I want to try to come up with a drum style full city roast for my fluid bed. Goal is to extend roast time to increase depth and decrease acidity without getting too much roast/scorch flavor. My fluid bed has little to no heat retention. How would you approach it? My thoughts...

I had been looking at my local ads for a while waiting to pounce on a decent resto project. There are probably better machines out there, but this one is well documented on this site. And anything should be a workflow upgrade over my current Flair with an old DeLonghi EC680 for...

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I just roasted a new Colombia Huila. Is it a defect that when brew it filtered on Chemex it looks oily on surface ?

Attached a picture.

Thank you!

Well it seems that I have the first La Marzocco Swan grinder in the USA. IMO the Swan is an important advancement in espresso grinders, addressing key grinding issues with very smart engineering solutions. Grinds retention issues due to static charge are solved by passing ground...

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Quick Mill now markets two new models called POP and POP UP .
Do you have any information other than what the Italian manufacturer's website says (YT provides videos presenting them, but no test to date)?
I'm reluctant to part with my Rocket Appartamento (it dates from...

I'm trying to get a handle on Extractamundo! Dos, as it seems to be such a widely popular DE1 profile. Are people changing the temp on this with different coffees, especially light roasts, or leaving it at its default 183* and only adjusting grind and ratio?

I've had a great...

First post here. I've had a scan round previous posts but can't find an answer.

If any of the terms I use are a bit wrong/confusing, apologies. Pretty new to all this.

Bianca has been great until now. I don't change my beans, and make tiny changes to grind size batch to...

I have La Nuova Era Cuadra that haven't been used of several years.
When I turned it on again the boiler is heating the water
The problem starts when it seems that the boiler is full but the pump is continuously working and the machine never get silence.
I tried to find the...

29 minutes long;
- review of history for the first six minutes;
- 12:23-14:00 for why cone burrs should/must wobble, a.k.a., was James Hoffmann wrong in his Key review?

April 1, 2011 announcement of the Pharos: Pharos manual grinder by Orphan Espresso

Looks like we're getting a refreshed Linea Mini today! Refreshed design (reminds of Micra) with a new drip tray, shot timer, new two valve pre-infusion system, extended shot time (99s) and apparently comes with Micra's new portafilter as well.

Starting at € 4.150,00 (VAT...