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Easier to use what looks like a bent PCI slot cover to install them. The amount of people I've met who don't know what it's for is amusing - and normally ends up with them having bits of finger missing as they try and do it with a screw driver.



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snips86x said:
Would be interested to know what you think of it. I'm always on the look out for new coffee :)

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Beans, filter roast.

It'll depend on how you brew coffee really, these are lighter roast for use with filters (AeroPress / Clever Dripper / etc.) and it'll depend how you brew them too as to the results you get.
I've had various Clifton ones before, usually really good in both AeroPress and CleverDripper so I can't see these being bad.

Living and working in Bristol means I'm quite spoilt for choice with places to drink decent coffee and to buy as well. I tend to buy from Full Court Press as Matt and his employees all really know their stuff and will advise well, but also because they change retail beans every week or two, allowing me to try new beans at home very often. Any beans they have on retail will also be the ones they have on the board for drinking too so you can try the variety before you buy the beans.
Small Street Espresso are good too but they tend to only stock and retail sell the same beans for a while so less variety. They will also grind beans for you if you want, however most people will advise that you only grind when you make a coffee as the beans will lose flavours roughly 5mins after grinding so if you have grounds sitting about for weeks, they won't have their full flavour.

If you're closer to Bath I'd suggest going to Repack Espresso near Royal Victoria Park (just West of it), Jonathan is very keen on his coffee and again, he'll give you brilliant advice in rather a lot of detail (right down to exact weight of grounds, type of water, infusion rates...).
Colonna & Small's is also a decent place in Bath, I've not been but Jonathan knows the guys well and recommends them if you're in the centre.

Your location says Wiltshire hence mentioning the above places.

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InvaderGIR said:
Beans, filter roast.

It'll depend on how you brew coffee really, these are lighter roast for use with filters (AeroPress / Clever Dripper / etc.) and it'll depend how you brew them too as to the results you get.
I've had various Clifton ones before, usually really good in both AeroPress and CleverDripper so I can't see these being bad.

Living and working in Bristol means I'm quite spoilt for choice with places to drink decent coffee and to buy as well. I tend to buy from Full Court Press as Matt and his employees all really know their stuff and will advise well, but also because they change retail beans every week or two, allowing me to try new beans at home very often. Any beans they have on retail will also be the ones they have on the board for drinking too so you can try the variety before you buy the beans.
Small Street Espresso are good too but they tend to only stock and retail sell the same beans for a while so less variety. They will also grind beans for you if you want, however most people will advise that you only grind when you make a coffee as the beans will lose flavours roughly 5mins after grinding so if you have grounds sitting about for weeks, they won't have their full flavour.

If you're closer to Bath I'd suggest going to Repack Espresso near Royal Victoria Park (just West of it), Jonathan is very keen on his coffee and again, he'll give you brilliant advice in rather a lot of detail (right down to exact weight of grounds, type of water, infusion rates...).
Colonna & Small's is also a decent place in Bath, I've not been but Jonathan knows the guys well and recommends them if you're in the centre.

Your location says Wiltshire hence mentioning the above places.

Photo showing the info on the packet:
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Ahh great, thanks for your help!

It would be something I'd love to get more into. I've only recently started drinking fresh coffee. My main brewing method is a cafetiere - as for amounts, I yet have to purchase a measuring spoon (shameful I know) but have a technique for both measuring and brewing rates.

Rightly or wrongly, the coffee granules will sink once they've had time to brew - seems to work for me and is about 5-10 mins.
 
SPOON? Sir, you are a heathen, measuring is done with scales, beans can vary in weight so one brand's scoop could be 12g and another could be 16g (I've actually had this :D).

I'm not as accurate as I could be really as I use digital kitchen scales which only show whole grams, Jonathan keeps telling me to get some coffee scales so I can be more accurate (they do decimals)...I can't be bothered to spend the £10 on some. :p

I am sad though in that I weigh the beans, grind, add to filter system, weigh the water whilst pouring, time the brew once at the water weight I want.

I always used to use a cafetiere but decided to up my game a bit, having spent many hours chatting to Jonathan (even accidentally forcing him to keep the shop open late on occasion) I now know far more than I need to but also that the water vs bean/grind weight combined with the time is quite important. There is an optimum infusion rate which is mostly determined via the weights used but the longer you brew it, the more flavours will be lost.

Properly brewing coffee really is quite and art and impressive, I'm still way off that but I do get very nice cups out from my rather lax methods.


E: Oh and for the cafetiere iirc you do want to use filter roast not espresso roast. Espresso roasts are darker and produce a much harsher (read: bitter, less flavour etc.) coffee if used with a filter, generic shop/supermarket coffees won't take this into account so they'll be a naff roast for both.
 
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If you do want to start buying beans and brewing differently then I'd suggest for a fairly cheap entry into it all the Hario Mini Mill is a very good burr grinder. You don't want an electric blade grinder (despite them being cheaper) as they don't grind properly and a decent electric burr grinder is more like £400+.

The cheapest and easiest filter machine for decent results is probably the AreoPress, it certainly gets praise from pretty much everyone in the coffee industry, generally using the inverted brew method.

I find it is a bit of faff though and so prefer to use the Clever Dripper as I just have to bung in #g ground coffee, then pour in #g water, wait for #mins and then plonk on top of my cup.


As I say though, I'd suggest going into one of the speciality coffee shops near you and having a chat about what they recommend as they'll be much more knowledgeable about it all. :)
 
wanted a Wiiu for a while and was immediately put off by the noise it made and i got a refund...
so idea i bought another one :) and fitted it under my stairs
so i purchased the WiiU and got a cheap bedside cabinet from a charity shop, took off the draw and now it houses my gaming equipment - connected to a 1080p Monitor
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wanted a Wiiu for a while and was immediately put off by the noise it made and i got a refund...
so idea i bought another one :) and fitted it under my stairs
so i purchased the WiiU and got a cheap bedside cabinet from a charity shop, took off the draw and now it houses my gaming equipment - connected to a 1080p Monitor
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They make a noise :eek: mines silent! Unless mines a later version where they fixed the noise?
 
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