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Hi I'm more of a passive person on the site for the past 12 years or so and have been reading more lately since time is aplenty during the Covid shutdown.
First some background, my wife and I lived in Zurich, Switzerland for several years in the '90s and used to travel to Como...
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2 weeks ago I bought coffee beans from a local roaster (origin Los Osos Colombia). Generally I have great experience with this roaster. This time I notices when opening the package that the coffee had a very sour smell. When I started brewing, the coffee was very sour as...
My first bag of Dragonfly Espresso Crema Dolce arrived today - roasted on the 24th. How long do you recommend I let it rest for making espresso? Temperatures? Other tips? I've searched but not finding much. Of course I looked at Dragonfly's recommendations first but wondering if...
I'm enjoying this bean quite a bit, however it has behaved differently in the roaster than any other bean I have tried so far. It seems to take a lot more heat to carry it through to 1C in ~10-11 minutes. And when it finishes, there's wild variance in bean color. Some beans...
I was given a gift of cold brew beans.
Stupid question, can I just use them in my espresso machine?
I would imagine they are blended and roasted for cold brew......
There has been a good amount of talk about Black and White Roasters on the What is wow'ing you? mega-thread so I thought I would give them a try. Big thanks to IMAWriter for bringing this to everyone's attention over on that thread.
Family is bringing me back a bag of Kona Peaberry medium roast, $69 for 16oz. Yikes! Comes in standard vacuum sealed bag. It was roasted yesterday. When I get the bag, it will be 10 days off roast, but sealed in the vacuum sealed bag.
Just returned from NYC where I visited a great cafe in the Financial District called Suited. I really enjoyed the flat white and the kids loved the pastries. When I asked the owner about the beans, he said they were a lighter roast from Italy. He did not have any extra to sell...
