Reviewing My AliExpress Coffee Equipment Haul
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- It turns out that there are fun coffee things on AliExpress, but not always in places you expect. I hope you enjoy this video - we had fun making it!
This video was produced thanks to the incredible support of my Patreon: / jameshoffmann
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Chapters:
0:00 The Bean Rises
0:20 The Proper Intro
1:05 (Mostly) Filter Brewing Things
9:41 Latte Art - The Main Event
16:00 Espresso Things
23:48 Let's Roast Some Coffee!
27:32 Summary
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James is out here making gold for Hames
@@ffwast I was thinking the same thing.
- "This strange looking object...I guess there is a little vibrating motor...it's a tight quite fit in the chamber....that was physical" 😆
"the idea of a spinny thing always did please me" 😂
@@warthunderrj "But this says - why not both?!?"
Why are we all so broken that hundreds of us had this thought one minute into the video?
I love that James is having a lot of fun lately. The fact that he donned the bean costume, momentarily showed us to messy hair and printed a silly expression on the foam shows he loves a good joke as much as anyone.
I think Lance has influenced him
@@robbiebenson2814 who's Lance?
Hedrick - another coffee aficionado
Who would've thought James is a human being
@@ibmezouar No, he is a human bean! :)
As the patron who "won" the chunky cup, I now have the pleasure of drinking out of the vessel from which James Hoffman tasted his face and remarked it has no flavour.
“Ooh, angry snappy lid” made me laugh because he looked like he enjoyed it
The self stirring mug is actually quite a commonplace instrument in experimental chemistry. The little “pill” is colloquially referred to as a “flea” though more appropriately as a magnetic stir bar. It is typically used inside a beaker or other form of glassware atop of a hot plate which has a magnetic motor beneath it. It allows to a constant rate of stirring and for liquid or solutions that cannot be stirred for whatever reason to be stirred.
there are some videos ive watched of people developing pigments out of certain chemicals and that stirrer definitely looked familiar.
In my experience those things are mostly used because the reaction needs to be stirred continuously for hours, and even the graduate student refuses to sit there that long for such a boring task.
Yeah, but lab hotplates have stirring speed control, only setting this thing has seems to be an 11, lol.
@@CRL_One Yes, my first thought was that the motor was way overpowered to have only an on/off switch. You could stir a smoothie at that intensity. Assuming it's a basic stir mechanism, the speed controller is usually on the bottom but probably inaccessible due to the battery module.
Further, the mug appears to be most useful in terms of frothing milk, not necessarily stirring coffee. The speed at which the stir bean rotates is well suited towards that process.
Never thought that I would hear the phrase “it leaves me no choice but to taste my face”. Strange times indeed… thanks for spending thousands on coffee junk that nobody needs for our entertainment James. You are a legend
We are all now waiting in anticipation for Hames to enhance that phrase.
At some point, we may have watched enough of James' videos to expect these things. Today is not that day.
It's a fantastic problem to have.
I was in a hotel with my partner a few months ago.
As we sat for breakfast one of the employees said we look really good and asked if it's ok to take a picture of us with his phone, which was strange.
A few moments later he came back with a coffee cup with our picture on it (no color).
It was a nice experience, and an interesting use case for the coffee printer.
I could see that printer machine being cool at a cafe to add like specific characters to their latte for an extra $1 or something!
We saw one on a cruise last year. It’s pretty slick.
more like for 10$ lol
Could be used as a marketing gimmick at conventions!
I had a latte a few years ago where they would take a picture of anything we wanted and print it on our latte. I chose my passport cover which was designed by an artist local to their region, and the art came out beautifully. My fiancee and I took pictures of our lattes together and it remains a fond memory.
it would be awesome for halloween and christmas
I like how James has a temp probe to check the temperature of the sand but uses his finger to check the water. "Yeah its about 50C..."
Well, water can not be higher then 100C, while sand can be way over
@@aleksandrG Wrong. Water under pressure can get a lot hotter than 100 degrees C.
@@panzerveps tell me, was the water under pressure?
