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I'm new to coffee and espresso. When I first started drinking coffee a few months back I got some Ethiopian beans from Stumbeanos and it was an aha moment, I really liked the bright fruity flavors. This was mostly through pour over. I then got a Gaggia Coffee and was making do...
I just wanted to give some praise for a very traditional Italian espresso that is 30% robusta and reminds me of typical Roman cafe espresso (in all the good ways). The blend is called Pregiato and it's roasted by the Italian company, MokaSirs. I've been sent a couple of 1kg bags...
Hi folks- I think I've seen anecdotes that Starbucks Veranda is a solid barometer for what most coffee enthusiasts would deem medium. This is sort of useful since Veranda is available everywhere and is well known. However I brew a lot of George Howell as a hometown bias, so that...
Does anyone know the origins of the beans used in Vivace's Dolce blend? I am looking to try other roasters but want to keep the heavy body I like from Dolce consistent. Opened some Malabar Gold this morning which seemed to be fairly similar but it was not nearly as textured in...
I've been struggling to find a decaf that is anywhere near as enjoyable as the caffeinated coffees I've been brewing since I got my machine near the beginning of the year. This is probably at least in part due to my palate...I very much do not enjoy darker roasts coffees and...
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.
Just wanted to share thoughts. Using suggested parameters for the Caffe Del Sol (18g in/28g out), espresso was thin and not unpleasant but nothing to write home about. After updosing slightly (19g in) and pulling a shorter shot (22g out), very NICE complex shot with very...
There has been some buzz about Italian and Neapolitan roasts on this forum, but I have not seen much about the little island in the far south of espresso's motherland. I've had a few bags of Miscela D'oro Natura over the past 1-2 years, their organic blend 50/50 Abrabica-...
