Coffee Appreciation

Really cool video up there. Thanks bombcup.

they just need to get a barista who knows what they're doing in there.

I'm calling in tomorrow to have a chat with Lewin and see if we can change that =P

Whose coffee they using? They'll most likely be getting training from the roastery soon.

I went to a mens clothes shop on Shoreditch High Street, called Present, on Thursday.

I'd been there before and went back cos they sell some well nice garms an ting get me.

Anyway, they have an all-singing-all-dancing coffee machine next to the till and I thought I'd have one.

Really, really, really, really excellent flat white.

The coffee setup in Present is run by Gwilym Davies who's the current world barista champion

O RLY?

I will have to go again.

YouTube- Espresso, Intelligentsia

YouTube- Syphon, Intelligentsia

Anybody know any good places in London to get pitchers/tampers etc?

Spinning the portafilter after it's loaded with coffee? Tut Tut :)

Anybody know any good places in London to get pitchers/tampers etc?

The Algerian Coffee shop on Old Compton St has a selection.

Spinning the portafilter after it's loaded with coffee? Tut Tut :)

The Algerian Coffee shop on Old Compton St has a selection.

Cool i'll have to check that out.

I just won a Gaggia Classic on eBay for £47. It's got some problems but should be relatively easy to fix. This should team up nicely with my new Zassenhaus.

just got a zass for 18 bob posted, german ebay is great for it. Even if they don't list uk postage they all tend to ship here if you just email and ask first

how/why is a siphon dangerous? i used one at uni i liberated from my folks. worked great until i smashed it during a shaving foam fight or coridor frisbee session most likely. it was a while ago.

went to look mum no hands on friday after the blackfriars tramp beers session. looked nice but there was a big queue for coffee, the toilet was busy and i was busting so i moved on.

went to route canale today to check out the set-up and generally say hello. had a coffee in the adjoining cafe. ordered a machiato and got a flat white... which was extremely good i have to say. most impressed. the sunshine and live folk band helped too. *thumbs up

i went to bea`s of bloomsbury today and got served a rather nica cappa ia might add..

plus i got to see a red-chain-yielding hipster nod by

http://cafefreddo.com/ in Ealing has the "best machine in the world" and the "best coffee in Ealing" according to their A-boards. Looks like they are hiring so westie baristas might want to have a word.

http://www.toomuchcoffee.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=113747

http://www.toomuchcoffee.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=8475

I never even noticed them. Looks like it's time to pay a visit.

Went for a job there, buggers wanted full-time only. Might look into it for a summer job.

I was thinking of you when I posted that. Was actually gonna text you when I saw the Wanted:Slave ad but don't have your number.

Hah =P Went in and had a chat with the owner Simon, nice guy, makes good coffee too.

That coffee machine is so good that they named it after two Campagnolo groupsets.

That coffee machine is so shiny that they named it after two Campagnolo groupsets.

ftfy

This thread is dangerous... I'm now seriously eyeing a gaggia classic.

I haven't touch my office Gaggia for some time now. Been smashing (not literally) the cafetiere brews.

Stove stop bialetti.. FTW... And just got it a little friend..

Good lad. And its a burr grinder! Stovetops really are the shiznik.