@@panzerveps Thanks Jimmy Neutron
@@HauntedSheppard It was under pressure. Under atmospheric pressure hahaha :P
9:11 "Enjoy a mellow coffee and live a petty bourgeois life" could actually be the slogan of this channel
It needs to be on a t-shirt if nothing else.
I missed that, ty
I had to stop, rewind and read that after thinking my brain had pranked me. Blipverts, who knew?
We are all about that petty bourgeois life around here 💀😂
It's supposed to be "petite" but petty fits as well (same root, I think). Presumably it's Chinglish
I wonder if the printer skewed green to compensate for the coffee that wasn’t there
That's a possibility!
Nothing like a Saturday night, a James Hoffman video, and a petty bourgeoise life.
Bourgeois, not bourgeoise ;)
@@pierrex3226 "petit," not "petty." ;-)
@@andrewhaley6098 well no, i assume he meant that bourgeois life is petty. Full French would be petite, then. Une petite vie bourgeoise.
@@pierrex3226 petit bourgeois is a common phrase though
@@andrewhaley6098 But it's a quote from the packaging of the carafe which said "Enjoy coffee and live a petty bourgeois life", and I like that James didn't spell it out more than necessary to make the joke.
James going to the Middle East to taste coffee made with a traditional sand brewer, to learn the process, and discuss the equipment and history is a video I would love to see!
He doesn't go outside, someone is making him record these videos
Safest region in the world
then gets kidnapped cause he is white
That intro means we have reached Peak Hoffmann
I am optimistic. I think we are not even close to Peak Hoffmann yet.
No that is the form he takes on at 50 percent power. We are not close to him going 100 percent yet
I can't wait for puck Hoffman.
Hames joffman*
This isn't even his final form
I almost died at the latte art printer part lol. Main event indeed.
Actually the printer is considered to be a great gadget in otaku-themed cafes or restaurants in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in which Japanese anime is really a thing.
They print pictures of the customers' favourite characters when ordered; recently some KPOP themed cafes in South Korea are also getting these things to print KPOP singers' face on the latte cup.
I was thinking I want to drink Jeff Satur's face ahahahahahah.
“The idea of a spinny thing always did please me”. Me too. I thought the magnetic stirrers in chem lab were fascinating and so clever. We need a version of it for the kitchen.
Honestly wasn't expecting the printer to work so well
I had coffee from one of these a few years ago, it worked even better than his example. Like anything probably takes a bit of practice.
Printers often need some tuning (profiling) to get the colours right. I also saw one in Hong Kong years back - want willing to pay the extra for a photo-coffee, but it's a cute idea
@@sirjman The printer probably is calibrated to asume a brown coffee base and adjusts accordingly
Kinda weirds me out drinking ink ?
I guess we will find out in 10 years if it’s safe
@@danielirvine7468 What do you think is in literally everything with artificial colors is?
candy, cakes, frosting, ice cream, jam, jelly, jello, pudding, soda, and so many other things include artificial food coloring and have for almost a CENTURY now
omfg James you are an international treasure in your bean costume
A treasure for Hames Joffmann for sure.
@@zdenek3010 Lol, absolutely, looking forward to the edits
I suppose it gives an entirely new flavour/face/meaning to the expression "Mr Bean".
For the Turkish Coffee, be careful what type of copper ware you use. They all have aluminum coat inside where coffee goes in, but the coat should be 100% perfect for it to not be a health hazard. Copper and acidic liquids are not the best for both taste and most importantly health. Also, the coffee that you made is the most default and most used Turkish coffee brand in Turkey. Maybe packaging was compromised, or maybe it was just stale, but it shouldn't taste funny like that. Also, you should absolutely burn the shit out of the sand before using. It should be at 200+ Celsius for 2+ hours, then cooled, and heated again for 2 more times before using to make coffee.
Thank you for this information!
I’m curious what the point of the heating cycle for the sand is? Do you mean doing that just the first time or every time?
