# What could be more "Cafe Society" than Coffee, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** coffee\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156 "2025-05-09T14:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 126
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156/126 "2026-03-05T13:35:36Z")
I’m late to the thread, but after we dumped the Keurig a year ago, we’ve been experimenting. My most common go-to now is pour-over, which I commented on [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-pour-over-coffee-technique/1011508). I also got an Espresso machine for Christmas, and we’ve been using that and quite like it. And then finally, we were in TJ Maxx the other day and they had a [Brandini moka pot](https://www.ebay.com/itm/127687090028?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=127687090028&targetid=2450249296795&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9001952&poi=&campaignid=23520513594&mkgroupid=194220533482&rlsatarget=pla-2450249296795&abcId=10603854&merchantid=6296724&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23520513594&gbraid=0AAAAAD_QDh-au-Wp6bD8z5NWnikqnkUAM&gclid=Cj0KCQiA8KTNBhD_ARIsAOvp6DJQ-DSKa4fAgjdwClDDXd6E0QVLTgxBRjLCirKSvMsAI_X4j2Wl1HUaAnDNEALw_wcB) for $10, and we thought what the heck, let’s give it a try, and it’s been a delight. There is something satisfying about watching the coffee bubble up into the chamber. Two years ago the kids pitched in and got me a Virtuoso+ burr grinder, and I’ve been experimenting with that. One thing I’ve been trying lately is using an almost-espresso grind fineness for pour-over, which takes several years to get through the paper filter, but it adds a sharpness (bitter? acidic? I can never tell) that I like. For espresso or the moka pot we foam milk and I add a half teaspoon of sugar; for pour-over I just use half n half and a splenda, and that’s in my roughly 420 grams of coffee. For coffee itself we’ve tried a bunch of different ones, but landed on a medium dark roast shipped to us from Shelburne Falls coffee roasters. It’s fun to try different stuff. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-more-cafe-society-than-coffee-right/1018156)._