Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

Pretty obvious answer

Do you drink enough water and/or eat enough when you're drinking coffee?

So..with my latest batch of coffee HasBean for some reason included a giant burlap sack (presumably one that used to contain coffee beans?)

So..er... "thanks"



edit: Wow, potato cam ahoy.

thats certainly a little random - shame its not a nice one there are a load of random things you can do with them though.

I got a few off square mile a couple of years back and stretched one over a frame, not got round to hanging it in the new study yet:

I've had a few of those sacks. They use then for packing. Cheaper for them to do that than buy plastics (wotsits or bubble) and, well, hipsters like them for extra vintage/authenticity.

Makes sense I guess. I quite like the look the one stretched over a frame but yeah..the one I have received is pretty blah

Rave sell them if you're so inclined.

Does have the disclaimer;

Sack choice is random, not all bags are pretty and decorative.

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just fyi Rave are having a fire sale for 24 hours - FIRESALE20 on checkout. Fudge blend and decaf blend odered

Siliconslave said:

just fyi Rave are having a fire sale for 24 hours - FIRESALE20 on checkout. Fudge blend and decaf blend odered

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Curious to see what you think of the decaf blend, keep meaning to try one.

Fudge blend ordered, first Rave purchase, thanks for the code.

Scottland said:

Curious to see what you think of the decaf blend, keep meaning to try one.

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just got my order through and having my first cup of decaf now - its not great, but also far from dialed in properly. Seems pretty bitter, lacking in any strong mouthfeel and pretty generic 'coffee' flavour - kind of reminds me of a nespresso I'll be trying it properly over the next couple of days, may even break out the filter and see how that works.

Latte art... wtf. Had this machine for over a year. Still can't make anything that doesn't resemble an indiscriminate blob.

What machine is it?

Took me a while, and plenty of YT videos to get anything close to a pattern - but still stuck with a rosetta

Rocket Espresso Cellini Evoluzione and the grinder is a Mazzer Mini-E "Type-A"

Pic (from when it was fresh out of the box):




It's not the machine, it's definitely the oaf operating it. I can get the milk consistency just right. I just can't pour properly. It all goes pear shaped when I do the "wiggle" bit. I've fluked the odd cup that looks like I meant to do it but I can't do anything consistently.

Best (and only, never been repeated) cup:

Yeah I thought you had a rocket (jealous)

This is the best video I ever found, helped me with my wiggle which was the last bit I was struggling with.

New artisan coffee shop in guildford discovered Surrey Hill roasters. Down the bottom of the high street on the same street as the Whiskey shop with the restaurants.

Elektra machine doing the business with a Mazzer Jolly and Mcap on grinding duties. Always gets interesting when you start talking to the barista and mention you have a Microcasa a leva...

Tried their Pitch Hill blend - really good double espresso, not a hint of bitterness compared to any high street espresso. Brought home some of their Hombry Hill blend for the MCAL tomorrow - roasted by Chris...

Tomorrow morning is going to be good fun

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New artisan coffee shop in guildford discovered Surrey Hill roasters....

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Finally - shame i'm not in the area anymore Guildfords been lacking a decent coffee shop for a long long time.

Glutton & Glee wasn't bad, and the australian coffee lady at the market sells some pretty good beans.

Finally saw Seattle coffee Crew review of the Baratza Sette 270 seems like a nice aesthetic piece of kit, rapid grinding rate in particular (probably 4x the Rocky I use] although whether that gives more heat in the beans, the direct drop through of grind too (although maybe worm drives to provide that are long term reliability issue) unfortunately a bit esoteric for J Lewis so will be difficult to see one in flesh in CB postcode anyway
They now have an OSCAR II review too

Any thoughts on the best bean to cup all in one machine.

I'd love the idea of my own grinder/machine etc etc but being realistic an all in one is my best option.

Budget is £300/£400 max.

I think you should ask Heston see his thread, he will accept £499 , as if he was not rich enough

I'd recommend the one mentioned really good and easy enough to use. Main thing is buy fresh beans and you can't really go too far wrong.