Coffee Appreciation

You get the van....

It puts the lotion machine on its skin ute..

£3800 for a 1grp Bezzera? Are they smoking something?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bezzera-Espresso-Machine-Bistro-Range-Fully-Auto-1grp-/110505364491?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_BOI_Restaurant_RL&hash=item19baa20c0b

I can't believe there's a 3grp just sitting here unused..

Hers was only a 2 group one, i'll get back to you when I find out what it is.

My kitchen is small - 3grp is too big (otherwise I'd have nicked that La M already!).

1grp is best. 2 would probably squeeze in (read: hippy throws out every other kitchen item to install it)

Finally got round to paying the bean man on Delancey street a visit. I like that he's cheaper than Monmouth, super close to my house and does 125g bags (so that I can try everything without it costing me a bomb) but his espresso grind is on the coarse side of a good cup. If anything, it's the coffee's way of telling me to HTFU and buy a grinder...

i'm getting shown how to roast beans this week. the same dude is also hotrodding the grinder.

borp borp

has anyone been to penny university yet?

that looks good, i'll check it out early next week

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lovely to see a coffee thread on the forum. Im a roaster based in Brixton. Im roasting a batch of Nicargua Limoncillo Coffee at present. Have a look at the link for my roasting style. I like to roast dark, for a filter coffee but can also grind and roast for espresso drinkers. getting some good reviews and always keep things interesting by roasting different coffee's usually from Central or South America. Roast upon request... so its fresh ;)

Did any of those mad Clover coffee machines ever make it across from the US? The ones that Starbucks bought out just to make sure no-one else could have them?

YouTube - The Clover Coffee Machine

yep - tinderbox in glasgow merchant city have one. believe the hype, it's amazing!

(shame their beans aren't so fantastic.)

my coffee blog: click the link and feel free to have a look around my roastery ;)

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Nice to see a home roaster on this. You getting those oils on the coffee straight out the roaster or is that after a few days?

cheers

its a pleasure to be on such a popular thread. roast the Cuba Turquino Lavado well into second crack.... oils shine through straight after the roast. I deliver by bicycle by the way...

Just spent a few hours down at Square Mile chatting with the guys there, really cool people and some gorgeous machines.

[gets coat and runs!]

You can run but you can't hide

Go get 'im, Brave.

Racist ;-)

penny university: pure genius. only six seats, menu consists of three different beans (each with a different brewing method). that's it. no takeaway, no milk, no sugar. but a really well-educated coffee brewer, willing to give you lots of info on both beans and process. my favourite quote from him: "we're decidedly against choice." i looooove places like this.

oh. and the coffee is... amazing.

going.

fact.

penny university: pure genius. only six seats, menu consists of three different beans (each with a different brewing method). that's it. no takeaway, no milk, no sugar. but a really well-educated coffee brewer, willing to give you lots of info on both beans and process. my favourite quote from him: "we're decidedly against choice." i looooove places like this.

oh. and the coffee is... amazing.

just been, second everything teddy said. On the verge of wanky but not which is spot on. didn't have time to try more than 2 kinds so will try to get back this weekend, hope it's not rammed

sounds really wanky, but i will delay my judgement until i go there.

It would be for me, if they were snobby, which they certainly wasn't. Me and 2 friends shared 2 cups of coffee (3 was the plan) to be able to taste all 3 kinds of beans, and they were happy to do, and only charged for two cups even though we tripled the washing up

never thought i'd say it but i just bought a nespresso magimix M100 and it's amazing. very very good coffee with no cleaning up. impressed