Coffee Appreciation

It came with the rubber camera hood to make a funnel. I place a tamper in the top to prevent popcorning. Previous owner (bought off here, would need to double check who, TTM?) had replaced the burrs. I made the chute/funnel out of a pancake doser and just taped over the exposed bits (with the plan to replace with something more significant but several years later nothing has changed).

I love it. How's the coffee? Is it a super jolly?

I come cheap (he says)

It is a super jolly yes. Coffee is great (although I’d definitely be curious to have something to compare it against). It has a nice fine adjustment and retention is very low if you blow it out with one of those rubber rocket blowers. Considering it owes me about £90, and they can be had for cheapish, I think they’re a great option. They are a bit of a unit - take up about as much space as the classic beside it.

Has anyone got any thoughts on super jolly single dose mod vs niche zero?

I suspect the super jolly is likely to be 50-100£ cheaper and likely much easier to source parts for?

I had a super jolly off eBay and then the Daniel Wong mod. Had it for about 9 months and in the end got fed up of the camera blower + spraying fines around my worktop as a consequence.

Totally see why many people are very satisfied with it but I took a chance with the new big timemore on kickstarter and sold the SJ off.

If I had the same money again I’d look instead for a Eureka probably or try and stretch to the Niche but YMMV

Been looking for some decent coffee near me since I moved to France, google maps has been pretty shit but I found a few places. Last week actually found a roaster on my road, most things are around the 10/12 euro mark for a 250g bag but their top selection stuff was 22 euros a bag, now that's way spenny and not gonna be a regular thing but it is fucking banging.

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Free espresso machines up for grabs if you're prepared to do a bit of faffing/subscribe to beanz.com

I spotted Kev's coffee blog has a discount code for Sage machines, so have bought a new Bambino (others are available in the promo) for the princely sum of £195. Sage currently have a cashback deal on, which means if you subscribe to beanz.com for coffee, they give you £50 cash for every 20 bags you buy up to a maximum of £200. If you buy two bags a fortnight (perfectly reasonable), it'll take you 80 weeks to get the £200 back. The promotion is running for 18 months, so with a bit of a tweak to the subscription in the last month or so, you should be able to hit that magic 80-bag figure.

If I do this right, effectively they'll have paid me a fiver to buy a coffee machine.

now that is an extremely interesting proposition...

Don't suppose anyone's got a Porlex grinder they don't use anymore? My ceramic inner burr has finally given up the ghost and I can't seem to find one in the UK at the moment... I think I've got the first version, not the II... PM me if you can help!!! Thanks!

I’d use this as a perfect excuse to upgrade to something significantly better tbh. Grinders have moved on a lot from ceramic burrs.

Hmmm, I thought about that actually but can't really afford it right now... hence why I've just been looking for the burrs

I could post you my old hario if you want?

YB x Alpkit present the Tau special edition cable & light storage tin?

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Perfect! I love seeing those being reused in the wild. Nice to see someone using it for wholesome storage purposes too.

Very much appreciated but I think I'm going to take your advice and upgrade... I have had the porlex for about 7 years so it's had a good run!

Managed to find a cheap good condition super jolly off ebay - does anyone have a doseless kit/mod they're trying to get rid of?

Thinking of selling my cubika machine. Anyone interested or not worth it for the aficionados here

I offered mine and got nil interest. Lol.

Cut the handle off one of these, and cut a hole in it. That’s what I did. There’s loads of kits available on Etsy etc if you CBA with the DIY.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unique-WElinks-Stainless-Dispenser-Accessories/dp/B07X1Y8LPM/ref=asc_df_B07X1Y8LPM/

Spotted this mentalism is rome tonight, sadly not being used, it’s also 10pm so not going to have a Coffee anyway!

Still on the lookout for a niche zero…

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Enjoying mine after @Nef and others recommended it. For anyone looking to dip their toes in espresso for cheap I highly recommend taking @Overuser155208 up on their offer

I still rate mine, and I reckon they were built really well. Got plenty great shots!

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The timemore boat docked in port yesterday. 🤗

Problem is that talk of the several kg of seasoning needed for the 078S has put me off slightly.

Nice! Was yours in the first batch? Yea the seasoning sounds like a royal pain