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5 weeks post roast I’d expect them to be ok if only just opened albeit assuming they were well vacuum packed and the seal had held.

Probably best to use them as filter coffee.
 
Recently been getting my beans from Method, weirdly my local independent Deli sells them cheaper than their website. The roast date are usually quite good too, depending when i go, sometimes a week prior. Not bad from off the shelve, when i need it.

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Oca Blend

Oca … an easy going blend of coffees from Brazil and El Salvador that’s suitable for all brew methods. Our tasting notes: Nutty, chocolate biscuit body with sweet caramel, orange and citrus notes Producer - Daterra Estate in Brazil, El Ingenio Farm in El Salvador Altitude - 1400 - 1800 MASL...
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£5.95 in the shop.
 
Cadder said:
I was kindly gifted a box containing 4 small bags of different beans from a roaster somewhere down south. They were - seasonal blend, Indonesia, Peru and a Columbian decaf. Roast date 28/03.

All four beans, despite being ground to the finest possible setting on my Sage BE, extract similar to supermarket beans or some I've had in the cupboard for a long time. It's splashy, low pressure and there is little to no crema.

I never have that problem with my fresh Rave beans and I have ordered a variety of their offerings. The only time a Rave bean has extracted like this was some very old decaf beans (I bought a kilo but didn't get through it very fast).

Of course I understand the BE grinder isn't the best, however if I am getting results from Rave beans and not the 4 from the other roaster, there must be something up with the beans rather than my setup.

Curious to know what others would conclude about a bean if it extracts fast, messy, low pressure and barely any crema. Almost like flat cola is being pushed through.
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Two different Rave beans this morning both came out in perfect shots in terms of pressure, crema, consistency of pour etc.

18g of the decaf from the above quote was ground to the finest possible setting and came out fast with the pressure needle barely lifting.

I didn't want to say but I'm almost certain the roast date is massively out. Avoiding in future.
 
i normally get my coffee from Wogan Coffee but thought i'd try Rave, went with 'Best Selling Coffee Bundle' and 'Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77'. Should be here tomorrow.
 
JustBen said:
i normally get my coffee from Wogan Coffee but thought i'd try Rave, went with 'Best Selling Coffee Bundle' and 'Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77'. Should be here tomorrow.
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We have the Sugarcane decaf arriving tomorrow. Which beans are included in the bundle?
 
@Cadder

My Rave orders arrived this morning. The first one I tried was the Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77. This was really fantastic you honestly could not tell its decaf and with lovely chocolate notes. Excellent suggestion :D
 
Dave85 said:
@Cadder

My Rave orders arrived this morning. The first one I tried was the Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77. This was really fantastic you honestly could not tell its decaf and with lovely chocolate notes. Excellent suggestion :D
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That's fantastic! I'm looking forward to trying it. Swiss water decaf was top notch too, I'm interested to see how they compare.
 
Cadder said:
We have the Sugarcane decaf arriving tomorrow. Which beans are included in the bundle?
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Signature Blend - Medium/Dark Roast
(Chocolate and Caramel flavours, great as a flat white or Piccolo)

Colombia El Carmen - Medium/Dark Roast
(Chocolate/caramel overtones and a muted red fruit acidity. Great body and lingering aftertaste)

The Italian Job - Dark Roast
(Slightly stronger with chocolate and a nutty finish)

I tend to drink mostly decaf coffee through the day so will just need to remember not to drink to much of the taster back quickly.
 
Tried the manual milk steaming on the bambino today after watching a video on it (lance hendrik) first attempt I ended up with mostly hot milk. Second attempt went much better and I was happy with it. First attempt I think I had the tip to much in the milk so it wasn't getting any air in.
One thing that caught me out was how it got hot quite quick. When I use the auto milk it takes a while to steam it but maybe 1/2 the time doing it manual.
Going to keep trying until I get it most times.
On a side note I have purchased normcore bean cellar (12 vials) and the normcore tamper mentioned a page or so back. Tempted to swap out the sage grinder as well to something else and a bit neater looking. Like the look of the niche zero although not seen one in person. No idea where sells this kinda stuff in person
 
Dave85 said:
@Cadder

My Rave orders arrived this morning. The first one I tried was the Colombia El Carmen Sugarcane Decaf Nº 77. This was really fantastic you honestly could not tell its decaf and with lovely chocolate notes. Excellent suggestion :D
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Ours arrived today, well pleased! I know they should rest a little bit after roasting but they make a great decaf espresso
 
Cadder said:
Ours arrived today, well pleased! I know they should rest a little bit after roasting but they make a great decaf espresso
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I lasted a full day before opening the decaf one. Just made a cortado with it and it's lovely. I quite like espresso as is but had some milk to use up.
Also got to use the last of the starbucks coffee beans my partner got a bit ago. Gave her a drink of the starbucks one which she thought was minging... lesson learnt for her to buy stuff ground this year haha
 
Normcore tamper and the bean cellar turned up over the weekend. Starting to look a bit more organised. Also got a couple of new coffee glasses on the way and a smaller milk pitcher. Out of curiosity does anyone know if the bambino will be able to do larger amount of milks if I got a bigger pitcher? Had a few people around yesterday and it was time consuming sorting out just 4 coffees
 
Having just purchased a bean to cup machine and having no clue where to start with beans, do people still use/recommend Rave? And any particular beans that are worth trying?
 
Proc said:
Having just purchased a bean to cup machine and having no clue where to start with beans, do people still use/recommend Rave? And any particular beans that are worth trying?
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I have used rave and wogan both have been good. I usually get a 1kg bag of decaf plus some random smaller ones to try. My experience with stuff bought from supermarkets is poor so would stick to roasters directlly
 
nantucket66 said:
I've got a Sage Dual Boiler and a Eureka Mignon. I've had the DB for 2 years and I got the Mignon in 2017 when I got my first Sage (Duo Pro).

I fancy upgrading the grinder, is the Eureka Atom 75 overkill for a dual boiler - this will likely get upgraded at some point but not yet, but I'd prefer to do the grinder first as it's older and a bit tired.

2 double espresso and 2 flat whites per day typically, I single dose.

Any thoughts or recommendations?
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What exactly is tired about the Mignon? I have two of them and I'm pretty sure they'll both be still working when the sun burns out. Could swap the burrs out, but you're not going to get any upgrade in your coffee by changing grinder.
 
Pact order arrived not long ago using their comeback offer. I must admit, their house blend is really, really good, just a shame the pricing is quite steep outside of offers :(
 
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Not natural vero cortado glasses turned up today. About 3 weeks for delivery from amazon, really nice I got them in a smokey grey colour. They're well built, similar thickness to a pyrex dish =)
 
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