Cafe vs. home espresso: Do I stand a chance? - Page 4

#31: Post by **RyanJE** » July 30th, 2016, 2:14 pm

yakster wrote:Maybe this will help duplicate the environment. It does help me focus and avoid distractions by providing the café background noise.

https://coffitivity.com

Perfect! Now I am purchasing my EK43 and GS3 to go with the free sounds... I figure they offset each other.

#32: Post by **mathof** » July 31st, 2016, 3:58 am

I have a highly-rated café near me that roasts its own beans, which I buy. This gives me the chance to sample the same espresso made professionally and at home. When I get it right, the flavours are the same but the taste of mine is softer, as I use a lever machine and they use a pump-driven La Marzocco. I prefer mine.

Matt

#33: Post by **Mrboots2u** » July 31st, 2016, 4:13 am

Apogee wrote:Or just use volvic. And don't change it*

Why ? ... is this part of advice you were given and from where . Be interested to know why .
A lot of the people you admire ( perger - rob does coffee ) all Make some form of water nowadays ...

July 31st, 2016, 4:37 am

Agree on the Volvic reccomendation, I have used it in my Strega for many years, also my favorite drinking water.

#35: Post by **Apogee** » July 31st, 2016, 1:01 pm

Jim Schulman outrageously long water FAQ and other scientific articles have tested the perfect balanced water for espresso. And found volvic matches almost exact. For home use; I recommend the ease and consistency of water because it makes such a massive difference. Good luck sirs

http://users.rcn.com/erics/Water%20Qual ... %20FAQ.pdf

July 31st, 2016, 4:10 pm

"Use Volvic or Crystal Geyser Natural Alpine water in your home espresso machine. They have
formulations that won't scale, but which still taste OK for coffee. On the other hand, if you want
to take some pains and save some money, read on.:

You can go beyond "ok"with water.....

#37: Post by **Apogee** » July 31st, 2016, 5:57 pm

I make fantastic coffee with volvic and buy it cheap from Walmart with no shipping if I get 2+ cases and get 90% to the promised land. You all can take it further and tell me an easy way to do better!