@@ShadowKylar it is only done for the first use as far as I'm aware. It is done to burn away any foul smelling substances that may inherently found in the sand and/or additives that are sometimes added before shipping to prevent the sand getting moist. It is basically aquarium sand after all. It may contain microplastics or other compounds that smell bad. Better to burn them away before using.
james is (with love) a huge coffee snob and its not unlikely that if the most popular coffee in turkey was included he wouldn't like it. he just has very picky tastes, thats his thing.
@@estergrant6713 actually now that I think, it's not very rare that an enthusiast disliking the most popular coffee. I dislike about 70% of the most popular coffee in my area. Totally makes sense that he dislikes it too.
We definitely need "Enjoy mellow coffee and live a petty bourgeois life" merchandise... Please make it happen!
That box! "Enjoy mellow coffee and live a petty Bourgeois life". Truly, words to live by.
I need this made into one of those rustic painted kitchen wall decorative "Live Laugh Love" type signs :D
I need a timestamp.
Good to see the CCP expressing itself
@@TatharNuar 9:11
I know Chinese and unfortunately this really is just auto translation gone wrong.
Here's another vote for a Turkish coffee video! Where I live we typically drink Turkish coffee with cardamom in it but made on a stovetop. I don't know what is special about the sand. If you go to Istanbul, because I'm sure you'll want to do some thorough research, there's a whole room in Topkapi palace filled with coffee and tea making antiques with descriptions of Turkish/Ottoman coffee culture that I could have spent much longer looking at.
That’s so cool!!!
Love cardamom coffee ☕💖
Sand in theory should be able to retain heat longer so you can do large amount of servings once the sand is up to temperature
I live in New England and, as a result, I have drunk my fair share of Greek coffee due to the immigrant community that lives here. I'm told it is very similar to a Turkish coffee. I went through a phase of making it on the stovetop and that's all I drank every morning. I still drink it on occasion, but my new job means trips to the local coffee place, which pales in comparison. I too would like to cast my vote for Turkish coffee. If it's anything like Greek coffee it's underrated and, speaking for me personally, the coffee I would prefer to drink if I had my choice when I'm rushing to work in the morning. James, don't drink the bit on the bottom. It gave its flavor to your tongue. Thank it for that and put it back in the earth.
Turkish coffee=jet fuel for humans
The printer release made my jaw drop. That is incredible.
ngl, would love to see a "Coffee's of the World" series where you spend one or two episodes to "figure out how coffee is made" from different parts of the world, from their roasting to their processing to actually drinking the coffee. Sand cooking(?) has always been an interesting thing to me to the point of someone decided to take their hot sand and boil their coffee in it cause why not. Maybe Part 1 could be History and Part 2 could be How To - by Part 1 and 2 i mean of that region
putting stuff in hot sand to see what happens is probably one of the favorite pastimes in places where there's hot sand basically everywhere
_On every level except physical, I am a coffee bean._ - James Hoffmann, 2022.
A real human bean and a real hero.
Needs to be a shirt printed quote offered by TensHundredsThousands.
That printer is finally an answer to the Starbucks name struggle. Just take quick pic of each customer and print it on their drink!! What could go wrong? 😉
I thought the same thing, but they put lids on them. 😞
@@itsROMPERS... Easy solution: Print the face, put the lid next to the cup. Walk up, find the drink with your face on, put the lid on so you don't have to confront the existential horror of drinking your own face before you've had your coffee, and off you trot
@@itsROMPERS... You could print on the lids.
someone soft surely wont give their permission to print their picture on their own drink
@@josephvalerio6665 Yeah like boomers
I didn't expect "horrified James latte art" to be on the list of things I needed in my life, but here we are.
Oh my gosh that Turkish coffee technique was definitely something else. Biggest tips I can give are water first then coffee so you can get good “crema” (foam) on top. don’t stir it, the boiling water will take care of that. Place it deeper in the sand, like 40-50% deep. Those are the most common mistakes I usually see.
Kurukahveci mehmet efendi's coffee is shit, the brewer can't do much to salvage the earthy sandy coffee of them
@@Dapplication while I don’t think it’s terrible I definitely prefer Arabic brands of Turkish coffee
I don't even drink coffee, I'm just a big fan of James
Амен. I hate Br*tain, but he's a national treasure.
