Some crossover with /c/neurodivergent here. Got diagnosed with ADHD this year and have been on Concerta for a month or so now. I think it’s helping overall. However, I used to drink about 20oz of coffee a day, and now that I’m on stimulants, I’m cutting back some (the full intake would likely make me way too jittery - I accidentally drank a bit much one day and it was… wired). At the most I’m making 2 aeropresses in the morning.
I got myself a nice-ish entry hand grinder – the goal here is to enjoy the cups that I have more. I was wondering if any of y’all had good setups for the Zapatista blend. A lot of the coffee snob stuff online is for lighter roasts, and I know that’s probably not our commie coffee. I started making this one today and it seems like a nice starting point, but for those who know more how might you tweak this? Do you have your own setups you enjoy? I’m not gonna invest any more into gear ATM (if I’m not laid off though, I’m gonna get a moccamaster and a nicer electric grinder for when I have company), but any aeropress suggestions?
Also, general coffee thread. I can say I’m already making better coffee than my AIO batch brew setup, but that’s no surprise.
Yeah, the job search seems near impossible these days. I’m in a pretty secure spot, job wise, but reaching out and applying to see if I can get something with better pay was a lot of work with little results. I feel like all this LLM/AI shit made the already shitty process of looking for a job worse!
That self-medicating ADHD with massive caffeine intake really resonated with me. I used to just have a constant drip of the worst instant coffee when I worked in a contact center lol.
I rarely adjust the size of the grains - usually only when I’m changing my brewing method. The hand grinder I have is a pain to get a super accurate adjustment, but I probably could experiment more with my electric since adjustment is pretty precise. I usually just buy whatever beans are on discount, so I try not to introduce too many variables.