Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread
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I brewed this one for espresso only. South American coffees are (to me and my tastebuds) more suited for espresso. I brew African & Asian coffees for filter, of which Kenyan is my preference. Ethiopian Coffee I don't drink too much of that as its not to my taste.
having previously hacked my rocky for stepless - hasn't anyone come up with a good mc2 hack. ?
Wish I'd seen this before pulling the trigger.
Bought these:
Ethiopia Nazimu Abamecha No.93
Colombia El Carmen No 50
Espresso Blend No. 4
Swiss Water Decaf No 11 (for the wife)
Mocha Java Blend No 3
I also signed up to the monthly subscription.
I don't think you'll be disappointed with any of your choices. I've been ordering from Rave coffee on & off for about 8 years, I've yet to buy a bad coffee from them. The Colombian was pretty good too.
When I last ordered from them just over 6 months ago during Lockdown no.1 they were so busy they made it onto the BBC news website! My order did take a little while longer than normal, but got here eventually & was worth the wait.
When I last ordered from them just over 6 months ago during Lockdown no.1 they were so busy they made it onto the BBC news website! My order did take a little while longer than normal, but got here eventually & was worth the wait.
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yer, its a super fine adjustment - too fine really for the quality of the grinder, but it does make it crazy accurate.
The cuff on my Mazzer is something of the opposite - it takes a lot of oomph to adjust it meaning micro-adjustments are really hard to do because it's difficult to control for small changes. Usually end up tapping the leaver with a rubber mallet to do it. 
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yer, same with the dial on the Eureka, its a little too small to get a good, fine grain adjustment although i did manage to hit this:The cuff on my Mazzer is something of the opposite - it takes a lot of oomph to adjust it meaning micro-adjustments are really hard to do because it's difficult to control for small changes. Usually end up tapping the leaver with a rubber mallet to do it.
20g in 40.01g out in 35seconds (inc a 10seconds pre-infusion) - annoyingly on the last of the beans
I've had a few orders from Rave...but they've all been a bit...safe? Ditto Origin...not bad, pretty good in fact, but lacking a bit.
Neighbourhood Coffee on the other hand, if you like coffees bursting with rich flavours and fruity tones, can't recommend them enough!
So me and the mrs are moving in to our first house early next year (hopefully) and I've been looking at coffee machines. We don't drink huge amounts, average 2-3 cups a day, and would be making cappuccino/latte mainly, the odd espresso. Have experience with a friend's Delonghi Magnifica, which is okay but seems a bit dated? I'm no coffee expert, so just looking for something, ideally bean-to-cup, to get me started. Preferably not too big or too loud, and easy to clean, but I know I can't be too picky at my budget.
What do you guys recommend in the ~£300 range? I'd pay a bit more if it's gonna be better bang for buck. Is it just a case of wait and see what goes on offer?
What do you guys recommend in the ~£300 range? I'd pay a bit more if it's gonna be better bang for buck. Is it just a case of wait and see what goes on offer?
I did buy a el salvador from their stand at the london coffee festival last year. I cant remember exactly if it was any good though as I've drunk a fair bit of coffee since then from a lot of roasters. I would say that it was a darn sight better the the supermarket own brand tat I've tried this year as a 'experimental' supermarket own brand taste test.
I thought Delonghi and their mature/refined technology remained top of the B2C tree at that price point , and you got to inject 3x that into Jura brand to really improve quality.
browsing for black friday - cups these look good, searching for best transparent cup, had a couple 10years back and got broken, but they seem back in production
https://www.lavazza.co.uk/en/accessories/cups-and-spoons/trasparenza-collection-espresso.html
albeit £20/4 is a bit much
Aye, I looked at Delonghi machines on Amazon, the Delonghi store, and a few others, and holy smokes is it hard to differentiate between a million different models of machine. I can't make out what is a good deal or isn't because every machine is seemingly named with a random string of numbers and letters. And every store has different models in stock, so it's impossible to compare them!
I've got the ETAM 29.510.2349237492424276787. Damn fine machine! (I agree with you lol)
Folks, being new to the world of beans I has a question. I have the above bean to cup machine fyi but this is more about beans and storing them.
I currently have 3x 250g packs of beans from Black Cat Coffee and yesterday received an email from them stating that orders could be delayed due to Royal Mail struggling with Covid, and that they're both working as hard as possible.
I am tempted to order more beans from Rave or Neighbourhood but I don't know if this is a good idea or what? Is it better to run through my existing fresh supply and then order? Basically does it hurt to buy 3 more small packs of beans? I don't know how long these things stay fresh for. The packs I have display a roasting date of mid November.
Beans don't go out of date as quick as they do when ground up (which is basically immediately) and some people probably won't notice the difference. But generally a few weeks and you'll notice a taste difference. A lot of places do subscription services to get round this.
Yeah I only drink espresso and if I was going to use a pour over, I'd grab a cheap grinder for the very odd time. It seems the best bang for buck, and I can't afford much more just now :/
And whilst deciding, they have gone out of stock!
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Thank you mate, most helpful. I think I'll hold off then and look at my options in January. The existing 3 bags supply I have I believe should last me until around that time!
Exactly the same happened to me! I just put the order in anyway and it took a few weeks to arrive.
I'm a massive Neighbourhood fan, it's always good to support a local business as well. They supply a lot of places around Liverpool now as well.
I emailed them, and they had stock in! On its way. Thanks all.
Quite excited, should make a big upgrade.
Have you ordered the Oracle? I'm so tempted to grab one while on offer as I don't have the time to get back into fine tuning of a separate grinder and machine, it seems perfect for my wants but I'm struggling to justify the cost at the moment, might have to wait and hope I can get a good price around bonus time.