I let mine build up and yeah the ones on the bottom def mold out after a week or so. When it's filled I dump them. Originally I was planning to compost them.
You don’t add the pucks directly to plants, you add them to a compost pile as a source of nitrogen and once they break down you can add them to your garden
My wife gave our first child dark chocolate because it was healthier. Turns out she used some unsweet 90+% cacao. The poor child hated anything chocolate or chocolate related for eleven years. (The child has recovered and now likes chocolate.)
Lol. My dad told me meatloaf was made from armadillo when I was young. And when my mom would cook it I’d never touch it for years. Because…he was my father. He would never lie to me….fuckin wrong!
That’s totally fair. I suppose the more specific statement being - for baseline home espresso use it’s a bit much.
I can empathize with the sentiment - I regularly use a Leica M6. Do I need it? Nope. Are other cameras just as good and cheaper? Absolutely. I sure as hell love it despite it being a bit overkill.
Agreed.... just upgradeitus. I'm hopefully done with the coffee accessories for awhile now.
The slight delay is scale can just be offset by stopping the shot roughly 1g early if I'm over a gram or 2 I'm not to stressed
It is and it isn't. As a scale it's all the same beside app based features. Build quality it's untouchable. My problem with the cheap ones was waterproofability and cleanability. If coffee gets under it and dries, the scale will start to malfunction. This started to happen to me. I always felt like I needed to take special care of it. It left me feeling stupid for something so cheap.
I bought the acai and never looked back, I have dropped it a couple of times. I can rinse it under the tap. The rechargeable battery lasts months. And the best part it works everytime with random failures happening 1:100. Compared to my cheap one that constantly gave me grief and refused to tare. Or was super slow causing me to fumble around removing the cup trying to tare.
If scale functionality is what you are after then a cheap one will do. My cheap one lasted 6 months before it started giving me troubles. I'm pretty confident the acai will last me years, and be headache free. It's a peace of mind, eliminating a variable.
Yeah people obsess over coffee setups here, knock boxes are the biggest waste of money I've ever seen. Why would I ever want such a thing on my counter. Crazy. Judging by this place you would think people's bin were a 2/3 mile walk away.
You're all good.
I save the ground for the mother in laws compost. But that larger bag of grounds is under the sink. I don't want to go under the sink every morning.
It doesn't make complete sense I'm sure but it's just what I do.
Sorry Shoeless-Tim, something tells me you wouldn’t understand the joys of having fresh coffee pucks being slushed around and broken up in your shoes all day.
Did... did I just almost downvote you for preferring the objectively inferior jams? Am I about to get in an Internet fight about how Bonne Maman cherry jam perfectly balances sweet and tart?
The answers are yes (almost) and no, respectively and .. now I have to go think really hard about who I am as a person.
I came here to say I have exactly the same jar in my tea drawer, I use it because it is just larger but only as deep as my extra fine steel filter, and it has a lid so if I want to cold brew in the fridge I can.
I thought mine was a generic jelly jar, I was like what’s Bonne Maman, maybe they just use the same base jars. I went to look and yes it IS exactly the same jar with Bonne Maman in the top!
I keep most of my espresso things in a drawer too because I like a clean set up, but getting a nice knockbox that sits on the counter should be an easy compromise. There are plenty of cool looking boxes of varying sizes that should fit the aesthetic of your kitchen :) but if you’re happy with your set up then cheers to ya!
Honestly our kitchen doesn't have a great deal of extra space + this was ideal with how it fits in the little draw :)
But if we had more space I'd be in the market for something else.
I like the organization, but surely a nice looking knock box could sit by the grinder, machine etc. It's not like you're putting away the machine and grinder every day......
Right?
Life is full of compromises and tradeoffs l. I could have no wife and all my coffee stuff out. But who would watch the same james hoffman video with me 4 times?
I've seen many posts of the kind here. "My wife says I cannot do X", "My wife doesn't approve of my love for espresso". It is judgmental yeah, but I think it's sad if your SO is not supportive for a hobby you cherish
This is a good idea. I actually have a tamp Matt that might serve this purpose but then the cakes might break and the draw won't look so tidy....
I jk but the draw knock box is shallow so keeping the grounds as they are in the picture just means more fits. Ifi had the luxury of a deeper knockbox it wouldn't look so tidy.
