Espresso Hop Tea

[bradsbrew]

Ok who has used an espresso machine to produce a hop tea. I broke my plunger and figure I can use the coffee machine to produce a hop tea. I may do a double pass. Also it will be added to keg.

any reasons why I shouldn't? And yes I will be keeping the hops to be dumped straight in the fermenter of the next brew, within 15min of kegging, as a dry hop of sorts.

Cheers Brad

 

[Scruffy]

Pellets or leaves?

Sounds like fun!

 

[unrealeous]

It does sound like fun. I'm just wondering why after making the tea you still want to throw the hops in. After all, you should have extracted all the goodness.

Unless you mean the hop tea?

 

[sav]

theres no way hops in my gagia what temp is the espresso water.

 

[bradsbrew]

Pellets or leaves?

Sounds like fun!

Pellets, SWMBO didn't think it sounds like fun

 

[bradsbrew]

It does sound like fun. I'm just wondering why after making the tea you still want to throw the hops in. After all, you should have extracted all the goodness.

Unless you mean the hop tea?

No two different brews.

1st brew gets the hop tea in the keg.
Second brew gets the pellets into the fermenter as I pour in the cube.

 

[bradsbrew]

theres no way hops in my gagia what temp is the espresso water.

Mate mines only a Breville And your second point is what I was worried about if its not consistent enough or too hot, which I would do a second pass.

 

[Bizier]

You crazy mother...

I have never heard of that. Awesome idea. It is interesting, because the setup is to extract the oil fraction out of the coffee, I think if you extracted it into a cold sanitary mug, it should arrest isommerisation very quickly.

This sounds like the beginnings of a dare that will either put hairs on your chest, or defoliate the ones that were there already.

I have a Kitchen Aid on perma-loan from GF's sister... I am tempted.

ED: Quintuple IPA???

 

[Scruffy]

The heat is fine (even in a Beville).

Good luck with a. the cleaning and b. convincing your missus that hop flavoured coffee is all the rage in the trendy shops in Europe.

I did it for the crack in my posh Kenwood...

Too messy mate, just boil them in some wort on your stove...

edit to say, works a treat - don't use it for coffee ever again...

 

[sav]

Mate mines only a Breville And your second point is what I was worried about if its not consistent enough or too hot, which I would do a second pass.

If my misses tasted cascade cat piss in her coffee that would be it.

 

[A3k]

Check out This Link.
should answer some questions.
I haven't tried it though

 

[bradsbrew]

The heat is fine (even in a Beville).

Good luck with a. the cleaning and b. convincing your missus that hop flavoured coffee is all the rage in the trendy shops in Europe.

I did it for the crack in my posh Kenwood...

Too messy mate, just boil them in some wort on your stove...

edit to say, works a treat - don't use it for coffee ever again...

If my misses tasted cascade cat piss in her coffee that would be it.

OK looks like I might put off the kegging tonight and be off to the local pawn shop to by a second hand espresso machine tommorrow............but then again it is her birthday soon and I am sure she would love a new machine

Cheers

 

[Scruffy]

There's a thread around ATM discussing the cost of All Grain, perhaps we should factor in a Gagia...

 

[bradsbrew]

Check out This Link.
should answer some questions.
I haven't tried it though

Cheers A3k, but it didnt really cover the results from puting it in the keg......I cant see how it would effect the next coffee as it is a cheap arse machine and AFAIK it only pushes hot water/steam through the pressure cup thingo.............Fck it I will do it tmorrow arv and post up picks and if it does stuff the machine it may all of a sudden become "broken"

 

[komodo]

I tried it in my LaPavoni Europiccola Professional leva machine.

Lets just say that I wont be doing it again - at least not in that machine (maybe a dedicated cheapo just for this task)
I had to pull the whole shebang down order new seals etc. Shower screen and group head took ages of soaking and scrubing to get rid of all the oils.

I would assume that coffee oils do the same but because your just going over the top with more coffee its no big deal. But with hops - its a smack in the mouth with your wake up macchiato. Flavour sensation might be one way of describing it...

As scruffy said though - it works a treat. Infact I think if you could push it through onto say some ice it would be even more effective. But it works a real treat! But dont do it with a gaggia or elektra or similar - youll kick yourself!

 

[komodo]

I just read that linked thread (the first post anyway) I dont know that I'd want to add it straight to a pot. I chucked my "shot" into a keg and it was pretty fricken in your face for a few weeks before it settled.
I'll admit it did get a bit of a haze though that I never seemed to be able to get rid of and I can go with the burping. I used cascade at it was like burping the lawn mowers catch bag (minus the occasional barkers nest that usually finds its way into my lawn mowers catcher).

 

[Bribie G]

Bradley, if there's still a Woolies opposite the Petrie Police station there, you can get 'essential' brand coffee plungers for about $12 - you don't need to go the fifty bucks Robins Kitchen metrosexual model "I love my Mamma" variety

 

[Fourstar]

Check out This Link.
should answer some questions.
I haven't tried it though

Any questions be sure to fire them im by direction!

In other news, i recently did a raw cacao nib shot. Verrrrrry delicious!

 

[bradsbrew]

Well I had to do it! I thought the kitchen smelt fantastic but SWMBO didn't appreciate quite as much.

20g of cascade

Trying to cool it as it comes out which was a poor effort

Cloudy oily stuff with gelatine added ready for keg.

I done anither pass as well.

 

[Fourstar]

Well I had to do it! I thought the kitchen smelt fantastic but SWMBO didn't appreciate quite as much.

20g of cascade

Trying to cool it as it comes out which was a poor effort

Cloudy oily stuff with gelatine added ready for keg.

I done anither pass as well.

Noiiiice! Does your coffee macnhine still work? remember to run water through the handle for a few 100ml so it doesnt sieze shut!