Orange County CAF's: up to no good

Sounds like you know your coffee. Do you have a favorite coffee house in OC? (Non Starbucks conformist)

 

There is this coffee shop near my work that roasts their own coffee. They grind it up for me to run in my espresso machine. It's like a dessert. I like a smooth dark roast or medium. Light is not enough taste for me.

 

Hola Como estas

 

I honestly don't really visit any coffee shops. I get beans from a monthly subscription from Modern Times and I have an encore baratza grinder at home with more brewing devices than I can count that I use to brew every morning and then I have a clever dripper pour over at my desk at work.
I have been to one place called Portola Coffee Labs which is in Costa Mesa off the 405. If you're a craft beer fan, they are actually the provider/roastery for Noble Ale Works beer, Naughty Sauce.
If you wanna talk coffee, or beer, I'm always down for that haha

 

Did we just become best friends!!!

 

Sure sounds like it!

 

I love coffee! Yea I don't really goto coffee shop either brew my own coffee. I'm on the market buying new espresso machine any recommendation? I have to check this place though...portola coffee lab

 

It's just a fender. Fire out there too. Man all of ca is on fire

 

I actually don't own an espresso machines, nor can I think of any off the top of my head. But I'll look some up while at work to help pass the time until it's time to leave for Pismo

 

With my broke vertebra I can't
Shouldnt be riding a dirt bike either though I guess

 

Yes in Stoddard Wells. Going to Slash X.

 

Was just up at my cabin in Alta Sierra 10-14th. Did lots of ratting in the river. But the whole mountain is on fire!!!
Hoping that my cabin won't get caught up in it and incinerated

 

Bro you can have a weird picture of all the face fat getting blown around lol. It's awesome. Going to stone brewery tour later too.

 

I like the merica flag
Mmmm beer!
I'm at work no beer for me yet.

 

Wheeling hard and living life. Respek!

 

My brother as a gift gave me this one:
http://www.target.com/p/mr-coffee-s...gclid=CJ2ynKWDzs4CFciGfgodhg4Hgg&gclsrc=aw.ds

I've had if for over a year and works great. Super cheap. No pump motors like the expensive one. Great starter machine. Doesn't affect taste or at least from what I can tell. Also can steam cream. Pretty sure it will last at least 5 years. Easy to clean, but embarrassed to show my friends it. I had to buy another tool to pat down the coffee grounds inside the cup.

We had some crazy automatic $5k machine at work, but that took a shit after 2 years.

At work now we have the older version of this. Works well. Look fancy. Friends and family won't think you are cheap, but the Mr coffee will probably out last it.
http://www.brevilleusa.com/duotemp-pro-bes810bss.html

The new cool thing kids are into now is french press. I haven't got into that yet. For some reason it got cool again, but now they do a cool brew. Guess it extracts the most caffeine possible.

 

May be true, but it's the equiv of drinking light beer to me - no flavor

 

Sounds like you need to get better beans or change your brew method up. Do you drink your coffee black or add extra shit?

 

I French press really only when I want to make more than 1 cup at a time. I usually use it to make my cold brew mostly though. Aeropress is my daily go to. Never let's me down. Chemex might be my favorite brew method though.