Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

Siliconslave · 25 Jun 2020 at 10:36

One More Solo said:
Bit niche, but I had to order 1m of food safe tubing to replace the intake tube on my Gaggia Classic (figured I'd do it at the same time as replacing the pump). I couldn't order less, so if anyone is interested in the excess let me know and I'll stick it in the post FOC. If I've heard nothing by tomorrow night it'll go in the bin.

I'll happily pay the postage for it - i'm likely to sell the machine soon so would feel bad taking it for free

Gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with water, what is everyone using in their machines (high end or not) we have very hard water here. Volvic seems to be the go-to but i'm not so happy about the waste buying bottles repeatedly. Theres a guy locally that sells RO water for aquatics and drinking, thinking about getting that and re-minteralise it...

Dianbobo · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:01

Can anyone recommend a good coffee grinder? It's time for an unexpected upgrade haha

GiraffePencils · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:04

I think that one won't work very well.
If you look to the right of the coffee bean, there's a small rock in the burr, that's not going to grind right.
Wrong type of grind head for it

Dianbobo · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:19

Thanks for that

can't believe I didn't notice it when I was loading the grinder it's massive haha. I can't even remove it it's lodged in.

jpaul · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:25

Dianbobo said:
Can anyone recommend a good coffee grinder?

trick question ? - they're high end conical burrs ?

One More Solo said:
but I had to order 1m of food safe tubing to replace the intake tube on my Gaggia Classic

I've used excess tubing, for syphoning out boilers, for a thorough, non-diluted, decoking.

Siliconslave · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:37

jpaul said:
trick question ? - they're high end conical burrs ?

Yer - whats the machine? i'd imagine its cheaper (albeit not cheap) to get some new burrs if they are damaged... might need to try and wind them back somehow to get the bolder out.

Otherwise Niche (although next batch isn't due till September apparently)

Dianbobo · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:49

Thanks guys, it's the sage smart grinder. Just had a look they have this on their website so hopefully it's salvageable
https://www.sageappliances.com/uk/en/parts-accessories/parts/sp0001801.html

Siliconslave · 25 Jun 2020 at 11:55

I suppose the real question is where the hell did the stone come from?

Dianbobo · 25 Jun 2020 at 14:49

Apparently random debris in bags of beans happens sometimes. I'll be sure to check them religiously from now on :eek:

mid_gen · 25 Jun 2020 at 15:06

I had a tiny little stone in one of my outpost bags a while back, but I single dose so it was easy to spot. I don't think you can reasonably expect to never get anything slip through, but that one is a beast!

My got San Fermin, Das Almas, and Pathfinder from Origin today.

I think they're my favourite roaster so far. No minimum order for free shipping, good discounts, and nice blends (so far). Plus I'm a bit of a sucker for the nice packaging.

The blue mountain I had from Dorset Coffee was...fine, certainly for the money, but not as good as the blue mountain I had from coffee direct.

AKAK · 25 Jun 2020 at 15:11

I can't believe stones in beans is very common...the majority of made coffee is not single dosed and weighed out before going in the grinder, there would be bricked machines all over the place if someone in the production chain didn't have a way to exclude debris.

jpaul · 25 Jun 2020 at 15:28

whose beans were they ? you can wait until they'ved refunded your new burrs before you tell us. £40/new burrs isn't cheap ...no 3rd parties ?

I've had what was called clinker "degraded/charred coffe residue, from roaster drum that's broken away" Asda(!) gave me a voucher, since I single dose I caught it.

One More Solo · 25 Jun 2020 at 16:06

Siliconslave said:
I'll happily pay the postage for it - i'm likely to sell the machine soon so would feel bad taking it for free

Gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with water, what is everyone using in their machines (high end or not) we have very hard water here. Volvic seems to be the go-to but i'm not so happy about the waste buying bottles repeatedly. Theres a guy locally that sells RO water for aquatics and drinking, thinking about getting that and re-minteralise it...

Don't worry about the postage cost, more faff than it's worth.

Stick a quid in a charity tin next time you see one if it'll soothe your conscience! Can you trust me your address?

Siliconslave · 25 Jun 2020 at 16:31

One More Solo said:
Don't worry about the postage cost, more faff than it's worth. Stick a quid in a charity tin next time you see one if it'll soothe your conscience! Can you trust me your address?

Thank, trusted, any preference on the charity?

One More Solo · 25 Jun 2020 at 16:38

Siliconslave said:
Thank, trusted, any preference on the charity?

Not at all, your choice.

Alex_L · 25 Jun 2020 at 19:45

Siliconslave said:
I'll happily pay the postage for it - i'm likely to sell the machine soon so would feel bad taking it for free

Gone down a bit of a rabbit hole with water, what is everyone using in their machines (high end or not) we have very hard water here. Volvic seems to be the go-to but i'm not so happy about the waste buying bottles repeatedly. Theres a guy locally that sells RO water for aquatics and drinking, thinking about getting that and re-minteralise it...

I have ended up with an Osmio Zero RO machine for our London water. Works great and remineralises the water to. Completely replaced the bottled water I used to be using for espresso and espresso tastes great with it.

I also have a Peak water jug From Kickstarter which seems very good but is a bit of a beta product.

Raymond Lin · 25 Jun 2020 at 21:22

13 years...good water.

mid_gen · 26 Jun 2020 at 08:49

Nice.

Enjoying the Das Almas filter this morning, the toasted peanut flavour is strong!

Sadly I'm not going to be buying from Origin again for the forseeable as I've decided to stop supporting companies that advertise on facebook. Origin and Rave do, so they're out. 47 Degrees, Outpost, The Coffee Counter that I've checked so far, don't, so plenty of options still!

Raymond Lin · 26 Jun 2020 at 08:54

mid_gen said:
Nice.

Enjoying the Das Almas filter this morning, the toasted peanut flavour is strong!

Sadly I'm not going to be buying from Origin again for the forseeable as I've decided to stop supporting companies that advertise on facebook. Origin and Rave do, so they're out. 47 Degrees, Outpost, The Coffee Counter that I've checked so far, don't, so plenty of options still!

Now that you said it. It must be either recent or just because I ordered from them this week because I never seen it until last night.

LuckyBenski · 26 Jun 2020 at 09:10

What's the reasoning behind not supporting companies on Facebook?