Coffee Appreciation

Nah, far from a houseful, in fact it's not even a fully conceived idea. Sounds like there's some good interest, so depending on Northampton Saints fixtures I'll try to organise something towards the end of this month. Please shout up if you're interested.

Work in a game at Franklin's Gardens and I'm well up for it!

Potentially interested in Northampton!

I have just worked out how to make micro-foamed milk with my Gaggia 106.

Pro-tip: turn the steam all the way on, then it works.

I am extremely happy- to celebrate I knocked a wall down.

Pro-tip: turn the steam all the way on, then it works.

+1

If the machine has too much steam pressure for you to make decent microfoam you're best option is to get a new nozzle for the steam wand with smaller holes in it. Either that or HTFU and get used to it.

Re: Aeropress - does it come with the papers?

(UTFS may answer this, so I'll give that a whirl...)

edit - utfs mentions swiss gold filter that's all? http://www.lfgss.com/search.php?searchid=5234547

We had one at LMNH a while back and it came with quite a lot of them.

^+1 They come with enough for about a year, don't sweat it.

ok, thanks both.

Yeah I think it was 300 it came with.

Yeah I think it was 300 it came with.

A year? That's about a month for me

If I need a coffee while pootling around town i usually use the Algerian coffee stores in Soho.For some reason the other day I went into Flat White on impulse....................Now this is a serious inquiry,can anyone tell me why (apart from being staffed by wankers and a total rip off) they only offer brown sugar.I refused to buy the coffee,what kind of crap is this..In my long life Ive drunk coffee in the best coffee drinking country's in the world (where coffee is treated with respect) and one thing Im sure about is you dont put brown sugar in Cafe,maybe in Nescafe,but thats not coffee.
So,whats the story ?...peace....M

don't adulterate coffee with sugar and milk as it spoils the taste

If I need a coffee while pootling around town i usually use the Algerian coffee stores in Soho.For some reason the other day I went into Flat White on impulse....................Now this is a serious inquiry,can anyone tell me why (apart from being staffed by wankers and a total rip off) they only offer brown sugar.I refused to buy the coffee,what kind of crap is this..In my long life Ive drunk coffee in the best coffee drinking country's in the world (where coffee is treated with respect) and one thing Im sure about is you dont put brown sugar in Cafe,maybe in Nescafe,but thats not coffee.
So,whats the story ?...peace....M

Really showing my coffee credentials here but I've never even heard that you're ''not supposed to'' but brown sugar in. Or white. Surely it's a matter of personal taste?

NB I don't have anything in coffee apart from a bit of milk depending on the type/time..

If you need to put sugar in your coffee then the person making the coffee has failed

This is bullshit....have none of you drank coffee in France,Italy,Portugal,Spain,Morocco,ect,ect....
people use sugar (yes,far too much)....but White sugar,,as it happens I like a quarter of a teaspoon
in my espresso..and as this is the only sugar I ever use Im copacetic about it.....its not a question of need its complimentary .And i dont believe for a second all you coffee geeks are non sugar users..But to be offerd only Demarara in some where that charges £2 for a cafe is taking the piss,they are just trying to be fucking clever......

I don't like sugar / milk or anything else in my espresso ... philistine!

never had sugar in coffee and have drunk a fair few espressos in belgium/france/italy/spain/malta/netherlands

This is bullshit....have none of you drank coffee in France,Italy,Portugal,Spain,Morocco,ect,ect....
people use sugar (yes,far too much)....but White sugar,,as it happens I like a quarter of a teaspoon
in my espresso..and as this is the only sugar I ever use Im copacetic about it.....its not a question of need its complimentary .And i dont believe for a second all you coffee geeks are non sugar users..But to be offerd only Demarara in some where that charges £2 for a cafe is taking the piss,they are just trying to be fucking clever......

Maybe you should lighten up a little.

:)

probably drinking too many espressos…

I spent an enjoyable two or three coffees chatting to a chap who had turned up to the Deptford Project with a coffee machine in a little van type thing.

He was the technical person for a small coffee importing and roasting company.

I hesitate to attribute this to him- but I seem to recall he said that with some roasts it is good to use just a very small amount of sugar to promote the flavours.

This may, of course, be wrong.

Perhaps that should be taken as some coffees are so ruff that they're roasted with an artificial layer of sweetness in an attempt to make it pallatable. Found in coffee served in France,Italy,Portugal,Spain,Morocco,ect,ect....

Ah sorry- the sugar was not added to the roast, but that when drinking said coffee to add a small amount of sugar to it was advocated.

Coffee that requires this may of course be complete shit, to be avoided like the plague.