Ah, there’s nothing better than the first coffee of the day. One person who understands that completely is Imgurian DailyPicturesOfCoffee who, for the past three months, has been posting a new GIF of coffee every day.
As huge fans of his work, and of coffee in general, we decided to reach out to this caffeined crusader to learn more about them.
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DailyPicturesOfCoffee, real name Torje, is studying computer programming at the University of Oslo. He first found Imgur after a friend sent him a link to an amusing meme. “The constant flow of funny memes and random cool content being uploaded to Imgur all the time is really what got me hooked,” he said. “The comments are also often very entertaining to anyone who loves amusing puns…it’s a great community.”
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He uploaded his first coffee post in the middle of February this year. The reason? “I started doing this as I was experimenting with my camera, shooting a short, random clip of a cup of coffee.”
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“I wanted to try making a gif of it, and when it turned out alright, I thought why not upload it to Imgur?” Torje said. “My first username was TheCoffeeMug, so that kind of made sense. I made a few more, and then after about a week of uploading gifs I decided to change the username to my current one, and so I’ve been uploading gifs every day since that.”
Username.
The community has been enjoying his posts.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from the community has been absolutely amazing!” he said. “I can’t say other than that people really seem to love coffee. The comment section usually mainly consists of users either praising coffee or helping each other with information on different kinds of coffee brewing and equipment. It’s actually really cool!”
Sure you do, let's make some!
What’s next for DailyPicturesOfCoffee? Torje said that “The main purpose of my account is to bring a little bit of coffee into people’s lives every day, and I will of course keep doing that, but also I plan on making some kind of how-to type of guide on coffee brewing. I’m not exactly sure how I want to do it yet, but it’s definitely coming.”
We can’t wait for that. There is something incredibly relaxing and methodical about his posts. You can tell he really appreciates the art form of coffee, and the love that goes into every step of making a cup.
First, the ritual of preparation.
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Second, the weighing to make sure ratios are right.
A lot of you guys have been asking why I don’t measure the amount of coffee I use for my french press. Now, I don’t know why anyone would assume that I didn’t measure – of course I do! I thought I’d include that part in a gif anyway.This small french press holds about 270ml of liquid + grounds on the bottom, so with a ratio of 1 g of coffee per 15 g of water, that means 18 g of coffee per portion.
Then, the stirring.
Nothing lights up a gray monday better than a fresh brew!
Slower.
Gotta have my daily dose of french pressed coffee.
That teasing moment before the first sip.
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Ah, so refreshing.
This is my first cup of the day, go grab yourself one too!
Thanks DailyPicturesOfCoffee for strengthening our love affair with coffee, and reminding us to go and make another cup.
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