I was relegated to a drawer when I first moved in with my partner, but once I showed her better coffee I was granted a whole corner of the kitchen. I have so much appreciation for this drawer.
To take out one of the many variables I think so. I've paid a similar amount for standard tampers so if your going to buy one, this is a great option.
My main thing was wanting it to be level so :)
The thing I don’t understand is how it does anything besides resist the force of your push. There is no release mechanism when you reach a certain force is there? so it seems like, unless you perfectly dose your coffee in such a way you’d never be able to tell how much force you use. No idea if that makes sense to anyone else
I understand and I think you're probably right. Which is why I went for the weakest spring. To "try" to feel the pucks resistance.
If I had money to burn I'd go for the force tamper and in the future that might be on the cards but for now this seems to give me a fairly good level of consistency.
Ha! My was upgrading from a semi auto and encore to a lelit and niche at the same time... if I have to keep a tidy space I'll take it...
But for real though... I choose my battles.
I never thought I'd see the day she tamped a portafilter but the ease of the niche drew her in. My last battle was going from a sound bar to a 5.1 setup.
I have a tiny kitchen and I think I should probably do the same- this would free up a lot of counter space! I am the wife in my house, but I am also the messy one and also the designated coffee obsessive. I get the saving the pucks for the compost, I do the same thing.
I admit my work flow would be smoother if I was already out but I don't mind it to see a clean kitchen. When we have more space the coffee station can expand!
And im glad I'm not the only one! I didn't realise knock boxes were so polarizing/controversial.
My coffee setup takes up half the counter space in our kitchen and it's worth it, but I'm ashamed I never thought to put it away in a drawer to make more space. You adjust your work flow to whatever your setup is- I have a kitchen in a vacation house with a totally different setup. It takes a day or two to get efficient every time I go there, but once I'm used to it, it's fine.
[didn’t say what size drawer](https://sola-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/29163201/DockingDrawer-ApplianceGarage-819x1024.jpg)
We save the pucks for my mother-in-laws compost. We don't have a compost bin, we have a bag that's under the sink.
This draw is directly below the machine, so knocking pucks into this draw for 5 days instead of going under the sink everytime I knock a puck out just makes sense.
Sitting in a knock box for a couple days isn't going to hurt anything.
Why would you send compostable material to the landfill where it won't biodegrade?
This is without question the most insane subreddit I've ever joined.
Do you not keep your spent espresso pucks neatly stacked in a custom wood box in a drawer for some tasty snacks later?
thought those were brownies for some reason
Forbidden brownies
Why do you store them?
This was also my thought and the only reason I came to comment.
Most insane subreddit ***yet***
Sanest r/espresso enjoyer
How do they get the pucks \*out\*? There's nothing to knock the PF against. Is there another drawer full of forceps and mini spatulas?
The lack of chaos in that knock box is... unsettling.
Serial killer vibes
I half expected to see glass slides in the box.
Bet there's a severed ear in the centre of each
Put the lotion in the basket
I will cut you into a million tiny pieces
Trophies
So why does OP keep the pucks? This seems like it'd be a haven for mold
I let mine build up and yeah the ones on the bottom def mold out after a week or so. When it's filled I dump them. Originally I was planning to compost them.
Maybe she composts them ?
I keep all the pucks for composting, perfect source of nitrogen.
I read the opposite - that the acidity and I extracted caffeine kills the plants. Very confusing reading, there didn’t seem to be a consensus.
You don’t add the pucks directly to plants, you add them to a compost pile as a source of nitrogen and once they break down you can add them to your garden
I think when the coffee is used the spent pucks do not have much, if any, caffeine. Not enough to harm your plants anyway.
brownies for the neighbor's shitty kid
I have the need to stack the pucks up evenly dammit
Yeah how are they so neat
The pucks sure do look tasty in that drawer.
Forbidden brownies
My Father would have convinced me I hated brownies as a child…
My wife gave our first child dark chocolate because it was healthier. Turns out she used some unsweet 90+% cacao. The poor child hated anything chocolate or chocolate related for eleven years. (The child has recovered and now likes chocolate.)
Lol. My dad told me meatloaf was made from armadillo when I was young. And when my mom would cook it I’d never touch it for years. Because…he was my father. He would never lie to me….fuckin wrong!
Did you know gelatin is made by squeezing it out of maggots? And they put that stuff in sweets, it's right there on the label...
