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I have an idea for a post, some may have seen a comment of mine earlier. I’m looking for the most offensive-to-coffee-snobs approach to making coffee possible. I’m assuming something to do with instant, but from there, I don’t have many ideas.

Someone suggested reconstituting it in milk, that seems fun, any other ideas? I’m fully expecting the end result to be absolutely disgusting, for what it’s worth. I’m looking for the worst abomination possible, but it still needs to technically be coffee. Get creative, have fun with this. Whichever technique gets chosen (or multiple get combined), I’ll credit in the post I make.

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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 78 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do it like a tequila slammer: drink a shot of water, lick instant coffee, bite into a creamer cup.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s hilarious, I love that idea.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

We call that the poor man's affogato

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Make a gallon of instant, store it in the fridge. When u want a cup, pour it and warm it in the microwave. You're set for weeks!

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That sounds like way more effort than just making instant normally when you need it.

For people with electric kettles, anyway.

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[–] artifex@piefed.zip 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I can’t find it now but I once read a (probably Reddit) post about an engineer who had access to extremely high pressure hydraulics, and force-extruded ultrafine coffee through a semipermeable membrane at something crazy like 100bar.

Edit: Oh you said anti-elitist. Nevermind, my bad.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

I do actually have a use for some of that info in the post I have in mind, so thank you still for your comment.

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 23 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Instant coffee, the cappuccino kind with disgusting powdered milk and caramel flavored.

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Decaf, preferably.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Use warm water from the sink without letting it run first

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I think the worst and most offensive coffee I ever drank was out of a vending machine which also served soup through the same nozzle.

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My husband used to microwave water and use that microwaved water to make instant coffee. I think mixing it then microwaving it is the only thing that could make it worse. Or instant coffee from the spoon.

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[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Had a rowing Buddy that would make "death in Stalingrad": standard coffee drip machine. Put in powdered coffee and fill with vodka. Both coffee and vodka as cheap as humanly possible. Let her rip and "enjoy". Worst coffee experience I ever had. Like worse than having the shits and vomiting at the same time.

[–] Wfh@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I feel like a much more efficient way of getting hammered with disgusting drinks would be to mix instant straight into vodka. The brew pot would evaporate a lot of ethanol anyway.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Instant in warm water from the tap, without running the tap for it to get hot. That would take too much effort.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

At least half these commenters apparently didn’t read my post right. I’m glad you did, that’s the type of thing I’m looking for. Thank you.

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[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
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[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Put a pinch of grounds between your cheek and gums.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Buy a cup of Tim Hortons.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For all the people mocking instant: it will never be a great cup of coffee, but some aren't half bad. Also very easy and convenient when making coffee flavoured drinks or deserts etc...

I am definitely a coffee snob. I roast my own single origin green beans, manually grind to perfection and pour over/espresso with the best of them.

I do turkish coffee, mocha pot, and even my own chocolate covered coffee beans and a home distilled coffee liqueur. I still have a jar of instant coffee...

[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Get some unroasted beans and cook them like pinto beans.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meh, making good coffee doesn't have to be elitest. Good coffee can be very accessible.

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I’m aware, I’m doing research for a joke post. Feel free to look through my post history on this community to see my stance on coffee. I like to put a lot of effort into my cups but I’m also a big fan of easy accessible coffee too. My coffee making guide that’s pinned in this community was designed specifically for that. A beginner friendly guide for making great coffee without being too intimidating. I just thought it would be fun to do a comparison post (as a joke) between lazy (and terrible) coffee vs the most over the top brew possible, given the debate on here lately between instant vs espresso. It’s just all in good fun.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cowboy coffee. Pot of water and coffee grinds, boil, shock with cold water to drop out most of the granules, drink

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[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

1: Get the coffee from any fast food restaurant delivered (Burger King is real bad)

2: (Optional) Microwave it since it'll probably be cold

3: Too Much store brand flavored creamer (not cream, can't have real dairy) in it

4: Topped with the fakest whipped "cream" you can find. Preferably just a spoonful of the stuff you find in the freezer aisle

Technically still coffee, but I think this would be illegal to serve in at least 50 countries. Will be a solid 1/10 cup at best, both in terms of taste, and aesthetics

Actually, alternate: Percolator. Burns the coffee while it brews! It's a feature!

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[–] i_need_your_bones@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Whole bean unbroken put into a pot on the stove boiled for quite some time.

