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What are your favourite and/or most used kitchen items? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, it would probably have to be my Bialetti moka pot and Dualit toaster. I make a pot of coffee and toast almost every morning. I also hope to replace my old pans with a cast iron one soon, and I look forward to using that a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll go with: High quality burr coffee grinder.

I bought it in 2004 or so, it gets used daily, and still works like new.

Only thing I've ever done is replace the burrs a few weeks ago cause they were getting dull. Was an easy job and the burrs were pretty inexpensive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just going to save some people some research and say: just get a Baratza Encore. Good enough at it's price point to make great filter, cold brew, or aeropress coffee, and every part that could possibly break can be ordered directly from the company and repaired yourself (although a lot of people go 5-10 years with their machine in perfect condition). If you're doing espresso, there's the encore ESP, and if you really want the highest quality burrs for the price, you can go for a hand grinder from any number of companies, such as 1zpresso

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Baratza Encore

Sounds like a great deal. Mine's a Rancilio Rocky, but I didn't specifically suggest it as I knew the market would have changed in the past 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yessss, grinding your own beans is the single best thing you can do to make better coffee.