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everythingisblue Link ParentSo from the reading I’ve done on decaffeination, there are a couple of commonly used methods. In the Swiss Water Process method, it’s not about roasting them more, they use diffusion (similar to...So from the reading I’ve done on decaffeination, there are a couple of commonly used methods. In the Swiss Water Process method, it’s not about roasting them more, they use diffusion (similar to osmosis) to “pull” the caffeine molecules out of the beans by soaking them in a water bath of something called green coffee extract. GCE is basically a solution of all the compounds in the coffee beans except caffeine. So due to the imbalance, the caffeine molecules diffuse out of the beans and into the solution to try to get to equilibrium. They keep pumping in fresh GCE to the solution to ensure there’s always less caffeine outside the beans than in, and in about 8 hours or so you have 99% caffeine free beans. Then you dry them and roast them as normal. So you don’t have to over roast them. But over roasting beans is how most espresso beans are made (regular and decaf) because the darker roast helps lead to a more even extraction even with finely ground coffee under extra pressure (like an espresso machine). That’s from memory so don’t take it as gospel, but I’m pretty sure roast level isn’t related to caffeine content.
As for the outdoors, an Aeropress would be an excellent choice. It’s smaller than most French presses, and you don’t even need paper filters if get a metal one. The Prismo attachment comes with one. I got the clear plastic one. I think they call the material Titan or Tritan, but it looks great and is supposedly shatterproof. The compact size, durable construction, ease of cleaning and ability to be used without disposable filters (no trash!) makes it ideal for camping I’d say. Just pre-ground your beans and you’ll be a happy camper! (Sorry not sorry)
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Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food
everythingisblue (edited )LinkI treated myself to an Aeropress (and Prismo attachment). For about $65 total, I’ve been making all kinds of espresso-based things with it. Hot and iced lattes and cappacinos, americanos, espresso...I treated myself to an Aeropress (and Prismo attachment). For about $65 total, I’ve been making all kinds of espresso-based things with it. Hot and iced lattes and cappacinos, americanos, espresso martinis, affogato, and just straight up espresso shots! I know it can technically only get close to making real espresso, but you could totally fool me with it.
I’ve been taking it easy on the caffeine these days so this thing has been throwing a real wrench into my attempts to remain low-caffeine. I’m on the hunt for some good decaf espresso dark roasted coffee beans online that don’t cost an arm and a leg. My local coffee shop sells decaf beans but it’s like $21 for 330grams, where I paid $15 for 1000grams on Amazon for full-caffeine and unfortunately I think they taste a good bit better.
Ironically, when on a vacation to Sedona a few years ago, we rented a Tesla Model 3 out of Phoenix (from a guy on Turo). We made the drive from Sedona to the Grand Canyon south rim and back, and stopped at a supercharger in, I believe, Tusayan on the way there, and Flagstaff on the way back, for about 25 minutes each stop. It was a very pleasant rental car and we didn't mind adding a little time to our drive to charge and grab drinks/snacks.
I definitely get the fear though. There was one stop somewhere on that trip where we had to charge but there wasn't a supercharger, and that was very sketchy. It was on some app that shows you were public chargers are, and it was basically on the side of some apartment or hotel, and charged quite slowly compared to the superchargers, and the area was not nearly as nice as where they put the superchargers. We survived though.
We rented that car to experience a slice of EV ownership, and I'd sum up my experience as: