The coffee lover thread

In the news this morning:

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/everyone-making-coffee-wrong-study-suggests

 

A Fox News article citing academic journals and scientists? Must be a slow day on the political front.

 

Ah man, now I have have Fox News in my browser history... I feel dirty.

 

But, they left out a few points from the Today article:

The shots were a little more delicate the others, but the increased amount of perceived sweetness made up for that change in ratio."

That sounds exactly how I don't want my shots: delicate and sweet. I'll stick to pressing the button on the super automatic, and leaving it on the fine grind setting.

 

Fake news

 

Oh, don't be so bitter!

 

Now you're talking my coffee language...

 

Co-worker went on vacation to Costa Rica and brought me a bag of coffee

 

I read about coffee I got from about 20 feeds... Have yet to try ... Little light on details... tl;dr use less coffee shorter pull / brew time ... Hmmm

 

BTW This is the equivalent of New Bike day in Espresso Land is about 4K+ worth of equipment... , had it about 90 days now...Loving every minute of it

Well I did it... Pulled the trigger and finally got the setup I was looking ... now have fun getting it all set up
Went through Clive Coffee amazing Folks
La Saptziale A53 Mini Dual Boiler Espresso Machine by Lucca with Pre-Infusion and Volumetric Dosing etc (Wood Panel Upgrade)
Eureka Atom 65 Espresso Grinder
A couple other goodies
Have it all dialed in...
The Steamer is so powerful sprayed milk all over me the first time
And the Grinder... Oh My! Where have you been all my life, powerful, quiet, fast, precise stylish...
The team at Clive is amazing...

 

Your setup may be my new wallpaper.

 

Nice!!!

Re: steamer... Is the steam tip a 4-hole tip? If so, you might want to try plugging 2 holes with toothpicks (and cut them flush)
before you order a 2 hole tip. I could never find peace with the 4 hole tip (nor make decent microfoam) esp since I steam only about 3oz of milk in a 12oz pitcher...

Also, I assume you're not using the volumetric dosing feature?

 

Oh my...

 

nm

 

Got this recently for travel and it quickly became my go-to maker after decades of using a French press.


It all packs down into the cup with a rubber lid

Basically makes shots of espresso. Hot, with a creamy, brown froth. Good stuff.

 

Loved my aeropress.
Once you get that right combination it was hard to beat...

 

I love coffee...but dayum.... That setup above is 2 new bike days

 

4 hole steam tip I'm good with it now I just have to regulate steam.

The grinder is time-based and then of course measured to the exact amount down to 1/10 of a gram with my pearl scale.

Espresso machine itself I have both time and volumetric I like to converge on 30 grams volumetric at 30 seconds. Sometimes I run a little more ristretto others not.

 

Love Aeropress!

 

Interesting... Do you modulate the lever to regulate steam?

 

Yup ... Would prefer knob but lever is fine..

 

@bvader - finally visited Daydream cafe... they were serving Cat and Cloud coffee which I've wanted to try. I had a machiato,
slightly acidic but not battery acid puckering acidic. However, my taste bud was messed up due to a huge plate of garlic fries just before.
Will have to go back again.

This is my current fav roasted beans, just went thru a 5 lb bag:

https://paradiseroasters.com/collections/frontpage/products/espresso-nuevo

Altho it's described as Dark, it's well roasted, no oil, no roasty flavors. It's exc straight and in a cappa.

 

Cool

Actually I often prefer naturals

https://paradiseroasters.com/collec...ethiopia-yirgacheffe-espresso-mekuriya-gobena

Probably check it out..

 

Early on, I didn't have fantastic luck with wet processed green beans of the few that I've tried. So I've gravitated toward natural/dry processed as well.
Occasionally I'd try it again but never got something that worked as well for espresso prep, which is pretty much my only prep, but they were still great for
pourover. To be fair, I've had plenty of dry/naturals that were undrinkable as espresso as well but somehow the bias stuck. Perhaps the fruity aroma of the green beans...

But recently, I hit the jackpot with 2 wet processed beans that were absolutely amazing as single origin espresso. I've just roasted them again last weekend,
patiently waiting 2 weeks to let them outgas before I touch them, hoping that I can find the magic again.

 

I just ordered this yirgacheffe to try it out. Well, also so I wouldn't have to deal with Costco where I normally by my beans.
Was going to get some Ken's Kona coffee, but thought I'd try this instead.

Looking forward to a good cup o' Café!
( you guys wouldn't steer me wrong with this paradise company would you? )

 

I'm not to blame as I only steered toward their excellent espresso blend Nuevo. I will order it again...

I cannot vouch for the Paradise Ethiopia. That said, I buy more Ethiopia than any other origin by far and if I was limited to
only 1 origin, it'd be Ethiopia. At times I may have 3 different Ethiopia on hand. Thus I rarely buy roasted Ethiopia, or any roasted single origin.

 

When the world looks bleak, drink it black.

 

Dude! Remember when the coffee shops had numerous daily newspapers, bound with those long wooden handles...LA Times, Herald Examiner, Daily News. NYT and Washington Post were flown in and available to view by 3pm. Not bad.