Coffee Appreciation

It is a great shop. Interesting selection of beans and they sell the Baratza Virtuosa grinder for around £170, which I think is a good deal for a great grinder. Friendly and helpful staff too. They changed their opening hours - hope that tdoesn't mean that they are struggling.

Strange, I've seen the Chelsea-fashionista-yummy-mummy-army sipping on java there many times...

We went to Megan's over the road - lots of rah-rah-yummy-mummy-rich-daddy-army there.

I got an Aeropress for my birthday yesterday and picked up some Cap Colombia beans from Monmouth to try out in it. Fuck me, it's a beautiful thing.

Using it inverted with 18g grounds and 180g water, 50s bloom and 30s plunge.

That shit tastes good.

Any top tips for a newbie?

there are some great tutorials online - videos etc

hasbean do some good ones

i have just taken out the hasbean 3 month subscription, with a view to taking the 12 month one if enjoy the coffees

I got an Aeropress for my birthday yesterday and picked up some Cap Colombia beans from Monmouth to try out in it. Fuck me, it's a beautiful thing.

Using it inverted with 18g grounds and 180g water, 50s bloom and 30s plunge.

That shit tastes good.

Any top tips for a newbie?
Practise makes perfect!

^ that's a hint btw :)

I got an Aeropress for my birthday

Any top tips for a newbie?

As a general rule, tend to brew darker espresso-style beans using the faux-espresso method (espresso grind, 30 odd seconds brew with water volume at "2"), and brew the lighter stuff like you might do for a typical filter (coarse for minutes).

I re-use the filter papers a few times which some people seem to disagree with. They don't last as long with finer grinds.

Not sure if it's due to Hasbean or the PO, but last few orders (including ongoign one) aren't exactly whizzing their way here First Class as per postage. Ordered 18th, allegedly shipped 20th still nowt with todays post. Had to chase up last two orders also.

Anyone else experiencing a similar first world problem?

^nope but you just made me think about ordering coffee for over christmas period once the postal service gets overwhelmed.

#panicbuy

Yeah, I still need to put in an Xmas order for after this lot, might stay local with http://www.thecoffeecircle.co.uk/ who is a really nice guy growing his roastery from scratch in his garage.

Boom, the parcel man just knocked on with 3/4 kilo of beans. Happy days.

did anyone here order any coffee from union roasted through their 50% off offer in the times?

http://www.unionroasted.com/times

code is: TIM1210

for orders up to 2kg but is still working at the moment.

Does anyone have any experience with mail ordering from Union, and the sort of roast dates that you get? Ie. is the coffee nice and fresh?

Seems like a good deal if I buy maybe 750g.

think it's 3-5 days from roast but it says about it during the checkout process. you can also set your desired delivery date

Thanks - worth a shot (or two). Ordered a kilo of the winter blend.

Good shout, HB... Gonna try some of their decaf, I seem to have overdone it on beans this month... Working from home = Lots of coffee breaks :)

my hasbean was posted on friday, arrived saturday

Waitrose Mocha Sidamo, yum

any recommendations from union roasted?

foundation and rogue seem to be quite well received on coffeeforums

have ordered 2 of each plus 1 winter blend and 1 bright note.

will likely grab another bag of red brick as back up but that lot should see me through xmas (delivery on the 10th).

Possible bargain Gaggia Classi plus MDF grinder:

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=281028787909&index=0&nav=SEARCH&nid=82682643061

Cheers hatbeard! 2 kg of coffee ordered.

Think i'm going to need an electric grinder to drink all that...

i think a mouth is required for drinking

nonsense coffee enema ftw!

#greenwing

aaargh just bought 500g of beans (which will last me a fair while) but quite like union coffee too. can you freeze beans without ruining the flavour and whatnot?

also, if i wanted a coffee machine, is a gaggia classic the one to go for? (ignoring budget for the moment...)

did anyone here order any coffee from union roasted through their 50% off offer in the times?

http://www.unionroasted.com/times

code is: TIM1210

for orders up to 2kg but is still working at the moment.

It's a great machine, you really can't go wrong... Look out for the best deals on Amazon...