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I see this thread hasn't been started yet, for the September 2020 LaMarzocco Home Espresso subscription shipment. There's been a little thread drift in last month's thread about it. But it is better for posterity I think to keep each month's featured espresso in a different...
I see espresso versions of different coffees -- Alchemy and Alchemy Espresso, Tarrazu and Tarrazu Espresso, etc. What makes something Espresso versus not? They are both whole bean.
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...
I had high hopes for this blend considering the number of accolades on this forum. Alas, for me it was a bust. Having a lever-operated machine I think is part of my failures with these beans. And I'm not even going to go near discussing my less-than-top-of-the-line-non-Tesla...
Has anyone had anything like this in the past month or 4? My experience is that these naturals tend to pretty seasonal and are different form year to year, so I am looking for reports from recent shipments. Not looking for lime, or any citrus notes. Klatch Panama elida has my...
So before anything else I'd like to say that I'm not questioning the use of fresh roasted beans nor am I looking to switch to Italian bean blends to drink everyday. I do like more medium roast and traditional flavors and am generally not a fan of 3rd wave, light roasted modern...
Just curious, what would you regard as the most forgiving blends you have worked with for espresso? When I say forgiving, I am thinking of the gamut: dial-in, (grind and temperature, dose) and also preparation (no WDT, just tamp and go). What is a coffee we could recommend to a...
