Coffee Appreciation

no suggestions for affordable coffee machine? Or should I just stick to the stovetop?

I do realise that asking if a sub £200 machine is more-or-less the same as asking someone to recommend you a geared bike for less than £200, but still....

Gaggia Classic

Shop nearest victoria that sells drip-cups and grinders? My new workplace is addicted to instant ><

We break one (well, the cleaners or the dishwasher does) every few weeks.
There's a stream of them through the kitchen.

Was particularly sad as i happened within minutes of walking through the door to my new job... and I did the same thing on the first day of an old job last year. Same cafetiere too.

Where do you pick up the replacement glass? I got it from Sainsbury's before but it seems my local store doesn't stock them. It's a bodum btw.

bodum do spares online or try john lewis.
i got a spare glass from smith bros in tooting my local kitchen/homeware shop.

Ta, I figured they'd do online, just a bit slow today and don't know any of my local shops!

50 pages too much to read!

Kenya Gethumbwini Peaberry has been keeping me happy for the last few weeks.

Met the guy who runs www.wearecoffeefix.com at macclesfield treacle market, website since tells me he rides fixed in Manc - wonder if posts on here?

^Looks good, uses hasbean coffee. Is he busy?

Was particularly sad as i happened within minutes of walking through the door to my new job... and I did the same thing on the first day of an old job last year. Same cafetiere too.

Where do you pick up the replacement glass? I got it from Sainsbury's before but it seems my local store doesn't stock them. It's a bodum btw.

One of the other guys grabs Bodum glass off amazon I think.

cheap tesco plastic cafetiere FTW, mine's survived 5 years of camping, may be very slightly sludgier because the filter isn't quite as good quality. Grind coarser steep longer for a clean brew.

BC are you in maltby street tomorrow?
i might swing by with the coffee i had ground last week if you are.

^Looks good, uses hasbean coffee. Is he busy?

From what chat we had it's going well. They're opening a cafe near stockport soon so i'll pay it a visit at some point.

BC are you in maltby street tomorrow?
i might swing by with the coffee i had ground last week if you are.

Yes mate, what time you thinking?

Yes mate, what time you thinking?

will be in farringdon till 11-11-30 then i'm done so 12-12:30 or if that's your lunch hour then when you get back from that?

Cool, I'm roasting tomorrow which doesn't give me much chance to chat but I can sort you out some replacement coffee and I'll take a look at the ground stuff on monday and let you know.

cool. see you late morning.

thanks for sorting the coffee out (and showing me your big hot shiny machine)
had to lower the dose a fair bit (a good 5mm from top of basket after a light/medium tamp) but get a nice long consistent pour and masses of crema.

will get one of these sometime soon

Pret a Manger's idea of flat white is jokes. Also, the man called me "mate". Do not like.

Was a pleasure Gary, go get that grinder.

Sparky, that's an interesting point, I always address people as sir or madam when I'm serving them, it sometimes feels a bit cheesy but I figure it's best to start formal and back it off if they become familiar.

Was a pleasure Gary, go get that grinder.

Sparky, that's an interesting point, I always address people as sir or madam when I'm serving them, it sometimes feels a bit cheesy but I figure it's best to start formal and back it off if they become familiar.

It's all about subtle cues. If I'm being served by someone polite, and we've had some small talk, it might be OK. But today the bloke just rushed through the whole thing, took my money, then pointed three feet behind me and said "wait there mate". Ridiculous. Plus my coffee was there 5 seconds later, so I made a show of taking three deliberate steps forward and collecting it. Crappy place. I just really like their ham and eggs bloomers so sometimes cave in.

Pret make a lot of noise about their coffee, but every coffee I've ever had there has been burnt and generally unpleasant. I've frequently watched them open the steam valve into the milk and walk away.

thanks for sorting the coffee out (and showing me your big hot shiny machine)
had to lower the dose a fair bit (a good 5mm from top of basket after a light/medium tamp) but get a nice long consistent pour and masses of crema.

will get one of these sometime soon

What is it and is it any good? I'm in the market for a grinder and that looks like it might be a suitable size for my kitchen (the Silvia already dominates, not sure my flatmates will tolerate much more coffee paraphernalia on our already limited worksurface).

ascaso i-mini steel. they do one slightly cheaper in black or silver. the one in the picture is a bit more because it's stainless. i too am short on space so want something with a small footprint

you get some idea of it's size here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn5SN_X3gig&feature=player_embedded

How are you going to get the dose consistent with that if you grind right into the basket?

well i don't have the grinder but i guess by eye.
i get consistent results by just spooning a certain amount into the PF once i have a new batch of ground coffee i usually only need to make 1-2 shots before i get it right then i get it near enough spot on every time until the batch runs out.

Okay, I guess. I'm still to make good espresso really so I'll take your word for it (and not worry too much about dosing in the future).

I've frequently watched them open the steam valve into the milk and walk away.

Was recently at Stanstead at 3am and ordered a flat white and that happened, left it for about two minutes. Coffee was uber shite. Not that I was expecting the crack coffee team at that time of the morning, but still...