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Date: 29 Jul 2006 11:04:16
From: mick
Subject: How much beans do you use per cup?
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I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
for every 2 cups of coffee.
Just curious what everyone else uses.
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Date: 29 Jul 2006 16:35:03
From: Randy G.
Subject: Re: How much beans do you use per cup?
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"mick" <micojc@yahoo.com > wrote:
>I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
>large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
>for every 2 cups of coffee.
>
Are you looking for a drug effect or for taste? Set priorities and go
after that based on what you want. If it is just a buzz, try NoDoz or
the caffeine-enhanced, chocolate-covered coffee beans. If it is taste,
try other coffee beans or use more coffee:water.
Randy "good flavor or good buzz?" G.
http://www.EspressoMyEspresso.com
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Date: 29 Jul 2006 16:06:36
From: rasqual
Subject: Re: How much beans do you use per cup?
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mick wrote:
> I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
> large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
> for every 2 cups of coffee.
>
> Just curious what everyone else uses.
Just shy of an ounce of coffee per pint of brewing water (so the yield
will be less than that). That seems strong to many people who aren't
used to specialty coffee. The older folks at our church give me stern
looks if I sneak far past 2/3 ounce / pint. ;-)
The standard is two tablespoons per 6 oz. of water, yielding a bit
under that in the cup.
But I don't think you should let the "buzz" you want be the determinant
of how strong you brew your coffee. Brew it to a strength you ENJOY,
and then have a second cup.
HTH
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Date: 29 Jul 2006 13:54:06
From:
Subject: Re: How much beans do you use per cup?
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mick wrote:
> I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
> large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
> for every 2 cups of coffee.
>
> Just curious what everyone else uses.
It depends. For french press I use one melitta cone scoop that I guess
is about a tablespoon for every about 250 ml of water and grind
med/fine and extract with about 200F water for about 3 minutes. For a
stronger cup I could grind finer, use more grinds and/or extract
longer.
For espresso I use the scoop that comes with just about all the
machines and it's one rounded scoop per dose, a single being one dose,
a double being two. The extraction is only 20-30 sec so not a whole
lot of caffeine gets pulled out.
How are you making your coffee? If it's a drip machine, drip machines
are notorious for not fully saturating the grinds, underextracting and
brewing at too low of a temperature. Fully saturating the grounds and
steeping at just under boiling water temp for a good while should pull
out more caffeine and give you a pretty strong cup.
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Date: 30 Jul 2006 08:41:09
From: daveb
Subject: Re: How much beans ??
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use whatever tastes good to you.
BUZZ - WISE??
drink enuf, -- you'll get there.
dave
www.hitechespresso.com
mick wrote:
> I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
> large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
> for every 2 cups of coffee.
>
> Just curious what everyone else uses.
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Date: 30 Jul 2006 19:51:08
From: Tom
Subject: Re: How much beans ??
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Everything I have read says that Arabica beans yield about 1/2 of the
caffeine as Robusta beans and espresso does not extract a larger % of
caffeine.
Also, for French Press, you should use a very coarse grind, I believe. Of
course, it is all what turns you on. After all, that's the point in doing
it!!!!
Tom
"daveb" <davebobblane@gmail.com > wrote in message
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> use whatever tastes good to you.
>
> BUZZ - WISE??
>
> drink enuf, -- you'll get there.
>
> dave
> www.hitechespresso.com
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> mick wrote:
>> I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
>> large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
>> for every 2 cups of coffee.
>>
>> Just curious what everyone else uses.
>
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Date: 30 Jul 2006 22:31:06
From: David G. Imber
Subject: Re: How much beans do you use per cup?
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On 29 Jul 2006 11:04:16 -0700, "mick" <micojc@yahoo.com > wrote:
>I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
>large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
>for every 2 cups of coffee.
2/3 cup beans (about 52~3 grams) + 24 oz. water, yielding 2.5
cups coffee. Depending upon method the ratios go up or down slightly,
but it's in that area. I've arrived at this after many years but it's
all a matter of taste. I can't comment on "effect".
DGI
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Date: 31 Jul 2006 05:36:40
From: Leo95se
Subject: Re: How much beans do you use per cup?
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must be nice. on a morning when i want a shot and a macchiato or capp,
the 2 back to back have me spinning. on those that im up too early for
work to enjoy shots at home, a large mcdonalds iced and im feeling the
jitters. sucks. be grateful it doesnt affect you!
mick wrote:
> I do not seem to get any effect from cafeine from my coffee. I put 3
> large tablespoons of beans (bought from whole foods) into my grinder
> for every 2 cups of coffee.
>
> Just curious what everyone else uses.
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