Ask HN: How do you make your coffee?

Also use an aeropress, I put the press over a cup and first put just enough hot water to wet the grounds. Then I wait about 30 seconds and fill it to the top. Mix it for 10-20 seconds and put the top in to hold the water inside. Leave it for about 1-2min and then press. This makes a nice strong cup with a single scoop of coffee.

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I use a cheap espresso machine (~$200) and highly recommend it. My morning cup tends to be a 2oz shot of Cafe Bustelo made into an 8oz Americano, which I drink black. Tastes significantly better than a pour-over, takes maybe 2 minutes to make from scratch and is cheap as chips. Cost of the machine plus pre-ground espresso amortized over one year comes out to ~$0.80/day, which is a steal for me as a daily coffee drinker.

Aeropress: Invert it so the plunger is upside down and on your counter. Add the grinds. Pour the water in near to the top, can stir with a spoon if you want. Put the filter (stainless steel mesh) + top cap on. Now, invert (right side up) onto your large cup. Let it sit for a minute. Plunge it about half way down, pull the plunger out, add more water to the top again. Wait a bit, plunge again.

I buy the 2nd cheapest store-brand instant coffee, of which I shovel 2 spoonful into a cup of hot water a few minutes before taking the first dump of the day.

I have all manner of coffee making devices, including a French press, AeroPress, pour over V60, Chemex, etc.

In the end, the one I most often use is a $10 Mr Coffee drip coffee maker, simply because I honestly can't be bothered to spend so much time every day to make coffee.

I also only drink decaf as I'm pretty sensitive to caffeine.

I used an AeroPress for nearly a decade but recently switched to a Hario #2 dripper. It takes roughly the same amount of time as the AeroPress and the coffee is tastes a bit cleaner or brighter. I primarily switched to avoid the plastic in an AeroPress, but was also interested to try something different after using AeroPress for so long. I also have a subscription to Trade coffee for fresh beans that I highly recommend.

I make a pot of drip coffee from a $15 machine every weekday and drink it black. I've tried other methods, mostly cold brew, but they were all more expensive and less satisfying

I typically order beans from either Coffee AM (I usually go for their Jamaican Blue Mountain Estate or Hawaiian Kona Reserve) or Moka Joe whose based in in Anacortes, WA (usually getting their PNW Wanderer or Mt. Baker Blend from their Coyote Coffee sub-brand. I mix in about a tablespoon of their White Coffee for some extra brightness and a stronger kick)

Depends on my mood. Usually either:

  - Espresso from a ROK (I bought one along with their grinder)
  - Filter coffe in a Chemex clone
  - A small dose from a 1 cup Bialetti

Bodum French Press and I drink it black. I prefer medium or light roast, I personally think they taste better than dark roast.

Bialetti. Get the grind and roast spot on and you'll never have a better cup.

I once used a manual grinder and a pourover with a water percolator at the top (look up Oxo brand good grips pourover for an example) so I could just put the pourover on my mug, a filter in there, the grounds from my manual grinder, and pour hot water in its percolator and then leave it for a minute and I'd have a cup of pretty solid coffee.

But my partner usually can't be bothered with that and would send me out to get Starbucks a lot. Eventually we decided to get an $800 espresso machine with the help of $400 of Crate & Barrel gift cards we had accumulated, and now I just use that every day, have it make a shot or two of espresso and pour that over ice and milk. It includes an attachment to steam and froth milk but I don't really like going through the hassle of cleaning it so I usually don't bother.

It's already more than paid for itself because I've been sent out to get Starbucks way less since then.

I rarely drink coffee, but I'll do medium roast in a Mr Coffee, black. Cheap, easy, convenient.

I do so love my perfectly adequate* Jura automatic espresso machine: https://us.jura.com/en/homeproducts/machines

Push a button, a shot comes out, I add some ice and oatmilk for a nice iced latte every morning. Sometimes I like an iced americano too (watered-down espresso with ice cubes). It's the kind of thing that makes coffee snobs go "yeeeack!", but I go "mmmm... the sweet taste of mediocrity."

*By "perfectly adequate", I mean this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292958

I bought a Bunn VP-17 commercial coffee maker over a decade ago and use that. It makes a fresh pot in 3 minutes and it can make 4 gallons of coffee an hour.

Edit: I just looked at the prices these go for currently and I definitely did not pay that much for one. At the time it was around $200 instead of the $400+ they sell for today.

I have a Moka pot, a manual coffee grinder, and an electric milk frother. I grind coffee beans every morning, place them in the Moka pot to brew, and finally add heated milk.

I use an espresso machine at home, and an Aeropress when traveling.

The Aeropress is awesome indeed. I would probably use it at home as well, except that I want to be able to steam milk as well.