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The Coffee Institute

S.O. Specialty Beans! What are your favorites to use for espresso?

What are your favorite Single origin coffees to use as espresso? What are some really great S.O. experiences you have had? Right now I lov…

Started by The Coffee Institute

1 Aug 24
Reply by Benza Lance
Cindy Liu

Naked Spraying

Despite the awkward suggestiveness of the title, I really do have a problem with spraying when pulling shots using naked portafilters. I've…

Started by Cindy Liu

27 Aug 21
Reply by Brady
Erick Morningstar

Milk Issues

I'm having problems steaming milk. I've tried whole milk and 2%, organic and conventional. I'm getting dry, grainy texture, and it separate…

Started by Erick Morningstar

7 Aug 20
Reply by teresa
Lorenzo Perkins

Latte Art "Ghosting"

So here is a problem that I run into on most of my pours . . . ghosting. It's when, right before the white white starts to show up, the esp…

Started by Lorenzo Perkins

13 Jul 29
Reply by Lorenzo Perkins
Ricky Sutton

Steam boiler temperature & pressure.

Where do you keep yours and why?

Started by Ricky Sutton

0 Jul 23
Dave_G

SO Espresso Yirgacheffe

Hey guys, I decided to try some Ethiopian that was roasted fairy light through the 'spro machine and got mixed results. This was roasted f…

Started by Dave_G

4 Jul 22
Reply by Kevin Ayers
Pangi

SO espresso

Hi all, Can anyone let me know from their experience if the Ethiopian FTO Oromia makes a decent SO espresso? If not what are your recomme…

Started by Pangi

4 Jul 20
Reply by Chris DeMarse
brett felchner

Anyone using a summer espresso blend?

Back in the spring, my boss and I started sampling new espresso blends for our shop and we found a great four-bean blend that I had thought…

Started by brett felchner

1 Jul 7
Reply by Alun Evans
Kelly Wright

Ritual vs Four Barrel?

My cousin gets Four Barrel for his restaurant, but when I went to SF my boss wanted me to bring back Ritual...I'm interested in how you guy…

Started by Kelly Wright

0 Jul 5
paulito

red espresso?

i just saw "red espresso" on youtube for the first time and i wondered if anyone out there has tried the stuff. im not much of a tea guy bu…

Started by paulito

22 Jun 30
Reply by John Cunningham

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