Coffee Appreciation

People say it makes a smoother cup compared to using the metal filter too, I've not tried yet.

That'll be why it's hard to push down. I used one for months assuming that all the guys in the cafes had just developed extra powerful plunging arms...as much as I like the idea of using a metal filter over a paper one, they taste better and you're less likely to smash your mug under the pressure.

Apologies in advance for a dense question (or two)...

Does an espresso blend taste ok through an aeropress?

What actually is the difference between an espresso and filter blend?

Chris King coffee anyone?

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/chris-king-coffees-3567-p.asp

Does an espresso blend taste ok through an aeropress?

What actually is the difference between an espresso and filter blend?

Espresso blends can taste fine. They are just adjusted specifically to taste good as espresso, but that doesn't mean it won't work. I'm drinking some Origin Espresso Blend from Aeropress right now.

(In my opinion) Filter blends will often tend to be lighter roasted which can give more fruit flavours and delicate aroma. Espresso will tend to be darker to mute the sourness.

For you coffee fans - apparently most Michelin starred restos use Nespresso

http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/julian-baggini-coffee-artisans/

Interesting read on some levels, thanks for the link.

The 'test' was poor and didn't represent quality barista-prepared espresso at all (4-day old stale beans which were roasted for filter?!)

The comments to the article highlighted this much more eloquently than I can...

Did I imagine that someone posted a link to a paper on taste/solubles in cup/how the coffee is extracted through the puck etc? I was halfway through reading it and now I can't find it? Heh.

The hasbean Hangover Cure is well worth a dabble, there's a lot going on within it, is very sweet.

The taste from this morning has been (excuse pun) bugging me all day until I got my old bags out to check, the Hangover Cure is very much like the Nicaragua Limoncillo Pacamara Natural that hasbean was roasting back in June last year...

I had that stuff and loved it. I was brewing it with a mocha a pot at the time.

^^ Someone else who keeps a record of what they have drunk. Glad I'm not the only one!

^ embarrassingly I have every empty bag on a shelf.

I'd like to find a use for them, they're just huge d-bags that'll never rot in landfill.

^ You could put coffee in them?

Fill them with used coffee grounds and give them to people with gardens?

^^ the likes of hasbean, square mile & atkinsons keep sending me new ones full of coffee. I have reused the odd one for mixing up and storing experimental blends of different single origins.

^ good call, we compost our own grounds here tho.

They might make a good barrier layer around fruit bushes to prevent weeds growing up around them...

I write notes on my used bags with a Sharpie marker.

^ embarrassingly I have every empty bag on a shelf.

I'd like to find a use for them, they're just huge d-bags that'll never rot in landfill.

I did do that but ended up with a lot so I just cut the labels out and throw the rest. Yet to find another use for them unfortunately.

What? Why? WTF?

Did the coffee taste a bit flat?

Broken hob init.

possible bargain:

http://coffeeforums.co.uk/showthread.php?8415-Gaggia-Classic-plus-Auberins-PID-Silvia-wand-naked-PF

^^ repped, genius, i can feel the desperation

After three weeks of shitty NHS decaf. instant, then mediocre Percol instant and most recently the occasional sneaky coffee chain brew, today I was given day leave so visited the absolutely fantastic Matthews Yard in Croydon's Old Town: http://www.matthewsyard.com/

Proper coffee, how I've missed you.

Pros: HasBean coffee, properly brewed, friendly staff who accommodated my fussiness, zero wankery, clean/airy art studio-like space, no curdling of the soya, no charge for the soya, reasonable prices all round.

Cons: It's in Croydon.

Cons: It's in Croydon.

I tried to warn you ;-)

Proper Coffee and Soya milk in the same post?

0_o

Bovine lactate rules.