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With my espresso machine iam feeding it water through a Bestmax filter. I am having a hard time finding a Bestmax direct replacement water filter. Does anyone know of a filter that will fit the Bestmax system without me having to replace the whole set up. I...
Hello all. I upgraded to a Fellow Ode a few months back. Typically, we only drink dark to medium roasts (heresy, I know) in this house. We are not a light roast family.
Because I now have a more precise grinder, should I be adjusting the dose, or grinding coarser because we...
I've seen multiple things about cold brew being a potential food safety concern at room temp. Some advocate for the fridge for this reason, though I've always done room temp in the past and obviously many do.
But where is this coming from? Is this a concern at any point?...
I ran across this Kickstarter campaign called SIMPLIFY the Brewer , it's a flatbottom brewer that uses Kalita Wave 185 paper with a single giant hole at the bottom. Made/designed in Japan. The guy behind it seems interesting. There certainly seems to be a demand out there for...
Received as a gift from Rooster Farms, but my first brew was disappointing - bitter and roasty.
I went for a safe baseline - clever coffee, 20g to 320g or water (1:16), 209F kettle temp. Grind size 50 on niche zero. 3 minute immersion, 1 minute draw down. I've used that on...
User Neil.Pryde on kaffee-netz.de called this one to my attention, and has a set of the SSP 98mm Brewing Burrs. Frank Durra at Titus quoted me 500-520 euros to the USA. Has anyone gotten to try these burrs? According to Neil.Pryde, These new brew burrs make the best cup for my...
Background - my favotire Nicaragua coffee is no longer roasted in my country (hopefully until the next harvest). Since I am typically an Ethiopia guy I've decided to buy all ethiopia's I've tried and tasted previously from my favorite roasters. Some of them are boutique...
I have a cheap Brix refractometer that I use for beer brewing and it works well for testing the original gravity of the wart before fermentation. I just tried to use it for pour-over coffee and the result seem a bit optimistic when it comes to extraction yield. I used the...
