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  1. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Hi, I unfortunately just found this and missed the first event. I go to Edinburgh university so am very excited to see that there's now a coffee society. I'm looking forward to the next talk on Wednesday. Is there any way to join the society as a member?
  2. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I was researching this right after the trade deal with the EU had announced and most websites hadn't been updated yet. I found this Irish website that explains it quite well. There won't be tariffs, but the idea is that European shops won't charge vat, which we'll then pay in the UK instead...
  3. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    There was a thing on the Decent forum a while ago about a very subpar rip-off of the upcoming Decent scales that was being sold by a supplier that did a prototype for them.
  4. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I have one of those, it's brilliant for making spice pastes and things like that.
  5. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I just read about this coffee tasting game from Canada and thought it sounded fun. Has anyone ever tried it or something similar? I suppose ordering it from the UK would end up costing quite a lot in VAT, handling fee and so on. Any ideas for something similar? So far, I'm planning on trying...
  6. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    If you go on their website and add a machine to your cart, it'll let you select the shipping destination and show you exactly how much it'll cost including shipping and tax. Because it's paid upfront, the Post Office doesn't charge a fee. They send with UPS, and it actually cleared customs...
  7. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I got this one a few hours ago. I managed to snatch a cosmetically slightly imperfect one for 5% off, which led to what they called a "small" refund of £140. Shipping from Hong Kong was very fast. JJ
  8. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I've got a TP Link one that was about a tenner on Amazon and works with Google assistant. I've never had any trouble with it. We recently had a problem that the power would go off quite frequently (not caused by the smart plug), and it never took long for it to reconnect automatically after the...
  9. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    @GazRef it's a closed forum where they put the discounted ones up for sale. You can message John Buckman on here, and he'll add you. As far as I know, people who have already paid and are waiting for a brand new one get priority on the discounted ones. JJ
  10. Gaggia Forum
    I've been using the PID for a bit now and am generally quite happy with it. Before, I used to flush a bit of water and wait for the boiler to come on and off again. I think that was pretty consistent, but having to time it like that was a bit of a pain. The PID is a lot more fuss-free. After...
  11. Gaggia Forum
    I don't have the MrShade kit so am afraid I'm not aware of the presets. I don't know if the drop in brewing temperature is likely to be higher or lower than that seen by the PID. JJ
  12. Gaggia Forum
    So what you're saying is that having a relatively high level of precision with starting temperature is the most important, as I read it. Your point about the temperature possibly dropping and then recovering is good, I hadn't thought about that. I've finally taken delivery of a PT100 sensor...
  13. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Yes, I do hope they clean it thoroughly before steaming milk with it. Afterwards, Rick Stein goes 'and it didn't even taste of coffee', he seems to have got the wrong end of the stick... JJ
  14. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I saw this last night on Rick Stein's Spain, which made me think of this thread. Apologies for the awful quality and recording a video of a screen. I've uploaded the video with Google Photos. JJ
  15. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    James Hoffmann has just release a video about espresso tonic. JJ
  16. Gaggia Forum
    To be honest, I wonder sometimes if reducing the temperature drop throughout the shot might not be more important than to have the same start temperature within 1 degree every time. As far as I understand, that's how E61 machines work; the starting temperature isn't ridiculously accurate, but...
  17. Gaggia Forum
    Hi, yes I have read it and just reread it. I'm in the process of installing a Rex C100 myself (still waiting on a PT100 sensor to arrive) so have no personal experience with it as of yet. I look forward to installing and experimenting it hopefully next week and will definitely be using your...
  18. Niche
    Oh that's way better, wish they would do the same with mine. JJ
  19. Coffee Accessories
    So it does. Well even for £60 I'd say it's worth it. The only annoyance with it is that setting a low temperature takes a lot of clicking, because you can't hold down the button and have it scroll through numbers, if that makes sense. The shaking lid, which causes a fair amount of steam, has...
  20. Gaggia Forum
    Some people claim that aggressive PID parameters can reduce the temperature drop during the shot, see this post on Reddit. This guide to installing a Rex C100 in the Classic also lists some parameters. From what I've understood, the aggressive parameters have the effect that it will take it...
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