Espressopilot's Search for Great Espresso on the Road: Milwaukee
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Pasted from my brand new blog:
Intro post: http://espressopilot.blogspot.com/2014/ ... great.html
First review, Milwaukee:http://espressopilot.blogspot.com/2014/ ... today.html
Intro post: http://espressopilot.blogspot.com/2014/ ... great.html
First review, Milwaukee:http://espressopilot.blogspot.com/2014/ ... today.html
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Stone Creek Coffee
List of observed geek cred:
-the door handle was a used portafilter bolted to the wood door, i've not seen this before, cool
-the machine was a four-group La Marzocco Linea
-there were two grinders, a K30 Vario used primarily, and a doserless Super Jolly that i did not see used at all. i bet it had decaf in it.
-there was an AeroPress (good geek sign), and a dedicated pourover grinder. they made an aeorpress drink for a customer, and weighed both the dose and the extraction
-i ordered (as always), a shot of espresso and small-amount, milk drink (machiatto, cortado, gibraltar, cappuccino, etc...) the shot was bright and third-wavey the way i like them, an indication that the beans are not too dark.
-the barista did not weigh either the dose or the extraction (things i do at home), but i asked her and she does weigh the dose from time to time as a calibration check. she said she extracts by volume, and has a little beaker she uses to check on volume every so often so she can adjust the machine to reproduce that volume
-there were no oddities or foibles in her prep technique. she dosed straight into the bottomless portafilter and did a stockfleth move and a standard, single-stage tamp without overpolishing or rapping the tamper against the portafilter after a partial tamp
LMWDP #553
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Stone Creek near the train depot is excellent.
Also try Colectivo on Humboldt (the roastery) and the Colectivo down on the Lake (Lincoln Memorial) for its unique setting.
Also try Colectivo on Humboldt (the roastery) and the Colectivo down on the Lake (Lincoln Memorial) for its unique setting.
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