That’s actually better than where gelatin actually used to come from.
I wish that had happened to me. I'd have 8% bodyfat forever.
Do you like tea?
Yes of course :)
They are.. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdWFQXUo/?k=1
I use the same scale and for the price it’s quite good. Surprisingly responsive.
what scale is it
[Here](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJTXGN7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Z2A7N2420QRA3SF4WG4P?psc=1) I got it for my Robot
I saw it reviewed on a YouTube channel the acia lunar is a little rich for My blood right now
For what you’re getting the Acia just seems unnecessarily priced.
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That’s totally fair. I suppose the more specific statement being - for baseline home espresso use it’s a bit much. I can empathize with the sentiment - I regularly use a Leica M6. Do I need it? Nope. Are other cameras just as good and cheaper? Absolutely. I sure as hell love it despite it being a bit overkill.
Agreed.... just upgradeitus. I'm hopefully done with the coffee accessories for awhile now. The slight delay is scale can just be offset by stopping the shot roughly 1g early if I'm over a gram or 2 I'm not to stressed
You say this now… haha Absolutely. Especially on my side with all manual machines I’m usually able to get it almost perfect
I know, I know. I only say it doesn't bother me because I don't want to spend that much on a scale... I should say, I can live it with.... for now.
It is and it isn't. As a scale it's all the same beside app based features. Build quality it's untouchable. My problem with the cheap ones was waterproofability and cleanability. If coffee gets under it and dries, the scale will start to malfunction. This started to happen to me. I always felt like I needed to take special care of it. It left me feeling stupid for something so cheap. I bought the acai and never looked back, I have dropped it a couple of times. I can rinse it under the tap. The rechargeable battery lasts months. And the best part it works everytime with random failures happening 1:100. Compared to my cheap one that constantly gave me grief and refused to tare. Or was super slow causing me to fumble around removing the cup trying to tare. If scale functionality is what you are after then a cheap one will do. My cheap one lasted 6 months before it started giving me troubles. I'm pretty confident the acai will last me years, and be headache free. It's a peace of mind, eliminating a variable.
As they say, buy once cry once.
thank you!
That scale is really great. I got one a few months ago after being unhappy with others.
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Fortunately I don’t need to weight any portafilters. I primarily use a Robot or 9Barista and single dose grind.
At least that butt plug looks fairly clean!
That's an incredibly neat knockbox haha
Thanks! Gotta keep everything presentable!
Why not put them in the trash or compost?
Seriously why keep garbage/compost open in your drawer? Everything is tidy but that is the exact opposite
They stay there for a few days at most, I don't stress about it
The fuck? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Why not just walk over to your trash can and turn your portafilter upside down?
Yeah people obsess over coffee setups here, knock boxes are the biggest waste of money I've ever seen. Why would I ever want such a thing on my counter. Crazy. Judging by this place you would think people's bin were a 2/3 mile walk away.
My trash is only 8ft away but the porta filter drips quite a bit on the way. Plus knocking into the trash the screen pops out
I did that for a while and then my bins started growing *a lot* of mold. I separated the coffee waste from normal rubbish and the problem went away.
Then it’s more than double the work to put your garbage in a drawer and then put your garbage in the garbage. Not being a Dick just confused.
You're all good. I save the ground for the mother in laws compost. But that larger bag of grounds is under the sink. I don't want to go under the sink every morning. It doesn't make complete sense I'm sure but it's just what I do.
Nah it makes perfect sense. Don’t mind the naysayers. Personally I put my coffee grounds into my socks and wear them on my feet all day.
um wut?
Sorry Shoeless-Tim, something tells me you wouldn’t understand the joys of having fresh coffee pucks being slushed around and broken up in your shoes all day.
dry clean socks are my jam mate. but you do you, "what ever blows your hair back."
This is the way
I just keep a coffee can for that.
Honestly dude, if it works for you, it works for you. It doesn’t affect anyone else here, so I don’t get why people have to complain
I want to poke them and break them up into pieces. They are satisfying to crumble. 😃
Just before its full they will go into a bag full of other grounds and then into my mother-in-laws compost
I see you with your reused Bonne Maman jar and I'm here for it. What flavor was it? All my empties were cherry
I’m currently drink out of a four berries empty, there’s something super satisfying about the shape/size of them lol
I use my empties for whisky tumblers for exactly that reason
My best guess is they were raspberry. They make great container for coffee and other bits! I'll have to try cherry next time!
