Good Eats S2E7P2: True Brew

[ourglasslake]

I also have the illusion of working better when I'm high all the time.

[WanderingOisin]

The dietician lady is adorable.

[Koolaiddewz]

i dont see what the problem with just a simple electric make is, it does exactly what he does by pouring hot water of beans in a filter and letting them drip down

if anyone knows why that would be great

[TheWhedgit]

@Koolaiddewz Electric coffee makers are great, I like mine. This method just allows more control over the ingredients. He says in part one that he doesn't like the huge-over-the-top machines, standard coffee makers are fine.

[markgraeme]

@Koolaiddewz The problem is that many (most) home electric brewers don't heat the water as hot as it really needs to be. Sometime try holding a plastic canister under the brew head and put a thermometer in the water. This will let you determine the temperature of the water being dispersed over the grounds. More than a few times, I've seen expensive machines only heating the water to 160F... definitely not hot enough for proper extraction.

[paquettefranke22]

"you stay high all the time"

lol

[ikinone1]

Great video, pity it is ruined by the archaic measurement system.

[Kitt0000]

I only boil water in beryllium glass, once you do you never go back.

[cjoylicious83]

I love the monopoly analogy!

[gamemeister27]

By the time my hand hit 15 I would've surrendered.....

[jplauche]

It was "fine" by him 9 years ago...Just like Marinating my steak was fine by me 9 years ago. I would go with the "burr grinder." He's found a better way...this isn't politics.

[walpoly]

He says the blade grinder is "fine" for him, but in man food 2 he says they're worthless and he says to use a burr grinder. What gives, Alton?

[suckithardnfast]

Why would anyone on earth want to drink decaf coffee? It has always been a mystery to me.

[Celestyal22]

@suckithardnfast Health problems, like me i love coffee. But the caffine in coffee actually causes me some pain (at least i think it's the caffine). Decaf coffee doesn't do that so i am forced to enjoy my coffee without much kick. Tiss sad i know...*sniff*

[jdharding2]

Blade grinders are not the way to go. They just chop the beans up, and not very consistently. Burr grinders consistently and uniformly grind the beans. When I switched from a blade to a burr, the flavor improved quite a lot. That's about the only thing in this vid I disagree on. The rest is all good. :)

[goclick]

Quality decaffeinated coffee is EXCELLENT. Caffeine is bitter, bitter is bad.

[aflockofmusic2]

@goclick Bitter is the flavor of coffee, you don't know anything do you?

[biddo97]

6:14 i think that little diddy  was Queen ''we will brew you''

[mashmusic11235]

Chuck is hilarious :)

I loved his expression when this happened:

AB: What do you think is the biggest favor you could do your beans?

Chuck: For fiends...

And

AB: Buy a bottle of champagne and ask the cashier to uncork it for ya, would you?

:)

Chuck: ...

:|

Chuck: *shakes head*

[archangelkaz]

if the dealer has a king up I would stay as soon as I got oven 15ish depending upon past cards...

[ottoi]

I've got to disagree with using a $20 grinder. One of the most important things to making great coffee is consistent size of the grind, and you'll need a burr grinder for that.

[brianmcg321]

True, in his espress episode he talks about the importance of the grind.

[mashmusic11235]

@ottoi I have to disagree. The burr grinder is necesarry... for espresso. Not that drip coffee is 'substandard' in any way, but it's not as precise a process as espresso, and the resulting coffee, while good, isn't amazingly out of this world good (unless it's for the sole purpose of getting high on caffine :) But, as AB says in the espresso episode, the differance between burr ground and blade ground is microscopic, and thus, unless you're making espresso, really doesn't make a differance.

[Pyroblazer]

..desperate doughnuts...

[darkblade119]

lol you can see crew members in the background at 9:10

[whitefire64]

aren't those supposed to be people at the cafe where he's sitting?

[A550RGY]

No, they are filming in a coffee shop.. those are customers in the back.

[StaceyR618]

Lol. I LOVE the scene with Chuck!

"That's not cereal Chuck!"

Classic.

[FrostbittenWolf]

XD, decaf is like performing surgery with a hand grenade...

Like i always say, decaf is hell.

[RedHilariousComments]

I love Chuck, I remember him from the Turkey special in season 1

[YustynaK]

Thats not cereal chuck...LOL thats the funniest thing he probably did

[trozei123]

does it sound like alton is saying bacon at the end around 10:24? it sounds like he says "bacon, if you want it". what does he say?

[Graham1983]

"bake it, if you want"

[YustynaK]

its like the time he said 'used as a spread' and it sounded like 'Jesus's spread'. That must be some good spread

[trozei123]

jesus must make some good spread that's better than philly cream cheese!

[YustynaK]

ur telling me! lol

[YustynaK]

'whey' better

[HoboKnifeFights]

LMFAO.

Chuck, you're the man!

[LifeisnotFairooBad]

What was holding the coffee filter? The thing on top of the thermos. Thanks in advance!

[ShadofofaMermaid]

Alton looks god-damned-SEXAY as a croupier. WHOA. Come to mama.

[HoboKnifeFights]

Whoa, I'm gonna have to ask someonen to calm down.

[Pyroblazer]

Yeah I don't think his wife would like that XD

[sergioa83]

thank you thank you thank you! the first time i saw this was months ago but then i got into drinking coffee but i couldn't remember how to make it well-- then this was on tonight but i was talking on the phone so i thought "well, i guess it's a few more months of instant-- but no, you saved me! THANK YOU!!!! (although, judging from how excitable i am, maybe i should avoid caffeine)

[mekankitten]

disprate doughnuts LOL XD poor Chuck before a cup of coffee his hearing is bad. You really cant get board of these kind of shows and when it comes to good eats its not your average show :)Thanks LTH man

[CholTaaim]

Coffee raking with snakes?

[modehst]

that dinosaur spritzer is awesome as hell.

[calhounbros]

about 20 sec

[narcissiste84]

i think that guy was on something other than caffeine...

[JessiMei]

Hee hee. I love Alton. I've yet to see a Good Eats show that was....bad.

[CrashGames2108]

Note he's using 6oz. tea cups, not 8oz. cups.

[ryunin5654]

For fiends...

[jumpsteady567]

thats right molten lava

[RTackle79]

Alton Brown kicks Ass!

[mrovan]

Tch. Notice at around 3:55? Remember how Alton was stressing "Keep your beans in an *airtight* container?" He didn't seal the jar back up after spooning the beans out. Stayed open for the rest of the shot.

[RTackle79]

dam your paranoid

[ClubpenguinFan123]

Good Eats is Funny

[olishant]

LMFAO! "...Desperate donuts..." XD

[CrashGames2108]

They don't have holes for nothing.