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I have been interested in buying a vintage lever espresso machine for some time now and am specifically considering the Faema President, Urania, or Lambro models (I would be open to hearing other suggestions).
All arabica coffee is genetically similar: how can beans taste so different?
Flavour variations are mainly the result of changes at the chromosome level, sequencing effort finds.
I purchased a Lagom Mini some months back to improve my pourovers, and to prepare for my ECM Synchronika purchase later. It was my first real grinder, and greatly improved my pourovers. However, it would stall on medium roasts (e.g: Blue Bottle Bright, Verve Sermon) from time to...
I purchased a Lagom Mini some months back to improve my pourovers, and to prepare for my ECM Synchronika purchase later. It was my first real grinder, and greatly improved my pourovers. However, it would stall on medium roasts (e.g: Blue Bottle Bright, Verve Sermon) from time to...
I have read many descriptions of the taste of espressos, but I've never been able to work out whether people use the word acidic and the word sour to describe to the same sensation. Sometimes I describe my own impressions of acidic coffee as good acid (lively) and bad acid...
William Ukers, back in the 1920s, cupped several medium roasted Colombian Typicas over the course of
a year. By the time they had completely staled, they all tasted much the same, like a pleasant mix of
cocoa and caramel, with no identifying flavors, good or bad. It did not...
Just curious, when people (both coffee drinkers and coffee producers) say light roasts. What level of roasts are they talking about? Are people doing light roast espresso really using traditional Cinnamon roasts in which beans don't reach 1C or an internal temp of 400F (204C)?...
I was hoping someone could recommend a roasting 101 -type course of exercises? Thrilled to buy a book, happy to buy some simple equipment. Not looking to seriously get into this (it seems really hard to best the pros!), I just want to understand the fundamentals in the hope that...