OT: General OT Thread [NO POLITICS, RACE OR RELIGION]

[vital_signs]

USMNT

Easily the coolest sporting event I've been to, well worth the cash.

[jschligs]

USMNT

Wildly entertaining match.

Love the youth and the lack of Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore.

Honestly so glad that that era of USMNT is over. We have a fun future ahead of us.

[ReasonablySober]

Ahh love to finally be at the point in the year where I come home and the place is a sauna.

[humanrefutation]

Ahh love to finally be at the point in the year where I come home and the place is a sauna.

Central Air FTW.

On a related note, it is officially cold brew season. Time to break out my standard setup:

This cold brewer.
This coffee.

Heaven.

[crkone]

Ahh love to finally be at the point in the year where I come home and the place is a sauna.

Central Air FTW.

On a related note, it is officially cold brew season. Time to break out my standard setup:

This cold brewer.
This coffee.

Heaven.

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

[humanrefutation]

Ahh love to finally be at the point in the year where I come home and the place is a sauna.

Central Air FTW.

On a related note, it is officially cold brew season. Time to break out my standard setup:

This cold brewer.
This coffee.

Heaven.

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

[ReasonablySober]

Central Air FTW.

On a related note, it is officially cold brew season. Time to break out my standard setup:

This cold brewer.
This coffee.

Heaven.

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I'm giving your coffee and setup a try.

[humanrefutation]

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I'm giving your coffee and setup a try.

Let me know how it goes! I generally approach it by first adding a cup of water, letting the grounds bloom for a couple minutes, and then adding the other four. Plus, the carafe measures up to four cups, so you can use that for the whole process.

10 oz of that coffee plus five cups of water to steep in for 24 hours will generally yield me about 20oz of cold brew - enough for ten 2oz portions of concentrated coffee that I generally mix with water/almond milk and a bit of my favorite creamer.

[ReasonablySober]

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I'm giving your coffee and setup a try.

Let me know how it goes! I generally approach it by first adding a cup of water, letting the grounds bloom for a couple minutes, and then adding the other four. Plus, the carafe measures up to four cups, so you can use that for the whole process.

10 oz of that coffee plus five cups of water to steep in for 24 hours will generally yield me about 20oz of cold brew - enough for ten 2oz portions of concentrated coffee that I generally mix with water/almond milk and a bit of my favorite creamer.

Sounds excellent. Thanks!

[humanrefutation]

Cote might die.

I'm so glad they're posting the entire video - I stopped at the 6 hour mark and planned to catch up on the rest of it.

Looks like the live stream was taken off..

So, they haven't posted the whole stream, but someone else did.

Watch on YouTube

Watch on YouTube

[crkone]

Central Air FTW.

On a related note, it is officially cold brew season. Time to break out my standard setup:

This cold brewer.
This coffee.

Heaven.

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I understand what you mean about a stronger brew. I like the ratio of liquid to strength in my setup as I like about a pint a day of it black, which would be a bit too strong with your setup. For a stronger brew I go with my aeropress and aesir filters.

[stellation]

I'll see your brewer with this and your coffee with this

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I understand what you mean about a stronger brew. I like the ratio of liquid to strength in my setup as I like about a pint a day of it black, which would be a bit too strong with your setup. For a stronger brew I go with my aeropress and aesir filters.

My jam, this conversation is!

I have the piece of arty science kit below (couldn't find a picture that really does it justice) for cold coffee in summer, it's a Yama cold drip tower. If you like a strong coffee this will generally be stronger then a straight cold brew- cold drip vs. cold brew is probably akin to espresso vs. batch. It's amazingly versatile- you can play around with coarseness of grind/speed of drip to vary strength/flavour intensity. I generally treat it as a concentrate and have it over ice and dilute to about a 1:1 ratio of coffee to cold water (which is still relatively strong), but you go closer to around 1:2.5 to get standard cold brew style. It's excellent straight, too, and you can change it up a bit by diluting with soda water or milk instead of water.

I fill the top chamber with ice cubes, then cold water and set to around 40 drips per second and leave it to run overnight (it takes around 12 hours, give or take an hour). I usually get about a week and a half of one drink per day from it.

Pros: Amazing coffee, lots of fun!
Cons: Outrageously expensive (mine was a very generous gift from my family), takes a lot of brews to get it right (but even the early brews are great).

[crkone]

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I understand what you mean about a stronger brew. I like the ratio of liquid to strength in my setup as I like about a pint a day of it black, which would be a bit too strong with your setup. For a stronger brew I go with my aeropress and aesir filters.

My jam, this conversation is!

