Coffee Appreciation

I’m in total agreement with you. I enjoy the process of making coffee. Anything that elongates that process and makes it more repeatable and consistent I’m all for.

It never gets annoying or boring.

I guess the proof of the pudding is in the eating, I could taste the difference which is all that counts. I don't care what anyone else says.

I've not been 100% happy with my coffee for a while so I've been tweaking, looking at my process, trying to get to my perfect cup of Joe.

I really want to go to a coffee tasting. So I can try a load of coffees in one go. Do roasters do these?

I believe so, my local roastery only offers them to their commercial customers. Would be useless for me unless it was a decaf specialist, we get the shitty end of the stick although things are looking up!

Just made a bottomless portafilter for a Gaggia Classic I recently put back together.

Made, as in attacked with a hole saw attachment for a drill. It's not perfect but it'll do! Have done a few in the past and they turn out OK.

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That'll do nicely.

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But does anyone have a beginner’s grinder? My wife is going to start grinding her own beans.
I don’t think she will manage a manual one

My partner uses a Hario Skerton manual grinder without any trouble. She also rides a bicycle, much to the consternation of many of the neighbours, some of whom have approached me with their concerns that she will develop 'bicycle face' or worse.

More seriously, assuming she isn't striving for award winning espresso or Pourover, then most entry level grinders will do the job sufficiently well i'd guess?

Krupps Expert @ £60 new may be a good starter?

Depends on the coffee you want drink?

Pour over or brewed coffee can be made easily with the cheapest of grinders.

If want an espresso, eBay or the coffee forum will give you the biggest bang for buck.

Sage smart grinder or a Rancilio Rocky are good starts.

I don’t drink coffee so have no idea what pour over etc mean….she uses a cafetière or one of those aluminium screw together things.

She also can’t ride a bike

My wife is going to start grinding her own beans.

Well I got the Gaggia Tin Man fired up and working!

New element on, wiring on, pstat and pipe on, group head borrowed from my Europiccola and sight glass tube and gubbins on.

Fired up, safety valve popped as per usual and pressure started to build. Leak from the lower sight glass holder (will probably replace with a spare as I have as it's caked in melted plastic) but other than that it's grand. Pressurestat cycles just over 1 bar which feels right too.

Can't wait to tear it back down and rebuild it now, will get my 3yo son to help too 😁

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Couldn't resist a picture with the hat on

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I’d love one of these but always think I’d be too heavy handed with it

Looks great!

Unlike that steam wand!

Ha! Tucked away safely.

I was quite well behaved this year so Santa brought me a Kingrinder 6 (thanks @M4xime for pointing me in that direction). First use this morning and I'm quite impressed! I'll only be using it for filter at work and when away from home so can't comment on grinding for espresso but it made a really nice V60. A massive upgrade from the cheap Krups thing it'll replace.

I made a right mess though, I need to work on not chucking beans and grounds everywhere.

To avoid mess making you need to have a coffee before you make your coffee, obviously.

I’m really tempted for a hand grinder for weekends away. But how much worse can coffee be after 3 - 5 days

If you have to ask then you already know the answer 😉

For what it's worth, I've found that pre-ground from a decent motorised grinder (Niche in my case) is better than fresh-ground from a basic hand-grinder (Porlex) for a good few days (not been away long enough to notice a cross-over at least). Not sure how the newer, more capable hand grinders stack up though.

Which was £30 grinder Hoffman raved about

I've been really, really happy with my 1zpresso Q Air. Light (plastic body), small (fits in an aero press), grinds pretty good, cheap.

Kingrinder P1, I bought one for decaf, it's very good for the price but honestly, on holiday, who gives a fuck? Just pre grind, it's really not going to matter.

I had the made by knock but it fell apart first then I started having cold brew and grinding 40g of coffee felt like a Herculean effort.

Pre ground baby choo choo