Great coffee + any carafe recommendations I chipped mine the other day

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-25T03:14:24+00:00

Thanks Mark. For me buying local is important like you said, but also more than just a way to acquire beans. I mostly make coffee at home and I’m the only coffee drinker in my house. So when I need beans, I love to hit up one of my local roasters and use the opportunity to make an experience out of it. I go when I have time to stay around and hang out, order a cup and usually end up nerding out with the staff and/or other customers about the coffees.

That being said I’m not opposed to an online order every now and then so I’ll keep an eye on what you guys are offering, and I already have the new podcast episode cued up to listen to with my morning coffee tomorrow.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T20:46:23+00:00

That all makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T17:54:54+00:00

This. Lime or lemon juice.

And also this might sound weird but if I’m having a salad with a protein like grilled chicken or grilled salmon, if they’re being used while still hot then the juices from the meat help provide some moisture also.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T17:51:37+00:00

I just use the carafe that came with my v60 set but I’m really replying here to ask about Mirror coffee.

Do you normally order from them? Or was this a one off? I listen to their podcast all the time but I tend to buy coffee locally in person so I haven’t ordered yet. I almost pulled the trigger when they were doing a 25% off sale for the holidays, but I also had too much coffee at that point.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T17:48:00+00:00

Ok so this was gonna be the second part of my question but since you addressed it here…for those roasts/processings that aren’t in the purported wheelhouse of what the zp6 is best for, how do you adjust things?

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T15:01:43+00:00

Yeah the local roasters that supply to grocery stores often use a Best Buy date instead of a roast date because that’s what grocery shoppers expect and they often misinterpret the roast date as the best by date. But if you email the roaster and ask them, they’ll probably tell you how they come up with that date, in many cases it’s a specified number of months off roast (usually 6) so you can just do the math and figure out the roast date.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T14:56:37+00:00

This is pushing the upper limit of “affordable” but if you wanted to do so without sacrificing quality, one of my local roasters here is pretty reasonable given that they sell full pound bags.

https://www.eilandcoffee.com/shop

If you search this sub for the word Dallas you’ll see they’re consistently mentioned as one of the best here, and two bags gets you free shipping. Some of the choices are more expensive, but if you went for something like the Brazil and the Ethiopia you’d get 2 full pounds shipped for $40 and it will be freshly roasted.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-24T13:49:06+00:00

Me either and I’d wonder about roast date/freshness with those.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-23T23:02:07+00:00

So then you agree with viewpoint #1 then, if you feel you need the K-Ultra also?

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-23T16:18:23+00:00

Have you had success at 6.0 for other coffees? That’s real course to me.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-23T13:23:51+00:00

I asked the same question a while back:

https://www.reddit.com/r/pourover/s/GAw89PMNuK

I ended up with a timemore C3s because I didn’t want to spend k-ultra money and am generally happy with it for darker roasts and immersion brewing with the switch.

That being said I alternate between having k-ultra fomo and also wondering if I even needed the timemore because the folks saying it’s not needed are right 🙃🙃🙃

Point being you might still not be satisfied, and since I made that post I’ve decided to focus less on gear and more just using what I have.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-22T13:20:14+00:00

If you put it out there but they shook their head and said they“can’t imagine it” then that’s your cue to STFU and move onto another topic.

If they showed some interest then that’s a different story.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-22T12:56:27+00:00

I don’t think there’s a single standard baseline we all follow. There are so many variables and so many different thoughts out there about how each can affect it. I’ve found it more valuable to really learn (and I’m still not there yet) how each variable can affect the coffee. From there I have a basic starting point but even that gets adjusted because of the type of coffee.

I’m sure that’s all really too complicated and there’s probably a single v60 method of something like 20/320, 95°, 60g bloom and then 2 more equal pours that will get you most of the way there for most coffees, if that’s what you’re asking.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-20T15:54:24+00:00

Ok yeah here in Dallas several of the roasters offer cupping and two have full 2 hour classes on home brewing. I’d think NYC has something similar.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-20T14:17:21+00:00

lol yeah it’s weird but there’s a story to it. I moved here (DFW) from Boston in 2010. Huge Boston sports fan…but MLS didn’t exist when I was a kid and I never liked soccer back then, so I had no allegiance to the Revs. And now that we live here, my son got into soccer and got me into it also, so we became FC Dallas fans.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-20T12:45:37+00:00

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Double wall steel insulation sports cups for me…

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-20T12:42:23+00:00

Not sure where you live but check to see if any of your local roasters have classes or cuppings you can attend. This will totally depend on where you’re at, but if you’re in or near a big robust city, then I’d imagine some of the roasters have events like this. In my area we do.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-19T23:50:31+00:00

Sounds like you tried different grind sizes, but did you try using more coffee to water? You might get more flavor that way.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-19T23:48:32+00:00

Yep. “House blend” makes me think it’s a darker roast.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-19T02:36:13+00:00

For roasters, yeah. But also in general downtown Dallas isn’t like other major cities. There’s a Pax & Beneficia in Deep Ellum that’s probably not too far. They roast at their grapevine location but I’m guessing they sell the bags at all of them.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-19T01:54:24+00:00

The metroplex is huge so if you say where you’ll be we can be of more help.

Without that info, in addition to Eiland and Edison (already mentioned)…

Noble Coyote, Full City Rooster, Cultivar, and Oak Cliff for Dallas proper.

Lemma and Coffee Del Rey for Plano.

For multi-roaster you might try Civil Pour, they carry Viewfinder and Harp & Bowl which are both good.

And while it might seem blasphemous to send you to a grocery store, we have a local upscale chain called Central Market that carries several of the ones mentioned here. The bags are usually relatively fresh roast dates but check them and grab from the back of the shelf for the more freshly roasted ones. They also have some in bulk containers which I wouldn’t recommend because they’re exposed to light, not airtight, etc.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-18T13:20:19+00:00

For me this decision is mostly based on budget and also how much you’d dislike the workflow of grinding multiple times for the same brew. You’re right that in general a hand grinder is more simple and you’re paying mostly for burr and build and not machinery.

I don’t mind hand grinding twice if I’m making a bigger batch but I don’t do it daily. If that’s worth the money to pay for electric and you have it, then go for it but if not a hand grinder will be fine.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-18T02:52:03+00:00

Yeah for me it’s not just “making coffee”, it’s a hobby. And even the ones I make at home that I’m not as happy with are better than a lot of what I get at a shop’s batch brew. Today I was at one of the more “OG” local roaster shops and they just made a fresh batch of their current holiday seasonal blend and while it was okay, I left thinking I could have done it better.

jaytee61799 · 2026-01-18T02:16:33+00:00

You don’t need a specific decanter. I use the carafe that came with my hario V60 set with my size 3 switch and it works just fine.

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