Me too
@@AB0BA_69 Oi teef oi
I remember when I used to be like that.
But then I fell into the rabiit hole.
Burn the Heathen
The printer is great for weddings and parties. We hired a barista for my wedding and they had one of these printers. They printed a photo of myself and my wife and a thank you sign on top of lattes. Our guests loved it.
My therapist: Coffee Bean James Hoffmann isn't real and he can't hurt you...
that tooth 💀
I've had sucha rough day and this video has made me laugh so many times. Thank you so much James for making my night. I appreciate you and your videos. I have recently fallen in love with coffee and your videos are amazing to watch. You make coffee fun!
Excited for the roasting series and for a guide on brewing Turkish coffee!
Hope you’re also still interested in doing a video or two on decaffeination, I’d be super keen to hear your take on it
The printer section literally gave me real tears. Bravo Mr Hoffman you’re a CZcams treat for all.
And now that his face is a beverage, he can also be a literal treat.
I think the issue with the printer was actually the lack of coffee in the beverage.
James said it looked like the green was a little but too much and the magenta cartridge probably wasn't dispensing correctly. However I think it maybe on purpose due to the normal color of a beverage you'd use it in. Which would be a latte, which is slightly brownish which is fairly close to magenta
Dude really is making a cold brew hand pressed espresso
“Wouldn’t like to use this machine if it stood between me and my first cup of coffee for the day” 😂 made me laugh out loud - the mental picture of going to this ridiculous machine for that first, pre compos mentis, cup of the day really tickled my funny bone. Thanks James ❤
Having seen James "The Human Bean" Hoffmann, I can finally die in peace.
Scared to death more like.
This episode is going to be a gold mine for Hames Joffman😂
Yes!
Hames Joffman? That his Reddit?
@@dsdw123 it’s someone on CZcams who makes YTPs of James Hoffman
This was today's favorite of two CZcams offerings--the first, a friend building a backyard chicken coop from recycled materials. Having had better luck and more enjoyment with coffee than I've had with chickens, I express my thanks for all his efforts.
That printer sort of makes me think about trade shows, recruiting events, that sort of thing. Like a gimmick where you print your company's logo onto lattes right before you hand them to your prospective clients or employees, or the reporters you're trying to impress. Something of absolutely no consequence except to show people how much effort you put into your booth or reception or whatever.
" Enjoy mellow coffee and live a petty bourgeois life" is so good.
Would love that on a t shirt
James on a coffee was both predicatbly unsetteling and surprisingly endearing.
I think I need a tshirt with that face on it lol
When this man reviews whacky gadgets, things we know are probably bad, he looks like he is having soooo much fun. I love it
I really loved the beginning bit in the costume, best laugh of the day
I let out a very loud laugh when the magnetic stirring thing yeeted itself into the coffee. Side note: I would love to see a video on the Turkish coffee maker as well as other less traditional (in the West) brewers.
James needs to go to japan and see the anime fan cafes to understand why the latte art printer exists.
Expensive but it's going to pay for itself pretty quick in that scenario.
This whole video is just Chaotic! Love it
Having watched quite a few of James’ videos, I now find delight in knowing that you’re in for a treat when he starts chuckling!
You know James, your level of sass in this video is off the charts. "I know what you want, you want me to drink it anyway". I found myself giggling along. I love the conversation esk way of presentation in your videos. Amazing! Great job! Like many I was weirly impressed by the AliExpress purchases haha
I can't wait to see the Hames Joffman version of this!
I'm still not convinced they're not the same person.
Had to double check I wasn't watching Hames Joffman lol
@@jbradleymusic no no no Hames has mustache, a very dapper one
Great video! Thanks James for making coffee fun for everyone!
I came to discover a maybe useful addition to my coffee collection, but got some laughter instead and a shock about what products are made and sold! Thanks James. Great video 🤣
I want to open a shop called "Little Coffee Shop of Horrors" and sell all this crap dressed in the coffee bean costume.
Don't forget coffee pods with cereal flavor.
...and don't forget the coffee printer. Talk about a money machine. Customers will be flocking from everywhere, to drink their heads off.
