Coffee Appreciation

Ah you make it? Cool.

Yes, roasted and packed by me. Good choice of beans!
Down to last 4-5 kg of it, so very sad to see it run out.

Nice. Glad to have ordered 'local'!

Right, cold press.

I cannot get a decent coffee at my university, no surprise. So I need a BYOCoffee option.

Is cold press my best option?

That's a good response from coal town coffee. Selling retail bags of coffee through a third party is a nightmare.

When you opening in Northampton ? Gfs family live there and she always laments the options

I've had good news from planning, good news from environmental health, good news from finance, solicitors..... nada.

As soon as the legal stuff is done. Hopefully March, or the first half of this year, or this year...

I thought so too

Much better than selfridges who told me to call them, the number was a call centre which after 10 minutes of waiting cut me off.

Just to brjng this back:

If you don't give a shit about looks, then you buy this coffeeitalia.co.uk/proddetail­.php?prod=isomac-grinder-2

I actually have this grinder now, and it's great. All performance and no looks. Great grind. Good variability and ideal for home domestic machine (I have a Gaggia Baby Class).

Best bang for your buck Brazilian bean?

The Mexican is really nice. I've been enjoying that.

I will on Saturday. Just asking for other suggestions too.

Bottomless porterfilter for the Rancilio silvia, anyone got one they can recommend?
Is the OEM one as good as any?

Climpsons, Fields Beneath, Tate, alchemy, Vagabond

Bottomless porterfilter for the Rancilio silvia, anyone got one they can recommend?

Is the OEM one as good as any?

the basket will be what makes the difference. the portafilter is just missing the spout so you can see what's going on.

i use this one on my gaggia

http://www.theespressoshop.co.uk/en/IMS-Double-Filter-Basket-1622g-Gaggia/m-2005.aspx

Fields Beneath roasting their own now?

Will give some a try.

Ah! Of course, makes sense. Thanks.

Nice one, be good to know how you get on with it.

Volcano Coffee is selling a pretty sweet Rocket RE A 2 group in London:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rocket-RE-A-2-Group-Commercial-Espresso-Machine-with-volumetrics-/162378271309?hash=item25ce7fca4d:g:c~EAAOSwUKxYkL4z

Good on them, it's a shame when this happens to producers. My mate runs a small brewery and had complaints from a pub who were disgusted at the taste. When he said they'd tapped his beer two months after they bought and it's only supposed to sit around for a week or two, they still demanded a refund. Really crap.

Anyone on here doing kg's of beans at the mo? We seem to go through it at a silly rate at the moment.
Will be for drip filter, pref nothing too rowdy.

Hit up Weanie Beans

Who is Phil? but having a Bullet flat white in Puckeridge now and best roast in ages.

The coffee was so good I had to ask.

I think he was the roaster but it was 6 years ago.