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Coffee Lovers
Hi all
Egolan’s Shig in BST is starting to get hijacked by coffee lovers so I thought I would start a new thread. I hope this is the right place.
I had a Nespresso for quite a few years and decided to look at a new machine. I then bought a Sage (Breville) Barista Express and loved trying different beans and playing with grind size to get a great tasting coffee. As with most rabbit holes, I fell straight down and started looking for an upgrade. I ended up with the below: -
Sorry for the photo quality!!!
Rocket R58
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Acaia Lunar Scales
I love my new set up albeit a good grinder, fresh beans and some practice will deliver a great cup of coffee with most machines.
Let’s see those coffee set ups!!!
Egolan’s Shig in BST is starting to get hijacked by coffee lovers so I thought I would start a new thread. I hope this is the right place.
I had a Nespresso for quite a few years and decided to look at a new machine. I then bought a Sage (Breville) Barista Express and loved trying different beans and playing with grind size to get a great tasting coffee. As with most rabbit holes, I fell straight down and started looking for an upgrade. I ended up with the below: -
Sorry for the photo quality!!!
Rocket R58
Eureka Atom 65
Acaia Lunar Scales
I love my new set up albeit a good grinder, fresh beans and some practice will deliver a great cup of coffee with most machines.
Let’s see those coffee set ups!!!
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Dang... I missed that since it was a bts.
I roast green beans in a behmor 1600
Grind in a rocky rachillo.
Brew in a behmor brazen or aeropress.
#coffeegeek.
I roast green beans in a behmor 1600
Grind in a rocky rachillo.
Brew in a behmor brazen or aeropress.
#coffeegeek.
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Currently doing Pour-Over, French Press and AeroPress using:
Purity whole beans, Hario Skerton Burr Grinder, Hario V60 Ceramic Dripper and Sterling French Press
+ and a large Chemex when I have company come over
Purity whole beans, Hario Skerton Burr Grinder, Hario V60 Ceramic Dripper and Sterling French Press
+ and a large Chemex when I have company come over
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Nicely done By the way!arthurfowler wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 1:13 pm Hi all
Egolan’s Shig in BST is starting to get hijacked by coffee lovers so I thought I would start a new thread. I hope this is the right place.
I had a Nespresso for quite a few years and decided to look at a new machine. I then bought a Sage (Breville) Barista Express and loved trying different beans and playing with grind size to get a great tasting coffee. As with most rabbit holes, I fell straight down and started looking for an upgrade. I ended up with the below: -
Sorry for the photo quality!!!
Rocket R58
Eureka Atom 65
Acaia Lunar Scales
I love my new set up albeit a good grinder, fresh beans and some practice will deliver a great cup of coffee with most machines.
Let’s see those coffee set ups!!!
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Re: Coffee Lovers
This is great. So many different ways to get a good cup of coffee!! Like chopping a carrot on this forum.....
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If you are happy with what you have then it’s not worth it... then again, I am guessing at one point you were happy with soft steel kitchen knives.
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Yeah, I’m thinking I may need to upgrade.
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Do you buy beans that were roasted within the last two weeks? That is probably the biggest improvement to most people’s coffee.
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OH no, yeah those blender grinders aren't great since they will leave you will super inconsistent grounds(lots of super fines and boulders) which affect how your coffee extracts(like cooking different sized carrots at the same time). It'll be a weird combo of acidic and bitter. I'd send you old hario skerton, but I just gave it away last week =/
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That’s my wife’s dept., I have enough hobbies I’m throwing money at without becoming a Coffee Guru.
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That’s a nice Gesture. We’re just about done building a new house. Being serious for minute, we will probably upgrade the whole coffee thing. We had a decent machine before we sold the old house but we are staying in a home we rent by the office now and keep everything at a minimum here.slickmamba wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:28 pmOH no, yeah those blender grinders aren't great since they will leave you will super inconsistent grounds(lots of super fines and boulders) which affect how your coffee extracts(like cooking different sized carrots at the same time). It'll be a weird combo of acidic and bitter. I'd send you old hario skerton, but I just gave it away last week =/
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Just curious, how many gyuto?nakneker wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:31 pmThat’s a nice Gesture. We’re just about done building a new house. Being serious for minute, we will probably upgrade the whole coffee thing. We had a decent machine before we sold the old house but we are staying in a home we rent by the office now and keep everything at a minimum here.slickmamba wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:28 pmOH no, yeah those blender grinders aren't great since they will leave you will super inconsistent grounds(lots of super fines and boulders) which affect how your coffee extracts(like cooking different sized carrots at the same time). It'll be a weird combo of acidic and bitter. I'd send you old hario skerton, but I just gave it away last week =/
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I’ll send you a PM, don’t wanna derail a good thread.Bensbites wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:51 pmJust curious, how many gyuto?nakneker wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:31 pmThat’s a nice Gesture. We’re just about done building a new house. Being serious for minute, we will probably upgrade the whole coffee thing. We had a decent machine before we sold the old house but we are staying in a home we rent by the office now and keep everything at a minimum here.slickmamba wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:28 pm
OH no, yeah those blender grinders aren't great since they will leave you will super inconsistent grounds(lots of super fines and boulders) which affect how your coffee extracts(like cooking different sized carrots at the same time). It'll be a weird combo of acidic and bitter. I'd send you old hario skerton, but I just gave it away last week =/
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I started with a hario skerton plus and aeropress/v60. Now I have a kinu and breville dual boiler. Still do v60s but not aeropress
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Re: Coffee Lovers
My setup
Londinium L-1P permanently plumbed into the mains
Mythos Clima Pro grinder
Freshly roasted beans from Klatch, Redbird or Caffe Lusso
Cramped but everything is to hand
Londinium L-1P permanently plumbed into the mains
Mythos Clima Pro grinder
Freshly roasted beans from Klatch, Redbird or Caffe Lusso
Cramped but everything is to hand
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At home we use a Rancillio Silvia with PID and a Rocky Grinder. It makes the best coffee I have ever tasted, consistently and with no issues in 9 years! (touch wood). Best $1200 I ever spent.
I used to use a Schaerer Super Automatic and Bunn drips in my food trailer together with a Bunn computer controlled grinder. I could program an on board chip in the hopper so that when the funnel was put into the coffee machine it would automatically program the brew head for the best coffee for that bean and grind!
I used to use a Schaerer Super Automatic and Bunn drips in my food trailer together with a Bunn computer controlled grinder. I could program an on board chip in the hopper so that when the funnel was put into the coffee machine it would automatically program the brew head for the best coffee for that bean and grind!