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This is Simon from Coffeeboy. Please join me in the struggle to enlighten the unaware of what good coffee really is in an inviting environment.
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The whole pre-infusion thing is a little bit overrated imho. For instance on an E61 machine, you've already got pre-infusion by design. You're really not accomplishing a whole lot more by adding to it. Take for example the majority of La Spaziale Vi…
As I understand it, the contemporary school of thought is of the mind that your best bet is to use unrested beans; however, this will only buy you a very small window, beyond the ±30 minutes alloted for the espresso ground coffee to degas, where qua…
We're moving our coffee operation into a much smaller space, and I'm considering pre-grinding a small amount of decaf at the beginning of the day (maybe using the Bunn drip grinder set on "espresso") and keeping it in a small Cambro container by the…
I actually meant to post the above reply ^^ in the discussion entitled "Best commercial espresso machine", but I suppose it could be relevant here as well.
Still getting used to this forum's layout! :p
+1!! Absolutely quoted for truth!!!
There are a lot of shops and serious home baristas out there who'll have something like a Linea or GS3 mated with a Mazzer Major. Having had both a commercial flat burr grinder and now a conical one, I think the…
I like the idea of a hempuccino... doesn't have the buzz you're thinking of but somehow the vanilla hempmilk tastes great with sf gosh thats good chocolate powder and and bit of caramel sauce. Surprizing! It's the first coffee drink I've liked with…
no, we're using oregon chai. we used to use my chai before that...
Innovative or simple, all are welcome to advise, question and best of all create the beverages we all love to taste! Attach pictures and talk about your inspirations behind signature beverage building.
Awesome, this is all great feedback. I definitely dont mind paying a little extra for a reliable machine. After all i have no idea how to fix anything major that is wrong with it. Ive been useing a La Marzocco for the last 3 years, and its been pret…
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