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- February 26th, 2024, 8:01 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 7
- Views: 514
What kind of SSP flat burr does a Versalab M4 use?
Don't forget that the Versalab grinders have a separate conical pre-breaker. That's why the flat burrs don't have any
- January 15th, 2021, 1:07 am
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1079
Coffees that don't freeze well
I have had good results using George Howell's method, including with naturals: I double-bag the coffee and freeze it, then remove what I'm going to use and grind still frozen, returning the bag to the freezer without delay. I have tried a comparison using a bag of the same coffee left out on the cou...
- March 25th, 2019, 10:52 pm
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1101
Recommendations and recipes for light roasted single origin espressos
The other place I'd recommend given your taste is "Heart". They roast very lightly (the owner is Finnish), but without ever going over into inadequate development. You won't see specific espresso roasts from them, because years ago they found their drip and espresso roasts converging to the same pro...
- February 26th, 2019, 6:09 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1234
WSJ: Freezing Your Coffee Beans? The Experts Say You're Doing It All Wrong
Well, George Howell has a lot of experience with this. Look at his "Notes From George", specifically issue number 2, to see what he thinks about it. He's very strongly in favor of keeping roasted coffee in the freezer and grinding what you need right out of the freezer. My experience, which is far l...
- December 11th, 2018, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1646
One Of Our Coffee Family Has Lost Everything
Yes, Randy has always been more than helpful to so many of us. I'm glad to hear he made it out OK, and I hope he's back and stable soon. As he says, many weren't
- December 11th, 2018, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 4
- Views: 241
Hairy Cellulose is Coming!
That's great news. I wonder how it works exactly. As I understand it, the knock on the template-assisted crystallization anti-scaling systems is that the small particles they release won't scale, but if the water sits in a boiler long enough the particles go back into solution and then the hardness ...
- December 3rd, 2018, 5:35 pm
- Forum: Marketplace
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3912
Versalab M3 alignment kit
I sent Laura an email directly, but am not sure which channel is being monitored. I am definitely interested. Best, David
- November 15th, 2018, 5:47 pm
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1567
Decaf Coffee Suggestions
In my experience, the Heart decafs are among the very few you cannot tell are decafs. "Here" is the current one. Note that all decafs stale much more quickly than regular beans, because all decaffeination methods I'm aware of physically compromise the bean, so I would keep them in the freezer as "Ge...
- October 31st, 2018, 4:49 pm
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 3
- Views: 446
George Howell's Al Jabal Lot 15
I used 18g in an Aeropress with a Fellow Prismo bottom and paper filter over the Fellow one. 260 g of water at 208 degrees F, with 10 s of agitation initially, 10 s at 50 s, then 5 s and press at 1:45. It's Heart Coffee's recipe, and I use it with coffees where I want to bring the
- October 24th, 2018, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 3
- Views: 446
George Howell's Al Jabal Lot 15
I ordered some of this when it was offered a few weeks ago for a few reasons. George Howell roasts so few natural coffees that when he does you know they'll be clean and spectacular. I have always loved Yemens. And I figured that if someone was trying to get coffee out of there the least I could do ...