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Via Reddit, NPR shared a story about coffee during the Civil War, pretty fascinating bit of history. The NPR article dates to 2016. I especially liked this snippet:
The word coffee was more present in these diaries than the words war, bullet, cannon, slavery, mother or even...
I have read many times that light roasts are harder to extract than darker ones. I've been using relatively light beans for espresso for some time now, employing Matt Perger's methods for dialing in. My usual extraction yield (EY) has been between 19 and 21 percent. Recently,...
Hi guys! I had to do it. Yesterday arrived home from a flea market: just a fast clean and let it made her first coffee since at least 70 years.
It's an Orso coffee maker . :wink:
I have seen this technique a few times now, and am not sure what it is called, so not sure how to search for it. As the shot finishes, the barista takes a small spoon and sticks it under the spout of the portafilter for just a second, and quickly dumps the contents into the drip...
Just got a new Eureka Olympus 75e. The grinder came supplied with a kind of useless and not very attractive 8 round stainless grinds tray. So I just used my tamping mat instead, but it didn't fit up against the grinder very nicely.
Instead of a Flojet type pump, what do you guys think about food grade compressed air or nitrogen to move water to the espresso machine? Gas would be hooked up to a soda style keg and pressurized with a gas to make flow to the machine, gas will be regulated of course. I know...
I'm debating on purchasing one of the several leveling tampers on the market (specifically the 5 Star eazytamp) but am now torn. Not between brands or models, instead my indecision stems from the worry of lost skill.
I've spent a little over a year now honing a skill of...
So I was watching some youtube and started watching some Italian cafe videos. No paper cups was something that popped out to me. But one of them, I don't know which one I watched so many, mentioned that they place their cups on the warming tray facing up and not facing down. The...
