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I am a 5th generation coffee producer from El Salvador and was wondering what are everyone's thoughts on roasting different coffee processes. What is your favorite style? Do you enjoy the modern innovative processes? Do you treat different processes differently when brewing or...
so Arabica is part a species of the Coffea genus often abbreviated to C. arabica (Coffea arabica) we know C. liberica and C. canephora (Robusta) but there are many species of the Coffea plant such as C. affinis and C. stenophylla that have black berries or C. tetragona, C....
So, I had to stop by my office today, and thought that I'd get the Aeropress, that I'd bought for use there, back home, since we've been closed for 8 months or whatever it is now, and my home one is starting to wear a bit. I got it out of the drawer, where it has been untouched,...
Over the course of a few days, I went on La Marzocco USA website a few times and left messages on their chat, along with my email. They never responded or emailed me back. Last Thur. I came really close to ordering a mini, a impulse buy, called and got voicemail. I left a...
I thought it would be fun if we had a thread that was dedicated to displaying our great coffee/espresso gear scores, whether they be from eBay, Craigslist, or just from a garage sale. I'm hoping people will share their stories along with their treasures, which will make the...
Is it necessary to make an espress (just to dump it) after backflushing? Reason I ask, is I flush a lot of water through the group head, even steam wand after cleaning, so why waste precious beans? Thanks.
Probably a dumb question, but here goes.... I don t do anything different, except change grind/grams from one roast blend to another. Yet it seems that some blends start out with a slow stream of espresso going to a faster flow. Normal? One I just started using is very...
Maybe this is the new normal but I was shocked at the response I got from Klatch about undelivered coffee. I ordered espresso beans almost two weeks ago and never got delivery. I paid for priority shipping so I called Klatch expecting them to resend or refund. But they told me...
