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- October 3rd, 2014, 3:18 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 36
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Nomad Portable Espresso Machine (Kickstarter)
I just received my Nomad (I had a black and a green model coming, so I had to wait until production was done on the black housing), and have brewed all of one shot in it. I decided to come on HB after a VERY long hiatus to see if anyone else had technique recommendations. Since I only had
- June 7th, 2010, 9:50 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 1
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Acceptable Tamper/Basket Clearance
So I've recently (two months ago) purchased a Silvia+Rocky setup from my girlfriend's dad, and have nothing but happiness from it. The one issue is the tamper. He had a nice heavy tamper which he said had been sold online as 58mm. It's got lots of room in the double basket, though, and measures with...
- September 15th, 2008, 3:06 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 430
Mokas, Vesuvianas, and Steamtoys
Yes, that's how a moka works. I doubt the physics of water vapour would permit that kind of mass condensation: liquid water must indeed be flowing from the showerscreen of a steamtoy. However, with a moka, you use coffee a bit coarser than that for espresso, packed a lot more loosely. I'm curious to...
- September 15th, 2008, 1:18 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 430
Mokas, Vesuvianas, and Steamtoys
Ooo . . . . I never thought of that heat dissipation. Now I'm curious . . . getting my thermometer out to measure exit temperature on my moka . . . That would definitely place a serious brew-temp difference between traditional mokas and steamtoys
- September 15th, 2008, 12:26 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 430
Mokas, Vesuvianas, and Steamtoys
I fell in love with the moka back when I was young and naive enough to believe it was Espresso. I still enjoy my mokas on occasion -- but as a change from press coffee, not to replace my espresso. However, I've been wondering recently about what seems to be an unbroken lineage from the first steam-p...
- September 13th, 2008, 11:27 pm
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 3
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Alternatives to the iRoast 2 (UK)
Recently, enough friends have started asking me to roast for them (and allowing me to charge enough to pay for my own coffee, assuming my time is free -- as roasting is a hobby), I decided I needed to be able to put more than a couple ounces in a batch. After considering several options for the move...
- September 5th, 2008, 11:18 pm
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1015
Can you identify this tool?
Yup. It's a spatula of the sort we use in lab all the time. Darn useful, though . . . I ordered some from a supply company for myself. They live with the rest of the silverware in the silverware drawer, right next to the chopsticks. *grin*
- September 4th, 2008, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2166
Caracolillo Coffee Mill
I figured if it was this hard to track them down, they'd be more that direction . . . 's a pity. Not that I mind doing business with Tom, of course . . . I've never had a problem with SM yet! (Who else sells their "top-scored coffee" for under six bucks a pound, just because it didn't cost
- September 4th, 2008, 11:57 am
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2166
Caracolillo Coffee Mill
Does anyone have experience buying greens from "Caracolillo Coffee Mill"? I can't find much about them, but the little I have been able to turn up has been very positive. SweetMarias is my regular source, but I'm starting to roast for more friends, and the siren-call of lower prices is deafening. I ...
- December 6th, 2007, 12:50 pm
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 28
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Home roasting equipment of choice Poll- kind of..
And might I suggest that, even in some large metropolitan areas (*ahemAugustaGAahem*), those few specialty-roasted purchases tend only to confirm that home-roasting is the only way to pull a good shot (or even a drinkable one at that)!