Coffee Appreciation

64.5 x lots and lots

Dibs! Now to just find an empty warehouse to store it in ...

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Yes, that's bigger, but doesn't look like coffee :)

Today I had to go to one of the biggest warehouses in the country storing coffee after it arrives in UK. It's of a very impressive size, makes you think a little how huge is the industry, and how much of this stuff we go through. I can say it was a biggest amount I've ever seen in one place, and it just one of the warehouses.
Please excuse my shit photo skills, I was too excited to hold my phone still.
Four rows of mountains:

Looking to the left... :

... and to the right:

Green beans?

Impressive

^^ Yes, that's all green beans.

Nope, you have to have a toilet for the staff, which must also have a handwash basin that is not used for any other purpose than handwashing.

No requirement to provide evacuation facilities for the punters.

I think you only need access to a toilet, rather than your own toilet for staff.

Is there a map of london and with all the good coffee shops marked on it?
I'm walking from Euston to Mayfair tomorrow and might need some pointers.

New machine arrived in the office today:

Touch screen with 24 different drinks options (including hot chocolate).

Lovely so far.

^^^^ Woooof, is that Eniti's warehouse?

^^ boy, that thing is reaaaally ugly!

Is there a map of london and with all the good coffee shops marked on it?
I'm walking from Euston to Mayfair tomorrow and might need some pointers.

http://londonist.com/2014/01/alternative-tube-maps-coffee-shops.php

Wild Wood is great in Central.

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^^^^ Woooof, is that Eniti's warehouse?

This one is in Tilbury. Eniti is on a list to visit.

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I think it's been re-named to wild and coffee or something now, but if it's the place just off high Holborn, tis great. Lovely environment and top coffee and food.

Was more the link to the map tbh

Is there a map of london and with all the good coffee shops marked on it?
I'm walking from Euston to Mayfair tomorrow and might need some pointers.

It might be too late, but there's this one:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=212883045933520320583.00047407808f1a1aa3a02&msa=0&dg=feature
(from a link on coffeeforums.co.uk)

This one is in Tilbury. Eniti is on a list to visit.

they're entrusting the safety of that much coffee to a place in TILBURY.

fuck me, I did my driving lessons around there and it's crime central. I wouldnt be surprised if it was ground zero for the chav outbreak of the late 90's.

I was working outside yesterday after turning my Gaggia Factory 105 on.

Me Julie reports the following:

• Boiler made standard heating up noises
  
• Sound of steam emerging
  -Went over to check- pressure needle "all the way round" the dial"
  
• Steam venting from the emergency pressure release
  
• She turned it off
  
  

And now the heating element doesn't turn on.

Has anyone had this happen before?

I'll take it apart later, just wondered if this was a known failure mode.

Did it have water in it? I think there's a safety cut off switch inside, you might need to reset it.

Yeah, it was about half full.

I'll have a look for a reset switch when I take the base plate off.

"The design incorporates the best of modern technology such as a nickel plated non-corrosive brass boiler, long life element, pressurestat and a reset safety thermostat."

From here.

So, looks like they'll be some means of resetting it.

Perhaps more importantly- why did it go up to 4 bar in the first place?

Duff pressurestat the most likely candidate?

Yep, check the pressurestat, and locate the trip switch.

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My partner drinks decaf only and is getting miffed that a v.nice local coffee shop has "just run out" on her last 3 visits. Q for baristas, is decaf something a decent shop should manage good stock of, as they would espresso or filter, or is it an afterthought with a 'it don't matter' attitude to those what might want order it?

It depends, who and where.
Some places do not have a second/third grinder, and don't sell much of decaf. They may be ordering smaller batches of ground decaf.
In my case I tried not to run out, but not having too much stock sitting around, as it goes stale quicker once ground, and turns nasty.

Some places just don't give a shit. But I don't know/go to those places.