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by MB
March 7th, 2024, 5:18 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 49
Views: 3151

"Slow grinding" - Lance is back with another interesting hack

I'm still slow feeding on my 98mm Ultra for filter only. The Ultra has a bellows puffer, and at the bottom of the bellows there is an aperture that can hold and dump the entire dose with a press of the top. (An inner metal cylinder pushes the aperture vanes down and away.) However, if I only press o...
by MB
October 4th, 2023, 10:18 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 127
Views: 9788

Blueberry (or any berry) bomb coffee recommendations?

Not straight blueberry. It reminds me of the blueberry bombs of past with the intense fruit in that direction, but without the over-ripe base notes. Like the bag says, grape bubble gum and strawberry
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by MB
October 2nd, 2023, 8:09 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 127
Views: 9788

Blueberry (or any berry) bomb coffee recommendations?

Huck - Sipi Falls Natural is super fruity
by MB
September 25th, 2023, 3:57 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 127
Views: 9788

Blueberry (or any berry) bomb coffee recommendations?

I ran into a guy that works with/for an importer that supplies US roasters. He said there's a blueberry muffin bean that I should keep my eye out for. It's not out yet apparently but coming up. It's a Kenyan natural from Kagunyu and Rukira
by MB
May 6th, 2023, 11:00 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 443
Views: 61098

The Meticulous Home Espresso Machine (Kickstarter)

I'm pretty sure that was shot in Puebla, Mexico, at an altitude of about 7,000 feet where the boiling temperature is about 93.8C
by MB
April 11th, 2023, 2:35 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 443
Views: 61098

The Meticulous Home Espresso Machine (Kickstarter)

Here's a nice look at the workflow, if you don't mind being called a scumbag (Emilee's schtick name for her followers). She's using a previous version of the magnetic cover. The newer one has a handle that can slide it up out of the way. {video}
by MB
April 11th, 2023, 2:25 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 47
Views: 19925

Can someone explain the Normcore tamper to me?

Frustration at myself for not being able to explain it clearly for everyone in my earlier posts in the thread
by MB
April 10th, 2023, 7:20 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 3480
Views: 553146

Lever Espresso Machine Gallery

My dad painted the house trim and our garage door that color in the late sixties
by MB
April 10th, 2023, 6:10 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 47
Views: 19925

Can someone explain the Normcore tamper to me?

Ugh. Once it bottoms out, it rests on the part that sits on the edge of the basket, so no matter how hard you push it's not giving any more force to the plunger inside the basket because it's not moving any further. Imagine you had a pogo stick and set it up over a 5 gallon bucket
by MB
April 10th, 2023, 4:30 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 31
Views: 1356

Happy Mug Yirgacheffe

I didn't see that he'd just purchased the first bag. I'm guessing he was at the end of the first bag and about to order, thinking it was so good he should share. You might be right that the new bag could use some rest, especially compared to the old one. Based on my experience, that one was