Fuck you in a cup

Edit: put instant into an espresso machine

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I think making bad coffee in a bad way is not offensive to coffee snobs. What would be offensive to coffee snob would be to get some extremely expensive boutique coffee beans and prepare them in a snob way where each step is wrong. Example:

  • get single original, unwashed fermented with who knows what 80€/kg beans
  • prepare them with a Chemex, using a recycled filter paper (if this ever exists)
  • measures your beans in a measuring cup, 5 cups / L of water
  • grind the beans with a blender (any grind size is fine)
  • skip weting the filter, just put your grinded beans in the filter
  • boil a tap water kettle to 100°C
  • pour all the water at once until the filter is topped up (do not measure obviously)
  • wait until it drains
  • server and enjoy
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[–] brandon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Grap a bag of pre-ground coffee, the cheaper the better, and throw a bunch in a pot along with cold water straight from the tap. Place on the stove at high heat and serve once its boiling. Cheap, easy and requires no special equipment and likely terrible.

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[–] CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pour instant coffee into a bowl, add milk, and eat it with a spoon like a bowl of cereal.

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[–] GloriousGasHole@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Chew a coffee bean and then take a swig of water

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife actually always eats a bean every time we get a new bag of coffee.

She’s yet to actually enjoy that experience.

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[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I've tried this. The chewed up bean is hard to get out of your mouth without several swigs of water. I like doing it with a small piece of chocolate.

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kopiko hard-candy + hammer + water + microwave.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See, I envision this as something that a semi-normal someone might think of as a slightly unusual yet perfectly fine way to make coffee, but that would baffle a coffee snob.

Boil plain tap water in a pot, or maybe a plain beaten up old kettle, if you never one. Bring it to a full boil.

While that's going on, pull out your nicest coffee cups - like if you have the ones with the little saucers, that's great. Put them on a tray with a doily if you have one. Put cream and sugar in formal containers, with a special small sugar spoon (or tongs if you're going with sugar cubes). Have some small pretty napkins to go with, maybe a bud vase with a rose and some baby's breath.

Get some ground (or maybe instant?) coffee and put it in a couple of those single-serving tea infusers. Put them on the tray as well.

Let them see you in the kitchen, pouring the water from your manky beat up pot/kettle into the fancy cups. Put everything on the tray and bring it out. Then blithely put the tea infuser into the cup and let the coffee steep at the table-side, like if you were having tea.

It's fancy enough to have them questioning whether this is some special way of preparing coffee that they're just not aware of (or maybe a new TikTok trend), but it's really just you messing with them.

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[–] Leather@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Laziest", an "get creative", are in conflict.

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[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Chew on the coffee beans and clear your mouth by drinking water.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hit the coffee seeds with a rock and then toss the dust in a cup of water... a cold one.

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[–] shifty@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

Microwave some store bought coldbrew. Only drink that style of coffee

[–] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Beans and water in a blender, then to the microwave?

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Grab a used cup of instant ramen from your trash, add coffee beans (don't grind them), add water from tap (any temperature is fine), put paper ramen lid on top and allow to steep. Forget about it and then drink it an hour lster.

As a different approach is coffee ice cream technically coffee? Scoop into mug, put in microwave, and heat until mug is unsafe to touch.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The one I experienced in France long ago. We had been driving through the night and were in desperate need for coffee, so we stopped at a small rest stop. Ordered coffees for all of us.

They had a large, battered metal pot on the stove, and used a soup ladle to pour the coffee into the mugs. Complete with coffee grounds. Nobody knows how long this stuff was simmering there. It could have been days. Or weeks. Or since B.C.

I like my coffee strong, but that stuff was vile.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Camp coffee. It comes in its own filter, like a tea bag. You throw it in a pot of boiling water, and it turns to coffee.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Put a spoon full of coffee pouder in a cup and poor hot water on it. Let it set and drink it like Turkish coffee.

Simple, no elitist destruction or irony.

I guess the instant coffee is the worst you can do. Put to extreme, just lick on some coffeine tablet while spraying coffee aroma into the air.

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[–] xep@discuss.online 5 points 1 month ago

Don't make any at all and just drink the water. That'll show them.

[–] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Get a tight mesh strainer and a mixing bowl. Put preground coffee into the strainer and poir hot water through it from an electric kettle. It's not meaningfully different from making pour over coffee in a chemex, but I bet you it'll make the coffee snobs real twitchy.

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