The Four Coffee Essentials I Will ALWAYS Splurge On (and the two I won’t)

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00:00 Hello There
01:06 Essential #1: Coffee
04:52 Essential #2: Milk
10:21 Essential #3: WDT
13:56 Essential #4: Pitchers
17:28 Non-Essential #1
19:34 Non-Essential #2

[thesharkpianist]

Tea Drinker's Log, Twelfth Moon of this year:
I have been on a non-stop binge of Morgan's coffee videos since last year. I have not consumed coffee in nearly twenty years. One would call that ironic, having been a life-long tea drinker who even worked in a tea shop. It is not lost on me. Yet here I am. Fascinating video after fascinating video, I delve deeper into the coffee rabbit hole deeper than I would the world of tea. I have learned about all sorts of beans, gadgets, and methodologies that I never imagined possible. I must escape. I must. But I cannot. A tea drinker, forever trapped in Morgan's coffee realm. All is coffee. All is gliding across the floor. All wear black.
Tell my wife I love her.

[tremkl]

As a former Starbucks employee, when you said ask your Barista what they’re roasting and why, my brain went “Today we’re roasting Pike’s Place Roast, because that’s what we always do. Why? Well, no one really likes it, but it was focus grouped to be as bland and forgettable as possible, in hopes of bothering as few people as possible.”

[GabrielGGabGattringer]

1. Water 2. Speciality coffee. 3. a decent to very good grinder.
grind, brew, enjoy.

[AntonioVivaldi]

The fact that the first thing you talked about was about your inspiration and that you immediately linked the creator you got the idea from made me subscribe

[fwizzybee]

A thing I found when I was getting milk from my local dairy was it also tasted different throughout the year (depending on what the cows are eating) I think I like the fall milk the best.

[louisburley]

Definitely coffee is something I’ll always splurge on but the only gear I think is really worth splurging on is a really nice grinder. No matter how you brew it, consistent grinds will make your coffee extract more evenly. A nice grinder is something I wish I splurged on a long time ago.

[paulakidd]

You are so correct about the coffee! It cracks me up when I think about how I work at a SB licensed store, but every 2 weeks when I leave work I stop by a coffee shop on my way home to pick up some fresh locally roasted beans to use at home. (and I am usually still in uniform).

[PaulLemars]

Pretty much agree with everything you said Morgan except the syrups. We fell down the specialty coffee rabbit hole because both my wife and I are old people diabetic and we needed at least one vice that wasn't going to kill us or at least have our doctors look at us disapprovingly. Specialty coffee is a wonderful undertaking where you can spend ridiculous amounts of money on what is essentially a small beverage and derive immense satisfaction from just the tiniest improvements in taste and/or technique. I've never been a barista and at 68 years old I never will be and my puck prep borders on tea ceremony levels of obsession but I find it fun and delicious.

BTW shout out to your local Clive Coffee and their wonderful La Spaziale Lucca A53 mini espresso machine. It's been staggeringly reliable and the steam wand is a beast.

[lnactivesince]

Had a really stressful day. Got back from helping my mom at work recently. Getting to unwind with Morgan sounds great!

[davecomstock]

One thing to remember: You don't have to drink your absolute favorite, first-born-child coffee every day.

A former coworker gave me a small sample of Blue Bottle's Three Africas coffee, and it quickly became our absolute favorite. However, it's probably four or five times the cost of our every day coffees, so when we want to treat ourselves, my wife does a French press of the Blue Bottle for us to share.

[ravenoftheredsky]

It's magic when Morgan can just laugh at herself. Love the sweet and transparent demeanor

[patrickbrown]

Total agree with the syrups comment! I've found getting different extracts to be more economical. A few drops of added to my sugar and things end up tasting great. I use the extra water in my kettle after making my coffee to make my syrup directly in a travel mug or a larger vessel for storage/use throughout the week. This generally saves me time and money

[ktotheramer]

I am so lucky to have a local dairy who has a shop five minutes from my home. I usually do my regular coffee black, but with cold brew concentrate….AMAZING! Worth the splurge!

[ninamarie]

I agree on the barista oat milk! Even when I just make a French press coffee and add a splash of oat milk it tastes much better with the barista ones. They’re also less likely to curdle than regular oat milk.

[Izzy-cpyt]

When it comes to coffee grounds, my family always used a big plastic bin like for sugar or folgers coffee to collect them, and my grandpa put them on his garden to deter pests. Then he'd give us back the bin and we'd refill it. Coffee grounds are surprisingly useful!

[jurgenandrag]

A 2:1 rich simple syrup is (supposedly completely) shelf stable (that changes if you add herbs or fruit juice, though not spices). The 'Truffels on the Rocks' channel recently had a video on tinctures to add to normal simple syrup, that adds a gramm or two of strongly flavored ~40% alcohol to your drink.

[kristannestone]

I've been enjoying your brown sugar syrup recipe for home made (and frankly superior) Starbucks oatmilk brown sugar shaken coffee! Thanks for everything, Morgan, you make the world and better place!

[LucySilvaura]

I whole heartedly agree with good coffee just tastes /good/. I purchased some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee as a Christmas present for my parents and they were kind enough to send me home with enough to brew a small pot for myself, and it was the only coffee that I drank without any kind of dairy or sweetener. It was just so smooth an delicious! Sadly it is very expensive and outside of my budget, but I dream of a day where I have more disposable income and can purchase some for myself. :)

[cheryls.mackey]

my #1 is getting coffee responsibly (or trying to at least). I buy through Trade and try to give the little indie roasters my money. Tastes much better than the grocery store stuff.

[GeorgeSmithson-uz]

G'day Morgan, soon after I bought my SMEG coffee machine and Sunbeam grinder, I bought a large Sunbean knock box, and I have been delighted with my knock box; nearly four years later, I still use it every day.
I empty it about once or twice a week straight onto the garden. I'm retired, but three years ago, I worked self-employed as a lawn mowing man/gardener.
The coffee grounds are suitable for the garden if you spread them around, and for another use, my niece has collected the grounds from my knock box and used them as a face pack, haha.
So you can see I'm delighted with my knock box. It saves me so much time, is easy to use, and is environmentally friendly.