John Buckman here, the founder of Decent Espresso.

I'll be posting regular Decent news to this Marketplace thread.

I'm also happy to answer questions here. However, there are Decent conversations happening in various places on this forum, among regular forum members, and I'd...

Fellow Canucks, this old Canadian Roasters thread is now closed:
Canadians - Name Your 3 Top Roasters

So I started a new one here.

To all the Home Baristas in the Great White North -- where are you buying your beans these days? And what are you enjoying?

Lately, I've been...

Acaia Orbit Eclipse Edition with SSP MP burrs. $1250.

One of the first 500 of these grinders to go out. I've used it pretty minimally (no more than 10kg through it, likely much less) as my home grinder 1-3x per day for a few months (since about the end of last year). Used...

I will be in London for a week in the near future and looking for cafe suggestions for espresso drinks. I will be staying in The City (near Tower Bridge), with most of my work days in and around Battersea. Also may have a bit of time to explore some other neighborhoods, but free...

Looking for good Liberica green coffee for a friend. Any leads?

I found that S-795 Jember is a cross of C Liberica and Kent and is common in Indonesian coffee, but not so sure that the characteristics of Jember and Liberica would be that similar.

ChatGPT had this to say (with...

Hi folks, Enjoying my new Bambino Plus, and getting good results, but ... I came from a Rancilio Silvia with 58mm bottomless portafilter. The BP's 54mm large single-wall basket (the 2-shot one) seems comfortably full at about 14g of ground coffee. 16g can be fitted in, but some...

Hi all,
I'm interested in getting into coffee roasting purely as a means of producing good coffee in the varieties and taste profiles I want (I don't want another hobby). Are the PID controlled roaster options + proven roast recipes/profiles going to produce something...

I've been on a search trying various labeled fruit forward coffee beans and my last order was Ethiopia Worka Sakaro from Red Rooster Coffee. My bag was definitely raspberry forward but it wasnt too overpowering. Now that I'm near the end of my bag, I'm looking for something else...

Mazzer Instagram dropping hints.

Any thoughts on what it could be? As a Mazzer fan I'm curious to find out. Probably a commercial grinder but would be great if it was a home-market GBW.

My new Bambino Plus is fine, but I had to program the shot size bigger than default.

Am I right in understanding that when I get different beans, I'll probably have to recalibrate that a bit, and maybe again for the second half of the bag of beans? If so, that's a great...