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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

No judgement. Those diners are amazing, and better coffee than fartbucks

I've never come across a place that uses a perc and doesnt burn their coffee, so honestly I find Starbucks better on that alone

But the shitty espresso I can pull on my mr coffee beats both by miles

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But Starbucks coffee is also burned, but more because the beans are roasted too hard (which makes sense if you're going to pour one espresso into a pint of milk, but it sucks if you drink it without milk).

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

The coffee isn't burned (at least if you order espresso), the beans are, but the beans at the place using the percolator is also using cheap, burnt beans AND burning the coffee with a percolator

Neither is close to ideal coffee, but for me one is far worse

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Espresso doesn't refer to the strength of the coffee, only that it's brewed under pressure.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s an inherent flaw of the classic US percolators, where the coffee drips back down into the boiling water. It’s near impossible to not burn st least some of the coffee. Even basic filter coffee is usually better.

[–] Hoimo@ani.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are there other types of percolators? I thought the recirculation and constant heating of the reservoir were required features.

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The recirculation of the coffee is not strictly necessary. Sure, it wouldn’t be a classic American percolator but there are other coffee makers that work by very similar principles but without burning your coffee (like drip brew filter coffee machines or my favorite, moka pots). Percolated in general just means "filtered" or "strained".