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Coffee Haters Club
Not many new things happening on my end. Haven't bought any more beans, though I will try to pick out some new ones in the coming days.
I've started mixing one tablespoon of quality beans with one tablespoon of swiss water method decaf beans for many of my cups of coffee. It works pretty well. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago the decaf beans definitely lack something, but the other half of the mix somewhat carries it. :) Someone here mentioned this method, cheers to them.
Stirring the pour-over with a wooden pin during extraction may help a tiny bit with getting more flavor out of the grounds. In any case I don't mind doing it. :P
I've never heard of decaf coffee processed using that method, I'll have to look into it next time I buy another bag of beans.
I might've mentioned before but I'm a one to two cups of coffee a week kind of person. Last week I put too many beans into my espresso (mind you, this is around 8 AM) and my mind was still racing when trying to fall asleep at 10 PM. The trouble is that it is hard to scale down normal coffee-making processes, when you're looking for less than a cup, or less than a shot!
I encourage you all to drink less coffee and get more sleep.
The swiss water method for decaf was supposed to be the new gold standard, but I wasn't impressed by this particular bean. Maybe the old methods were even worse, heh.
As for one cup of espresso in the morning interfering with your sleep at night: Although I'm aware that espresso beans are stronger and you used too many of them, I'm not convinced that they were the cause for your racing mind. The belief that you will have trouble sleeping can be much more powerful than the caffeine in keeping the mind hyper-aroused and awake. Check out the book This is Natto (stands for not attached to the outcome) if you have regular sleep issues.
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I don't keep a coffee maker in my house because I get plenty of coffee from work as it is, but I was considering maybe getting a french press. My problem is that there's definitely an upper limit to coffee that you don't really notice until you hit it and realize that you're super duper focused on something stupid and it's actually causing you anxiety not being able to pursue it properly because you're at work.
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I also do half caf which is nice. Scratches the itch without making me crazed.
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