My new coffee machine.
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OK, it's not my birthday for a couple of weeks, but Herself insisted I might as well use it "to make sure it works" since TNT smash the EU to UK plug adapter it was boxed with. And I have to say it's fine - couple of poor design decisions, but nothing too major, and it makes good coffee. So I've been experimenting with blending my own coffee and most of the results have been the same: it tastes good, but it's just going straight through me. Still, with blends like these, who needs enemas?
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OriginalGriff wrote:
blending my own coffee
drool :-) I'm about to try 'locally' grown coffee - they grow/produce coffee in Aus (Northern NSW/Queensland) and PNG - I have a sample pack of 4 suppliers to try (All espresso)
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OK, it's not my birthday for a couple of weeks, but Herself insisted I might as well use it "to make sure it works" since TNT smash the EU to UK plug adapter it was boxed with. And I have to say it's fine - couple of poor design decisions, but nothing too major, and it makes good coffee. So I've been experimenting with blending my own coffee and most of the results have been the same: it tastes good, but it's just going straight through me. Still, with blends like these, who needs enemas?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
What make and model is your new coffee machine? pics, links? Sorry, if you posted this already in another thread.
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What make and model is your new coffee machine? pics, links? Sorry, if you posted this already in another thread.
Gaggia Naviglio Silver | Caffè Italia[^] It brews a little too fast - about 15 seconds for an espresso - so it doesn't probably pull all the flavour from the beans, but other than that and some poor material choices it's pretty good. Makes way better coffee than my cafetiere did!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OK, it's not my birthday for a couple of weeks, but Herself insisted I might as well use it "to make sure it works" since TNT smash the EU to UK plug adapter it was boxed with. And I have to say it's fine - couple of poor design decisions, but nothing too major, and it makes good coffee. So I've been experimenting with blending my own coffee and most of the results have been the same: it tastes good, but it's just going straight through me. Still, with blends like these, who needs enemas?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Coffee and Beer, you don't buy them you just rent them.
The less you need, the more you have. JaxCoder.com
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Gaggia Naviglio Silver | Caffè Italia[^] It brews a little too fast - about 15 seconds for an espresso - so it doesn't probably pull all the flavour from the beans, but other than that and some poor material choices it's pretty good. Makes way better coffee than my cafetiere did!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Gaggia Naviglio Silver | Caffè Italia[^] It brews a little too fast - about 15 seconds for an espresso - so it doesn't probably pull all the flavour from the beans, but other than that and some poor material choices it's pretty good. Makes way better coffee than my cafetiere did!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
It brews a little too fast - about 15 seconds for an espresso
I wouldn't know anything about that... apart from a [YouTube video I was watching over the weekend (why was it recommended for me? `¯\_(ツ)_/¯`) that was reviewing coffee grinders, where espressos were brewing in about 30s...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LGeBcUZ9YA&t=750s) A strange fascination to be had in a set of coffee grinders where the cheap end was $1500, rising to $3500+... My coffee exists in a very different world than that!
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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OK, it's not my birthday for a couple of weeks, but Herself insisted I might as well use it "to make sure it works" since TNT smash the EU to UK plug adapter it was boxed with. And I have to say it's fine - couple of poor design decisions, but nothing too major, and it makes good coffee. So I've been experimenting with blending my own coffee and most of the results have been the same: it tastes good, but it's just going straight through me. Still, with blends like these, who needs enemas?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Are you roasting your own coffee? I started roasting about 3 years ago. While I will drink commercially roasted coffee, most of it tastes stale to me. Roasting is easy enough and the entry level machine I have works fine. It doesn't have the bells-n-whistles much more expensive models have, but it fits my needs. The drawback is that you must plan ahead -- roasted coffee is usable 4 hours after roasting, but it's recommended to age most beans for 2 to 4 days, and they start getting stale after another week or so. Keep in mind that commercially roasted coffee is months old, so 3 week old home roasted coffee is amazing in comparison ... Nothing tastes as stale as a K-cup
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Are you roasting your own coffee? I started roasting about 3 years ago. While I will drink commercially roasted coffee, most of it tastes stale to me. Roasting is easy enough and the entry level machine I have works fine. It doesn't have the bells-n-whistles much more expensive models have, but it fits my needs. The drawback is that you must plan ahead -- roasted coffee is usable 4 hours after roasting, but it's recommended to age most beans for 2 to 4 days, and they start getting stale after another week or so. Keep in mind that commercially roasted coffee is months old, so 3 week old home roasted coffee is amazing in comparison ... Nothing tastes as stale as a K-cup
No, but I can still remember the smell of the little shop that sold the fresh-roasted beans my mother loved. If I roasted my own, the whole house would smell like that, and I'd be drinking coffee 24 hours a day ... :-D
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No, but I can still remember the smell of the little shop that sold the fresh-roasted beans my mother loved. If I roasted my own, the whole house would smell like that, and I'd be drinking coffee 24 hours a day ... :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
:laugh: I understand that! The independent coffee shops in my area mostly buy from a local roaster, and most post a sign in front of each canister of beans, stating when it was roasted. As much as any coffee shop smells good, the independents smell MUCH better. The cupboard where I keep my roasted beans smells amazing each time I open it!
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No, but I can still remember the smell of the little shop that sold the fresh-roasted beans my mother loved. If I roasted my own, the whole house would smell like that, and I'd be drinking coffee 24 hours a day ... :-D
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
The independents in my area re-sell roasted beans. It's far from cheap, but getting a variety of fresh roasted beans is wonderful. This might be an option. I buy green beans in 3 to 6 lb bags, and do a mixture of re-buying previous choices and trying new ones. Some are better than others, but I've yet to have a bad one! Except for decaf -- I buy decaffeinated beans in 1 lb bags, as I use very little. My wife and some friends want decaf. The best of these are merely "ok", but decaffeination kills the flavor. Interesting factoid -- Dunkin decaf tastes pretty good (for decaf) because it has a fair amount of real coffee in it ...
