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  1. Coffee Beans
    Just thinking about some great roasters that don't seem to exist anymore... Avenue coffee from Edinburgh had some sublime coffee, and seemed to disappear Smokey barn- guy that ran sb had to sell it off. His stuff was hit and miss, still twas a shame. I'm not sure it operates anymore at all Do...
  2. Sold
    Hey- I've got an mc2 I bought around 4 years ago. Was all fine until about a year ago when I started getting a burnt taste from anything I ground in it... I tried different burrs but that didnt help. I ended up buying a mazzer sj which is fab, but still have the mc2. Potentially theres nought...
  3. Coffee Lounge โ˜ฎโค
    Misleading title... but also, true. Been brewing for years... generally able to figure problems and resolve. Currently flummoxed. I have a gaggia classic and a mazzer sj. I noticed that my shots were getting thinner and sour- also not cutting through milk and resulting in a yucky milk...
  4. Coffee Lounge โ˜ฎโค
    Hey- I haven't posted for quite some time but haven't stopped making coffee! I've been using a gaggia classic, bought from this fair site, for about 5 years now. It's been working admirably with the odd bit of maintenance- I've changed the steam arm thermostat, the gasket and generally had to...
  5. Coffee Beans
    Split from the 'November LSOL - Workshop Coffee Co' thread - risky It will... No such thing as a roast profile for spro or filter. Well... To a degree.
  6. Coffee Beans
    This month I will mostly be drinking... Notes coffee:- githiga ab ... Available here http://www.notescoffee.com/our-shop/githiga-ab Old spike roastery:- sidamo (Ethiopia) and Santa Isabel (Guatemala) ... These are a little more difficult to order. ยฃ7.50 for 250g, you can contact the roaster...
  7. Coffee Beans
    ... So I've got an idea. It may be one thats too difficult to actually implement but hey, worth a shot. Lsol and dsol have been an invaluable tool for many on this forum, whether partaking or not. They have been areas where direct compare and contrast discussions have taken place, allowing many...
  8. Brewed Coffee โ˜•
    Hi all- what size chemex do you guys use, and what is the best price you've seen. Im contemplating going for the ten cup, but jumping to 45 quid on has bean im not entirely sure its the most cost effective: Ie I dont know if I'll ever need to make that much coffee. Thoughts?
  9. Coffee Beans
    So chaps- looking for any blends that are out of tho world with flavour profiles and doing notes super distinct... Suggestions
  10. All Grinders & Hand-Grinders
    Setting down to fine and the whole thing seizes up, sounds like its chewing itself to bits and generally makes me feel like things are gonna fall to bits... Advice anyone?
  11. Coffee Lounge โ˜ฎโค
    A friend/colleague just sent me this. It left me in equal measured amused at the lack of understanding the journalist demonstrates and ashamed at having that thought http://gu.com/p/498gh
  12. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Well, its been about a year of gaggia classic ownership and it feels like I'm getting there ... This one was a fw I poured before a night shift on Friday and i was pretty damned proud of ot- perfect consistency, good art (I've done better, but often too foamy) and espresso was yum (rave's...
  13. ๐Ÿ‘‹ Introductions ๐Ÿ‘‹
    Hi, My name's Simon (Si for short) and I do enjoy a nice coffee. Live in London, have worked all over the city but am currently based Kentish town area. Am fairly pretentious, ride a fixed gear bike extensively, read existentialist philosophy regularly (currently midway through Camus 'the...
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