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- Forum: Coffee Brewing
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Cold brew coffee.
I find that cold brew is very sensitive to the grind. While "the internet" likes to trivialize cold brew and make it seem like it is easy to throw whatever beans in there, I've found quite the opposite. Too light and you get a weak, acid forward brew that does not dilute well. Too dark and it tastes
- 3 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
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Switching between Flair 58 and Robot - grind size?
So you're likely using a fairly fine grind with that VST basket. If you don't want to change the setting you'd need to dose a bit less in the Robot basket or perhaps pre-infuse for longer
- 5 minutes ago
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 17
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Highest chance of success - roasters
I don't know how I'm finding myself defending this....it's not the way I roast...but Royal Coffee posts different roast profiles for the Bullet (and I assume other roasters) for all of the crown jewels that they sell. You're not getting one sized fits all roast profile. Obviously if you roast under significantly different environmental conditions than they do, you'll
- 13 minutes ago
- Forum: Cafes and Get-togethers
- Replies: 11
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General question about handling cafe drink quality
To tack onto Jake's last point: I've been that barista whose perfectly dialed-in shots (to my palate) made a customer scrunch up their nose due to sourness (to their palate). Tolerance and interpretation of bitter and sour are subjective. In the case of a customer telling me that what I interpret as a sweet and well balanced shot is in
- 22 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 3
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La Peppina drip tray needed
Any other thoughts or options?
- 27 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 227
Espresso shot - coffee appears immediately - problem?
You're missing the point that everyone is making, you're hung up on the "golden ratio" of 1:2 in 30s, this is simply a ballpark for people who are new to the hobby, start there, sure, but then dial in by flavor. As someone else said, they dial in so that their first drop doesn't even hit the cup until
- 34 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 18
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Differences between Ww core 80mm and Ssp 83mm HU in espresso
Ultra for espresso is quite limited
- 41 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 127
Switching between Flair 58 and Robot - grind size?
To answer some questions about my current Flair 58 workflow/setup... I use a VST basket (I wouldn't consider using a pressurised one for either machine). I tend to do a short pre-infusion of 3 bars, declining to 1, then ramp up to 8 or 9 and slowly decline to 6. I tend to prefer medium roast for espresso
- 44 minutes ago
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 563
Highest chance of success - roasters
Exactly this. Remember, there is no single profile that is best for all beans. You will still have to learn what approach to take with each coffee. You can let professional roasters run all of the profile roasts and cup them to decide on the best approach saving you the wasted coffee and time learning which approaches to try.
- 55 minutes ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 13
- Views: 274
Help with spritzers- puck prep
Purchased EPHQ 14 , will find some fresher coffee and let you know how it goes. Thanks all