Man of Honour
Pretty obvious answer 
Do you drink enough water and/or eat enough when you're drinking coffee?
Do you drink enough water and/or eat enough when you're drinking coffee?
Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread
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Man of Honour
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.
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:
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:
Caporegime
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.
Man of Honour
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 
just fyi Rave are having a fire sale for 24 hours - FIRESALE20 on checkout. Fudge blend and decaf blend odered
Soldato
just fyi Rave are having a fire sale for 24 hours - FIRESALE20 on checkout. Fudge blend and decaf blend odered
Curious to see what you think of the decaf blend, keep meaning to try one.
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.
Caporegime
Latte art... wtf. Had this machine for over a year. Still can't make anything that doesn't resemble an indiscriminate blob.
Soldato
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
Took me a while, and plenty of YT videos to get anything close to a pattern - but still stuck with a rosetta
Caporegime
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:
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:
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Soldato
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.
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
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
New artisan coffee shop in guildford discovered
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
They now have an OSCAR II review too
Soldato
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.