No idea on those ones but iv just ordered the 29.620.
More grinder settings are handy to have I guess.
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No idea on those ones but iv just ordered the 29.620.
More grinder settings are handy to have I guess.
quick google suggest 4200 has better steam
.... you already have a grinder for the press/chemex though ? ... so some duplication, but convenience
.... you already have a grinder for the press/chemex though ? ... so some duplication, but convenience
Soldato
Another awesome Christmas present; Pikaplant
Magma sell them, and my local coffee place said on FB they have some in. Pretty cool
£60 for a plant in a jar.. You could put that together yourself for like £5 surely?
Caporegime
Sporadic recommendation: Finca La Fany (fnarr) from hasbean. Very nice if you like sweet cocoa flavor profiles.
Associate
Sainsburys have some starbucks espresso beans which i'm liking at the moment, dark & oily beans
& only £2.50! tried some of Sainsburys own beans too, not too bad.
Associate
Nice one, that'll make your taste buds happy for xmas 
I was thinking the same.
Associate
I've got a few to beans to try and grow this year, i might be better off putting them in jars and selling them instead of hoping they'll fruit and try making my own coffee!
I wouldn't know where to source the particular plant to be honest, and I expect it's harder to find the jar than you'd imagine (it's more like a small keg size in real life). And ya know, Christmas..
Nice machine - it's a Cafemagia prezinta Delonghi ETAM 29.660 SB ?
(suprises me amazon does not have linked utube review yet - if they learn to get along)
(suprises me amazon does not have linked utube review yet - if they learn to get along)
looks as though might be good for the work desk
need a time lapse of one 'working'.
ETAM 29.620 fancied one for a while and when it went on sale so got it.
Soldato
I wouldn't know where to source the particular plant to be honest, and I expect it's harder to find the jar than you'd imagine (it's more like a small keg size in real life). And ya know, Christmas..
It does look pretty cool, but seems like it has a massive markup. You can get a large kilner jar pretty cheap on ebay and they sell arabica coffee seeds for a couple of quid. I guess a jar and some seeds wouldn't make a great present though
.Well got it all setup, couldn't sleep at all last night drank way too much coffee. Going to take ages to get it just how i like it need to get some fresh beans though only got some 2 month old ones at the minute so the drinks are too bitter for a straight black coffee.
Impressed with the little water hardness test you get with the machine, shame the machine doesnt have a setting for my water, only goes to 1 lowest where as my water barely registered above 0.
Just ordered some of Raves Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Natural, see how that goes down.
Question for those with bean to cup machines. How do you go about loading beans if you say want to try different ones, or do you just use a full bag at a time.
Impressed with the little water hardness test you get with the machine, shame the machine doesnt have a setting for my water, only goes to 1 lowest where as my water barely registered above 0.
Just ordered some of Raves Ethiopia Kayon Mountain Natural, see how that goes down.
Question for those with bean to cup machines. How do you go about loading beans if you say want to try different ones, or do you just use a full bag at a time.
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Lol, i must be immune, had 8 cups the day mine turned up!
Your lucky having such soft water, brita filter for all the water here though the machine has it's own as well, i get through 2 bags of beans a week so don't need it but the melitta can store 2 at once so you can take your pick, otherwise it'd be a fold the op nice and tight peg or tape it and pop in the fridge and don't forget them!
One nice thing i've found having a B2C is getting bags of beans as prezzies, no naff ones yet i'm happy to say, stops a lot of the "what can i get you" questions
already eyeballed a few bean shaped bags under the tree
Your lucky having such soft water, brita filter for all the water here though the machine has it's own as well, i get through 2 bags of beans a week so don't need it but the melitta can store 2 at once so you can take your pick, otherwise it'd be a fold the op nice and tight peg or tape it and pop in the fridge and don't forget them!
One nice thing i've found having a B2C is getting bags of beans as prezzies, no naff ones yet i'm happy to say, stops a lot of the "what can i get you" questions
already eyeballed a few bean shaped bags under the tree
should have been wrapped up under the tree.
they give you tablets then ?
I had considered buying a TDS-3 Reverse Osmosis TDS Meter (still in watch list) to understand when the Brita water filter was running out, until I had understood it modifies the calcium ions (was it ?) to something else, so does not change total dissolvable solids much, plus apparently some minerals do help with the flavour.
No it was a paper test, green squares turn red to show hardness, the first square just got a slight colour change but still staid green.
Soldato
I'm trying to convince the girlfriend that if we get a new coffee machine, we need a Sage Barista Express.
Are there any other machines to be aware of? Bean-to-cup is more likely to win over a separate grinder, although I don't mind myself. The Sage is at the top of the budget.
Are there any other machines to be aware of? Bean-to-cup is more likely to win over a separate grinder, although I don't mind myself. The Sage is at the top of the budget.
Man of Honour
The Sage produces a lot better results than many bean to cup machines in the same price range. It's also very simple to use so convenience-wise it's really not much different to bean to cup. Less finicky too.