I've never made espresso but I've brewed coffee every way possible other than Turkish coffee. Does espresso require a darker roast? Is "espresso roast" simply marketing?

 

[HighUintas]

I've never made espresso but I've brewed coffee every way possible other than Turkish coffee. Does espresso require a darker roast? Is "espresso roast" simply marketing?

Yes, espresso roast is just a marketing thing. You can make it with very light or very dark roasts.

 

[BBob]

I've never made espresso but I've brewed coffee every way possible other than Turkish coffee. Does espresso require a darker roast? Is "espresso roast" simply marketing?

You tend to use darker roasts for milk containing drinks but you don't have to. I trend towards the lighter roasts for my straight shots which has become common. I prefer a "ristretto", restricted in Italian. Basically it's a more concentrated shot (~2x the ground coffee per the normal amount of water).