I have the piece of arty science kit below (couldn't find a picture that really does it justice) for cold coffee in summer, it's a Yama cold drip tower. If you like a strong coffee this will generally be stronger then a straight cold brew- cold drip vs. cold brew is probably akin to espresso vs. batch. It's amazingly versatile- you can play around with coarseness of grind/speed of drip to vary strength/flavour intensity. I generally treat it as a concentrate and have it over ice and dilute to about a 1:1 ratio of coffee to cold water (which is still relatively strong), but you go closer to around 1:2.5 to get standard cold brew style. It's excellent straight, too, and you can change it up a bit by diluting with soda water or milk instead of water.

I fill the top chamber with ice cubes, then cold water and set to around 40 drips per second and leave it to run overnight (it takes around 12 hours, give or take an hour). I usually get about a week and a half of one drink per day from it.

Pros: Amazing coffee, lots of fun!
Cons: Outrageously expensive (mine was a very generous gift from my family), takes a lot of brews to get it right (but even the early brews are great).

My local brewery/roastery has two of those and the coffee from them is amazing. Too bad they haven't used them since pre-COVID.

[stellation]

I understand what you mean about a stronger brew. I like the ratio of liquid to strength in my setup as I like about a pint a day of it black, which would be a bit too strong with your setup. For a stronger brew I go with my aeropress and aesir filters.

My jam, this conversation is!

I have the piece of arty science kit below (couldn't find a picture that really does it justice) for cold coffee in summer, it's a Yama cold drip tower. If you like a strong coffee this will generally be stronger then a straight cold brew- cold drip vs. cold brew is probably akin to espresso vs. batch. It's amazingly versatile- you can play around with coarseness of grind/speed of drip to vary strength/flavour intensity. I generally treat it as a concentrate and have it over ice and dilute to about a 1:1 ratio of coffee to cold water (which is still relatively strong), but you go closer to around 1:2.5 to get standard cold brew style. It's excellent straight, too, and you can change it up a bit by diluting with soda water or milk instead of water.

I fill the top chamber with ice cubes, then cold water and set to around 40 drips per second and leave it to run overnight (it takes around 12 hours, give or take an hour). I usually get about a week and a half of one drink per day from it.

Pros: Amazing coffee, lots of fun!
Cons: Outrageously expensive (mine was a very generous gift from my family), takes a lot of brews to get it right (but even the early brews are great).

My local brewery/roastery has two of those and the coffee from them is amazing. Too bad they haven't used them since pre-COVID.

I love it so much, although I have to admit it's a tad decadent as bit of kit to have at home.

And to make it sound even madder- I actually meant I set it to one drip every 40 seconds (and I actually stand there and average it out over 10 drips making little adjustments). Lots of fun.

[humanrefutation]

I'm sure that coffee is excellent. But I'm not a fan of those kinds of cold brewers that just have a infuser basket in the middle. I think the kind of coffee you get is a bit watered down. I like the fact that my brewer will step the coffee directly in the water and just filter it at the end - I think you get a much stronger, more concentrated brew.

I understand what you mean about a stronger brew. I like the ratio of liquid to strength in my setup as I like about a pint a day of it black, which would be a bit too strong with your setup. For a stronger brew I go with my aeropress and aesir filters.

My jam, this conversation is!

I have the piece of arty science kit below (couldn't find a picture that really does it justice) for cold coffee in summer, it's a Yama cold drip tower. If you like a strong coffee this will generally be stronger then a straight cold brew- cold drip vs. cold brew is probably akin to espresso vs. batch. It's amazingly versatile- you can play around with coarseness of grind/speed of drip to vary strength/flavour intensity. I generally treat it as a concentrate and have it over ice and dilute to about a 1:1 ratio of coffee to cold water (which is still relatively strong), but you go closer to around 1:2.5 to get standard cold brew style. It's excellent straight, too, and you can change it up a bit by diluting with soda water or milk instead of water.

I fill the top chamber with ice cubes, then cold water and set to around 40 drips per second and leave it to run overnight (it takes around 12 hours, give or take an hour). I usually get about a week and a half of one drink per day from it.

Pros: Amazing coffee, lots of fun!
Cons: Outrageously expensive (mine was a very generous gift from my family), takes a lot of brews to get it right (but even the early brews are great).

That looks awesome.

[Gianstoppable]

Bought a house last year on a lake in SE WI. Love the view, love kayaking and boating etc. My only issue is we have excessive duckweed and algae forming. We are on the south side of the lake so the wind blows everything this way. The lake is also a seepage lake and the area out front of us is only 2-5ft and very slow moving water. My idea is getting an aerator. Looked at options not trying to make a ton of noise so septic pump with 1/2" lines and diffusers seem best. Anyone have experience with doing this or recommendations?

[crkone]

Having a beer in the local Old Navy parking lot. This is the epitome of Waukesha County.

[Plossum]

What's with the pop-up video ads in the bottom corner on RealGM? Is anyone else getting these? They're annoying af.

[trwi7]

What's with the pop-up video.

Watch on YouTube

[MikeIsGood]

Tennis is good. Turn on.