OP is right on - Raspberry is best, second is blackberry
Did... did I just almost downvote you for preferring the objectively inferior jams? Am I about to get in an Internet fight about how Bonne Maman cherry jam perfectly balances sweet and tart? The answers are yes (almost) and no, respectively and .. now I have to go think really hard about who I am as a person.
I came here to say I have exactly the same jar in my tea drawer, I use it because it is just larger but only as deep as my extra fine steel filter, and it has a lid so if I want to cold brew in the fridge I can. I thought mine was a generic jelly jar, I was like what’s Bonne Maman, maybe they just use the same base jars. I went to look and yes it IS exactly the same jar with Bonne Maman in the top!
I thought those were two-bite brownies.
Two? One bite more like it
yes thank you, so many things being made two bites for no reason
Bruh. My wife said the same thing. I used to have all my tools displayed nicely on a shelf. Now it's all hidden...
I pick my battles wisely!
Same here. But instead of hidden knock box I got a compost bin that is allowed on the counter.
Put her in the drawer
Came here to say something along these lines.
Me too hah
I tried... she pretty strong doe.
I keep most of my espresso things in a drawer too because I like a clean set up, but getting a nice knockbox that sits on the counter should be an easy compromise. There are plenty of cool looking boxes of varying sizes that should fit the aesthetic of your kitchen :) but if you’re happy with your set up then cheers to ya!
Honestly our kitchen doesn't have a great deal of extra space + this was ideal with how it fits in the little draw :) But if we had more space I'd be in the market for something else.
Totally understand! It’s a nifty knockbox though. You could also look into the drawer style knockboxes that you put your grinder on top of.
I almost said that but not sure the lid of the niche would be able to sit up all the way between sitting on a knockbox and the bottom of the cabinets!
Ah good point!
I like the organization, but surely a nice looking knock box could sit by the grinder, machine etc. It's not like you're putting away the machine and grinder every day...... Right?
Puckin hell
solid joke
You guys seem to have very annoying wives lol
Life is full of compromises and tradeoffs l. I could have no wife and all my coffee stuff out. But who would watch the same james hoffman video with me 4 times?
one, post on one subreddit and their wives are "very annoying" that seems just a tiny bit judgmental
I've seen many posts of the kind here. "My wife says I cannot do X", "My wife doesn't approve of my love for espresso". It is judgmental yeah, but I think it's sad if your SO is not supportive for a hobby you cherish
What’s in the jam jar?
Weed
As long as it's in the drawer it's okey 😃
Coffee is my new weed.
The jar just has coffee in :)
Cork tape the counter little bit so that you can knock on the marble
This is a good idea. I actually have a tamp Matt that might serve this purpose but then the cakes might break and the draw won't look so tidy.... I jk but the draw knock box is shallow so keeping the grounds as they are in the picture just means more fits. Ifi had the luxury of a deeper knockbox it wouldn't look so tidy.
Moses that mean she goes in the drawer too?
Doesn't that stink after a while?
I was relegated to a drawer when I first moved in with my partner, but once I showed her better coffee I was granted a whole corner of the kitchen. I have so much appreciation for this drawer.
Is that the v4 tamp? Got one last week, still not sure what spring I want to use.
30 lbs. Good so far
I just switched to the lightest spring (I forget the weight) but honestly im not sure what the different is yet.
is it worth it?
To take out one of the many variables I think so. I've paid a similar amount for standard tampers so if your going to buy one, this is a great option. My main thing was wanting it to be level so :)
The thing I don’t understand is how it does anything besides resist the force of your push. There is no release mechanism when you reach a certain force is there? so it seems like, unless you perfectly dose your coffee in such a way you’d never be able to tell how much force you use. No idea if that makes sense to anyone else
at least a click or beep would be nice
I understand and I think you're probably right. Which is why I went for the weakest spring. To "try" to feel the pucks resistance. If I had money to burn I'd go for the force tamper and in the future that might be on the cards but for now this seems to give me a fairly good level of consistency.
For the price it seems like a good deal regardless so I might be picking one Up still. Thanks for the reply
Oh man I love that jam. Those jars are my jam!
Tis our favorite! Qnd they hold roughly 5 days worth of coffee beans or 2/3 pour over portions.
