Ditto on that, Vlad! ...just an all-around perfect day! Thanks to all the IL members who made the drive

Initially, I came to know Vlad through greencoffeebuyingclub.com, as I am a distributor over there. For those who will be in attendance, who roast their own coffee, I'd be happy to bring some greens to save you the shipping costs. I recognize some of your names on the list of attendees for this even...

I am in!

Tom, I'm thinking you could almost replicate your experiment by simply adding the coffee and cold water into your press, and use the plunger screen to filter the coffee. In normal press pot use, we get all sorts of sludge and fines in the cup, so if you did a cycle w/ cold water while the brew water

Your point is pointless. If we can buy great greens at $5/lb. and it factors to $6/lb. roasted, how can you say there are no savings versus your $10/lb. price-point? The roaster I've used for years, with well over 2,000 lbs. run through it, can be built with new parts for right around $100. It's com...

If you disable the detente pin, you'd have to hold the hopper/upper burr in place while grinding, else it will walk

The tube coming off my drip tray is about 18" long, and connects to a barbed fitting. When I want to clean my drip tray, it's as simple as reaching behind my knock box and pulling the tube off of that fitting. Why then would you say "you can't easily remove it to clean it..."? Nobody would

Part of the drain equation is where the drain tube mounts to the drip tray. On my Vivaldi, I decided to install the drain fitting about 1/2" up on the back wall of the drip tray, which leaves most of the coffee solids in the tray. This allows a 3/8" ID drain tube with no problems

I use a Baratza Virtuoso for everything non-espresso, and believe you'd find it well-suited

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