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- Yesterday, 6:46 pm
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 21
- Views: 758
Highest chance of success - roasters
I've been roasting at home for 20 years - different roasters - not the really expensive ones - though my current original model Behmor is not really cheap, like a modified popcorn roaster would be. They have a few of those poppers at Sweet Maria's - I may give one a try someday. I roast by ear - lis...
- April 8th, 2024, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1730
The Case Against Good Coffee
So according to this article the typical cowboy was drinking close to 4 1/2 pounds worth of black coffee of coffee a week
- April 7th, 2024, 4:16 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1730
The Case Against Good Coffee
To my horror - and now acquiescence - my wife does that with my spent Hario Switch pour-over grounds. She does not do it throughout the day though. once or twice, or has soup instead
- February 15th, 2024, 4:15 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 164
- Views: 35085
User experience with Timemore Sculptor Grinders 078 078s
I got my white Sculpture 078 yesterday. I ran about 20 grams of coffee through it before making coffee with my Hario Switch this morning. Very quiet compared to my 17 year old Macap M4 grinder. I made 3 cups of coffee grind settings between 6-8. I tried Motor speeds between 1075 - 1125 rpm (more or ...
- January 18th, 2024, 9:06 pm
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1669
Clever Dripper vs. Hario Switch
I started doing pour over with a Clever Dripper (and also had a French Press) and 1 1/2 years ago bought a Hario Switch. (02 size) I prefer the Switch - I use it as both a percolation and immersion for each brew- 1/2 time percolation 1/2 of the brew time in immersion. I rinse it with water after
- December 10th, 2023, 2:42 pm
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2760
Home roasting, why?
I have a tight budget - and like fresh coffee. Green beans have gone up in price - the least expensive I buy come from Happy Mug - ( sometimes I buy from Sweet Maria's) shipped they average perhaps $6.50 a pound. Good 'local' beans, thinking of Verve, that include a roast date, have also gone up in ...
- September 30th, 2023, 12:36 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1061
1985 Olympia Cremina Price?
I bought a new in Cremina in 1987 (ordered from Zabars, while I was living in Chicago) along with a terrible cheap burr grinder - I sold the Cremina in 2005 or 2006 for about $450. At that point I still did not have a good grinder - and was not on line much - did not know it was
- September 23rd, 2023, 10:07 pm
- Forum: Cafes and Get-togethers
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1374
2023 Fall Chicago HB Get Together -- Now the John Weiss Edition
Ah Shucks, I'd have been 'a regular' for sure, if I still lived in Rogers Park, such an easy location to reach. So much I could have learned. (I live 2000 miles west of Chicago)
- April 2nd, 2023, 1:16 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 868
- Views: 114505
New Timemore Sculptor Grinders 064 064s 078 078s
I'm partial to the white 78 model. Definitely
- November 29th, 2022, 3:28 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 87
- Views: 9591
ECM Puristika owner experience
Good questions. I had a Flair 58 for about a week, bought due to all the positive reports about it- but found it quite difficult to use - and to coordinate pressure on it's gauge - and pressing down on that lever hurt my (Injured) shoulder. Now - I'm awaiting a Puristika - with the optional flow con...