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by cpl593h
August 20th, 2009, 12:23 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 92
Views: 13060

New Slayer espresso machine

This thread is a little old, but I have some things to add because I have actually used this machine, which no one else in this thread can claim. The speculation and subsequent false assumptions are unfair, especially with regards to the claim that the machine does not offer true pressure profiling ...
by cpl593h
November 2nd, 2008, 4:00 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 10
Views: 3892

Stumping Me: Verve Street Level

David, that's definitely some food for thought. I'll add some more - By my count, the first drop hits the cup in 8 seconds, which is on par with how my shots perform. Additionally, there is really no visible acceleration of flow even though pressure remains constant... In my mind, the triple basket ...
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by cpl593h
October 30th, 2008, 2:06 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 10
Views: 3892

Stumping Me: Verve Street Level

Hello - Matthew from Verve here. With regards to the rationale of putting 25 grams in a double basket, there's a very good reason for it: it just tastes good, and it's not the same in a triple. Streetlevel wasn't born out of preconceived notions of unconventional extraction parameters... it just hap...
by cpl593h
September 5th, 2008, 10:39 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 89
Views: 15280

How important is tamping?

I think Ian's tamp/no tamp experiment is being taken too literally, as a tamp/no tamp dichotomy. His procedure, in my mind, reveals a more important and interesting question. It is not whether we should tamp at all, but whether or not a precise bathroom-scale-tested tamp is really necessary. Home ba...
by cpl593h
July 22nd, 2008, 5:25 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 26
Views: 58875

Learning latte art with steamed soapy water [video]

Hm, instant might work - it does foam up a little (don't ask me how I know), so at a high concentration it should do the trick. For folks with a single boiler, instant coffee and soap foam could be a tremendous time saver, sparing the downtime between steam and extract. -Matt from Verve
by cpl593h
November 1st, 2007, 4:19 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 32
Views: 7476

If you had to recommend just one espresso blend?

As good as the limited lots are, it sounded like the OP is looking for something he can buy regularly... For that, I like Hairbender
by cpl593h
October 27th, 2007, 2:34 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 4
Views: 647

Coming soon: Low-caf coffee from Daterra

Daterra have bred, not genetically modified, a variety of coffee that is naturally low in caffeine. Be on the lookout. "Here's the press release"
by cpl593h
August 23rd, 2007, 11:07 am
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 41
Views: 5721

New model Hottop KN-8828B first look

I'd like to chime in and clarify what luca was getting at: the SOP for commercial drum roasts. The hottop starts with a relatively low drop in temperature, 166F as you say. The profile then necessitates that more heat be added during the roast. Contrast this with a large drum roaster, in which the d...
by cpl593h
August 20th, 2007, 9:47 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 1
Views: 847

Intelligentsia Tres Santos, Colombian

I'm not sure if it was the same lot, but I had a Colombian out of the Clover at Intelli Sunset Junction's opening night party - it knocked my socks off, as the barista said it would. Pristine and everything a Colombian should be
by cpl593h
August 6th, 2007, 11:53 pm
Forum: Blog
Replies: 118
Views: 58982

Buyer's Guide to the Quick Mill Alexia

Sure, I'm aware of the intrinsic delta between boiler temperature and group temperature... I have a Zaffiro with a TC right in the boiler. Once the machine is up and running and the group temp is stabilized, the setpoint is kept well below zero. I was just wondering if there was something about the ...