Coffee Appreciation

I've got the Gaggia Factory 106 (which is extremely similar to your Europiccola), and I have exactly the same problem with foaming milk- please do let me know if you crack it (and vice versa obviously).

I seem to have cracked the frothing of the milk, but I don't really know how, other than just using a smaller, steel jug.

Technique is the same; I keep the tip of the wand just below the surface and as it starts to foam/froth I lower the jug a bit, keeping the tip in the zone between the liquid milk and the froth, using the sound it makes to tell when it's in the right place, transitioning from milk to froth. I have a round jug and keep it cupped in my hand while this is going on and then once it gets to the stage that the jug gets too hot to comfortably hold, I hold it by the handle and dunk the wand to the very bottom and keep it there for a few seconds.

I think also I may be running the machine a bit hotter than when I first started. I have the older two switch model that requires me to manually switch between the high and low power modes. At first I was a litte nervous when the machine was running on high with the boiling water and the steam coming from the safety valve at the top so I would only really use that mode to help boil the water faster before switching it to low and leaving it there. Now I use low for pulling shots and switch to high and leave it there for a couple of minutes before using steam.

I still fail completely at latte art though (though I'm blaming that on the shape of my jug/spout) and my actual shots are a bit inconsistent.

I got some luwak beans at home.
any one tried them before?

Tasted like shit when i tried some. ;)

Any early risers able to recommend a nice coffee between Euston and Waterloo? Passing thru about 10am and be nice to stop off for a brew... Ta.

http://notesmusiccoffee.com/ is new and very nice. Otherwise the classic Flat White, Milk Bar or Monmouths. All in Soho/Covent Garden

Nice one, thanks.

Went to notes place, awesome coffee - syphon brewed sometingorother, an amazing process for making a drink, then followed that up with a nice kicker espresso.

Defo going back there when next down in Feb.

missed a £10 pavoni europiccola at a bootfair this morning. when i spotted it the seller was taking the money for it :-(

espresso at bike polo, not a problem…

a new level of geekery has been reached - cheers bombcup!

I need this

Co2 cartridges in the handle, noice…

a link please BDW...

no probs…

http://mypressi.com/

merci

2hundradolla....

What's the big fuss about making espresso at home? Why not make really good stovetop coffee? Or filter? Or french press?

Kinds that are much easier and cheaper to get great results from at home, and equally good but in a different way

also gives you the treat of espresso when you're out n aboot

I can't buy a decent espresso, anywhere.

So I make do at home.

Also

My dad got this as a retirement present from work.
http://www.handpresso.com/

Stove top FTW

I want a stovetop with an electric heating element in the bottom so i could plug in at work

so not a stovetop then

Bialetti make one

excellent

anyone know how i can get my letter back before santa reads it?

Used one of those at my last place - never got very hot - funny tasting. And not 'ha ha' funny.

http://www.anothercoffee.co.uk/products/item109560.aspx