@@MetalheadAndNerd coffee milk lattes do be amazing though
And the true horror is that you serve bad coffee!
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 so a starbucks?
Since you mentioned turkish coffee, I think you could do a really awesome series or at least video about travelling to different areas and learning their brewing methods from some locals, then doing an "ideal" brew back at home similar to how many people make moka pots one way, but then you have your better brewing style with it that just takes the method to be the best it can be. My coworkers just told me about an interesting indian one I guess called Indian filter coffee. It uses something not dissimilar to a moka pot but includes chicory in the beans while brewing. I think outside india its knowm as filter kaapi
And then maybe we can get him to do cowboy coffee on a horse!
Chicory was widely used as a coffee substitute in Italy... between 1939 and 1950 or thereabouts.
Indian filter coffee is extremely different from a moka pot. It really couldn't be more different
@@veganpotterthevegan the process is different, but it is a similar device
@@chrism95 why? Because they're made of metal? I have multiple of each. They share nothing other than being made of metal
James, I love coffee, I love the process of making coffee unfortunately I do not have the time to do it myself but I enjoy your videos. This one in-particular, after a horrific weekend and an equally bad day, I watched this video and it managed to lift my spirits! Thank you very much James, David
I'm glad you helped Alex! That was fun to see!
I feel like Hames Joffman will be able to make a masterpiece out of this video!
Which instantly makes it a classic
Crass images is an incredibly polite way of saying what we'd all do with that pen 😂
12 year old boy art FTW!
The smoke coming out of the sand coffee maker is probably an oil that is coated on metal products to prevent rusting while shipping, it'll stop burning after a few uses or after washing it off well!
I realized he didn't wash any of the things he used. :o Can't be hygienic.
I loved that ending so much, thank you for that!
The Ultimate Ibrik Method with some history lessons would be AMAZING
The stirring mug is just the same design as a magnetic stirrer for labs and such, I got one in a box of other stuff built with just a magnet glued to a computer fan stuck in a little box you set any old container on and drop the little stir bar into it.
I instantly thought of NileRed and his stir bars when I saw that thing. Wonder how they make it work with a metal mug, though...
@@NickiRusin as long as the inside isn’t iron/steel the magnetic field can go through it. My guess is it’s aluminium.
@@NickiRusin I looked it up and the product info says it's stainless steel, so it's probably a grade of austenite steel since they're less ferro-magnetic.
Even better, some of the lab versions have integrated hot plates, so you could use it to keep your drink hot at the same time.
@@nicolaplays1134 the lab version often has adjustable stir speed and temperatures too, so you can warm your liquid however you like,
This was a wonderful and fun video. Loved it!
James saying Combustion on a poorly made greenscreen-esque flaming background is exactly the energy I needed. Thank you
This is James' guilty pleasure along with Ikea products.
That latte art had me laughing out loud! I can’t believe how well it worked!
Probably would have worked better on an actual Latte, as it is clearly calibrated to assume a milky tan coffee base
It's always a delight to watch James getting in discomfort for us !
I don't drink coffee and I'm not sure why i clicked on this, but i found it fascinating. You made the subject interesting and your accent/cadence were very soothing and pleasant to listen to.
I genuinely loved this episode. There were interesting gadgets, James’ subtle humor, and most important of all, my new favorite coffee mascot 😂
Hames is gonna have a good time with this, I can just see it.
Also, some exploration of Turkish coffee would be cool (though I'm sure the list of future projects is already a mile long). I have a little ibrik that I bought a few years ago, used like once or twice, and then stuck it in a cabinet and forgot about it. Now that I'm getting a new grinder that, in theory, should be able to grind down to Turkish level, I kinda want to revisit.
I missed out on the Hames jokes... Where can I get more info from? Lol
@@TheMatchReview the Hames Joffmann channel
Best opening to the video ever. Keep up the great content mate
God, I love this, I am so glad youtube recommended this channel
This is pure joy. Mad scientist James testing ridiculous coffee gadgets is my favourite James 🤣
That magnetic stirrer is the exact same kind you use for stirring reactions in beakers in a lab! Usually the magnetic base is built into the heating plate as well.
