Coffee Appreciation

Is the valve not holding or is he grinding too fine / packing in too much coffee? Worth adjusting these things and having another go.

My mate's Bialetti Moka pot safety valve isn't holding enough pressure. Are these a replaceable/serviceable part? I can't find spares for them.

this one?

http://www.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3225&zenid=0if2vftduer47cnf6d0h5enl32

Is the valve not holding or is he grinding too fine / packing in too much coffee? Worth adjusting these things and having another go.

Valve definitely not holding. He was using cafitiere coffee.

this one?

http://www.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3225&zenid=0if2vftduer47cnf6d0h5enl32

Nope. The Mukka Express is the cappucino making one, that also does milk. Their valves are easy to find.

Never seen spare valves for stovetop expresso makers; I've also never, ever seen one fail which may be why.

Corrosion perhaps? May just need to replace the whole maker.

just had an iced latte at grind in putney.
fucking tasty.

Never seen spare valves for stovetop expresso makers; I've also never, ever seen one fail which may be why.

Corrosion perhaps? May just need to replace the whole maker.

i know someone who had a catastrophic fail with a stove top espresso maker where it blew up scalding her.

@hippy likely to be the rubber seal that has gone. good ones usually come with a spare otherwise i think you can order them.

I've got a price on the roaster - anyone interested in a group forum buy?

Only if it's installed at your place, operated by you with instructions from bombcup with the results delivered to me by the lanky bus magnet..

+

=win.

^ does that really work? my old man has both things, could be worth a try

^ found a vid. amazing. i'm so doing that

That's the spirit. If you can get to Bermondsey tomorrow I can give you some green coffee.

Just received a massive tub of puly caff and a backflushing disc from happydonkey.

The water from the machine looks drinkable again.

Do you also regularly descale your machine?

Nah. it only gets filtered water so that cuts a lot of it out. I'm yet to descale it but am a bit paranoid about using something that'll damage the aluminium boiler - citric acid is a big nono.

Tartaric acid

Hippy, Aroogah, any others who may be interested

I was being kinda serious about the group buy on the roaster - enough of us throwing 30-40 notes each

let me knows!

LFGSS Brand Roast? Donate a few bags for sale to the forum?

How much is it BDW? Where would it be located?

I'd buy a lfgss blend for sure, just make sure it packs a punch

don't mind where it's kept

170 notes is the asking price

Wayno
Hippy

any more for the group buy?

Can't afford it unfortunately, though would deffo get a few bags if you end up getting it and making it regularly?

Meanwhile - Love this quote from Tim Hayward:

"When Giovanni Gaggia filed a patent for an espresso machine in Milan in 1947, it was designed to make coffee in industrial quantities at serious speed. Professional baristas get results because they use huge machines that deliver a thousand shots a day. The hand processes like tamping become consistent after the first hundred. To become barely competent could take me years. The boys in the chatrooms will denounce me as a heretic, but I now know that, for me, the best espresso will always come from an Italian standing coolly behind a big machine, not an obsessive Englishman throwing money at a small one."

To BDW et al: i have a Behmor 1600 roaster and i could be negotiated into selling it for around 150 notes. just sayin..