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Too late to the thread to help Shimmyhill but I've had my Barista for 3 weeks now and I'm quite happy with it 

Have any of you chaps considered starting a coffee house/Shop?
I was sitting pondering this the other day.
The nearest place we have is a costa coffee which isnt exactly the route i want.
I like the idea of having a range of coffees like has bean do. a form of specialised shop selling some of the most tasty coffees and such. obviously would need to cater for other people with like different tea's and such (deffo no Fizzy carp) Also roast and grind my own stuff Fresh. Cool looking equipment that would get peoples attention.
I like the idea of people coming in to meet with friends chatting over a coffee or reading their papers and just simply relaxing whilst having the best coffee and experience.
but then when I think about it. This area is a dump! town centre is full of fools and chavs. If i went to the likes of Edinburgh it would never work as there's plenty places to go.
Is it a good idea?
basic idea:
Comfy seats
Relaxing atmosphere with relaxing music
Amazing drinks and service.
I'm ordering some coffee off Hasbean for some friends who don't own a grinder, and I'm trying to decide what grind I should ask for. I know cafetiere>filter>espresso, but can someone tell me where "Jug" grind falls on that scale? Is it coarser than filter or finer?
Im only spit balling here but i would go as far to say Jug is cafitier.
i'd have though that too but for:
I know cafetiere>filter>espresso, but can someone tell me where "Jug" grind falls on that scale? Is it coarser than filter or finer?
maybe he means stove top - in which case I use medium to course coffee - between filter and cafetiere
what do you mean "jug" ?![]()
Im only spit balling here but i would go as far to say Jug is cafitier.
Fire Steve an Email on has bean he will get back to you quite sharp (always does with me) im sure he will know
Finally ordered myself an Aeropress, I didn't realise how big they areOrdered some JailBreak at the same time
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I have a aeropress at work but not dared to use it yet. I use the cafeteria and they are already saying "Raymond and his posh coffee" it's only starbucks beans!
God knows what happen if I bring in the hand grinder and aeropress!
I know I was asking Flibster about a hand grinder in a different thread, but I'm trying to keep everything centralised in the one thread.
Everyone seems to think the grinder is the first essential step in the coffee ladder, so I might start by getting a decent grinder, and work up from there over time.
So... spec me a grinder! I've been looking at the Starbucks Barista and Rancilio Rocky so far. Any other suggestions?
It will be used for plain old filter/percolator coffee initially, and hopefully onto espresso soon enough. I've read people saying the Starbucks one isn't good for espresso.
Yes, the cleaners at work have a habit of turning the grinder on and leaving it until the doser is full. The coffee is then left overnight for me to waste in the morning and grind a fresh lot for myself.I'm not a fan of dosers anyway - all they do is hold coffee to go stale.
Yeah the Aeropress got a roaring endorsement on BoingBoing recently so we should be seeing much more of them...YAY! Another one.My Aeropress has been getting a lot of love over the last few weeks, this has bean that the chemex hasn't though, which I feel that I must rectify today.
Starbucks Barista Burr grinder can do espresso, but it's better after it's been modded to allow a finer grind.
I'm quite happy with my un-modded one! It grinds plenty fine enough, I've even used the finest grind for turkish, which needs a much finer grind than espresso (it wasn't perfect but it was acceptable).Thanks for the advice. I actually read an article yesterday about modifying the Starbucks one for a finer grind, and it looks straight forward.