I think if they just added a speed control just oike the hot plates that have a stir function it would be nice
This video simply made me happy. Thank you.
I just always find it funny -> anything is interesting when someone is passionate about a topic. I don't like coffee. I will most likely never like or drink coffee. I don't wanna learn to enjoy coffee. Yet i watched almost all your videos, learning on how to make a great cup of coffee. Thanks for great content as always :)
Might be your best review video yet, James. A good, through, honest review of a bunch of products. And you picked some super interesting products to review too!
This gentle chaos (so far... I'm only about a quarter of the way through) was exactly what I needed today 😊
One of the funniest and most quotable videos I’ve seen from this channel in ages - brilliant😅
Finally got your book delivered, its great.
I absolutely LOVE the testing and reviewing cheap/weird/random stuff videos.
Testing the good stuff is not as fun
I had to come back to see if I didn't click the Hames channel, great video! I just can't enough, I was genuinly entertained and uplifted, can't say how much I appreciate your work
Coincidentally the manual lever machine (ZXS) can be connected to another version of the your steamer (11’38”). That steamer can chain the steam (and hot water for brewing too) through a plastic tube to the manual lever machine to preheat it to higher than 93 degree C for espresso. I can send you a photo if you like.
Love to see your gadgets reviews and they are very informative and interesting. You just saved me a lot of time and money. Keep up the amazing work 🎉
I'm really interested in this! Can you send me a photo too please?
Im having a miserable Friday night in, and suddenly I see this video. You just fixed my mood James. An honest "thank you" is the least I can say
It’s back!! 😮
NIce, I just started making Turkish coffee and it's the first thing in this video. It comes out really good just bringing coffee to boil in a pot, it actually quenched my taste for proper espresso machine.
Brilliant!
Cheers James ☕
I didn't think anything could beat the bripe video, but this was 28 minutes of joy
I would love to see more of a look into Turkish style brewing especially with sand. It’s probably the most foreign brewer to me (maybe the syphon would contest)
Yeah I'm here for a Turkish video... but James might struggle given his oft-expressed dislike of sludgy stuff in coffee and love of the paper filter.
Also what if it's good? Do I really want him to open that door and make me buy another grinder? (Maybe my Knock could do Turkish... but doing that with a hand grinder feels like it'd be pretty hard work...)
I purchased a similar self stirring mug about a year ago (from Amazon). I use it and rinse/wash it about 5 days a week, without any problems. I use it to mix a powdered bone broth into hot water.
Loved seeing you with Alex.....Great show
Oh man, I never knew how much I needed an "Understanding Turkish coffee brewing" series from James before this video. Now I cannot sleep.
This whole video is probably so James can write off that latte art printer as a business expense 😅
Well obviously he writes everything in these videos off cause he bought it for work
@@kc8724 well obviously you’re missing the joke entirely
No idea what the tax rate is in Europe, but if it's anything like the US, I don't blame him 🤓
@@mattzechman4408 tax rates in Europe tend to be much higher than in the US
I knew a girl from England in High School who's family moved to the US when her father's Tax rate hit 105%
@@mattzechman4408 Europe is a continent 🙂
Hames is definitely bringing out the best in James
I’ve been waiting for a Briki (Turkish/green coffee) video! Excited to see its now on your radar
Can we vote for Mr. Hoffman to do a whole exploration in Turkish coffee?
Yes!
Thanks James for your highly informative video and spot on delivery! I love Ali for stuff like tampers, dividers, mats and stuff. I order a lot of fly fishing/fly tying stuff and nowadays I am seldom disappointed. But it took me quite a lot of time to navigate through crappy and even completely unreliable sellers to find a number of reputable shops. Good stuff is made in China, the challenge is to find it. I am pretty sure it is the same thing for coffee stuff. It is also a game of common sense, which for me excludes buying elaborate mechanical or electric stuff.
So cool James. that sand thing is intriguing... never heard of that before.
Another Fab and Educational Video Thank You
"I need some hair product" is my new go-to excuse for everything