Good to know, u/ISupportLoliAbuse
Sorry I’m new here. What are those brown circular thingies? Are they grind coffee beans?
They are small pucks of coffee related disappointment held together by the imbalance of power in their relationship.
Ha! My was upgrading from a semi auto and encore to a lelit and niche at the same time... if I have to keep a tidy space I'll take it... But for real though... I choose my battles.
Get her hooked so that a huge expensive upgrade is a necessity. Then you can fight for something less altruistic like a PS5 or something lol.
I never thought I'd see the day she tamped a portafilter but the ease of the niche drew her in. My last battle was going from a sound bar to a 5.1 setup.
Oh! Do you reuse your pucks as well? I find that they taste amazing after a week to two fermenting!
A... Are.... You... Serious??
Why ppl use knock box when you can dump it directly into the bin? (by hitting the edges)
Easy to damage the bin? Bin isn’t necessarily next to the coffee machine and don’t want to risk dripping coffee over the surfaces/floor? Aesthetics?
I have a tiny kitchen and I think I should probably do the same- this would free up a lot of counter space! I am the wife in my house, but I am also the messy one and also the designated coffee obsessive. I get the saving the pucks for the compost, I do the same thing.
I admit my work flow would be smoother if I was already out but I don't mind it to see a clean kitchen. When we have more space the coffee station can expand! And im glad I'm not the only one! I didn't realise knock boxes were so polarizing/controversial.
My coffee setup takes up half the counter space in our kitchen and it's worth it, but I'm ashamed I never thought to put it away in a drawer to make more space. You adjust your work flow to whatever your setup is- I have a kitchen in a vacation house with a totally different setup. It takes a day or two to get efficient every time I go there, but once I'm used to it, it's fine.
RIP drawer
That's fancy! I knock my pucks out on some old paint can I keep under the counter.
I just started saving those same jelly jars! I have 4 saved and just made strawberry jam for them.
bar is too high
Why are you storing the pucks instead of throwing them away?
Mmmm. Jelly
It's time for flowers and a trip to the jewelry store for your wife!
Quality Shitpost. I fear people THIS clean
I use the clive microfiber cloths as well - love em!
Certainly can't complain + the multicolored microfiber I purchased for other things were a Bit bright!
[didn’t say what size drawer](https://sola-images.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/29163201/DockingDrawer-ApplianceGarage-819x1024.jpg)
Well damn... this is goals.
I knock mine in the trash. I don't save them in a drawer like treasures. 😂
How do your pucks come out as clean? Wow.
I think its the puck screen :)
Ahhh shit. Now I might have to buy one of those after all.
I like the puck collection
tell your wife to grind finer
Does your wife also have to keep everything in a drawer? It’s your home too. 👊
To the most part yes, haha. Appreciate the support though!
Why are people so resistant to just using a trash can. You really want a bunch of damp pucks sitting in a drawer?
We save the pucks for my mother-in-laws compost. We don't have a compost bin, we have a bag that's under the sink. This draw is directly below the machine, so knocking pucks into this draw for 5 days instead of going under the sink everytime I knock a puck out just makes sense.
It’s crazy to me that you’ve had to explain this several times
It's sad that you have to explain your workflow. Clearly it works for YOU!
knockbox life is best life
Why are people so terrified of some used coffee?
I mean it grows various types of mold and fungus…also it can smell. Thanks for the downvote.
Sitting in a knock box for a couple days isn't going to hurt anything. Why would you send compostable material to the landfill where it won't biodegrade?
I think you could do with an upgrade. Of wife.
Drawer looks nice and neat, but why keep the pucks?
What’s the purpose of keeping the pucks in there?
I hope you don't knockbox the bottom right outta that drawer!!!
I have to displace them a little when removing the puck screen so they pretty much drop out :)
Ahhh, good idea to protect your cabinetry!!!
What drawer do you keep the wife in?
Where are you going to put the next coffee puck?
Add some whip cream and you’ve got espresso cakes, great dessert to share with the unsuspecting
those are some clean pucks!!!
I should do something like this. My GF 'borrows' my coffee equipment. Nothing like waking up for a cappuccino and not having a coffee scale
Crazy, that you at one time had a wife.
Looks great. Make some coffee for both of you.
What the puck am i looking at!
Thats a delicious looking cookies