Coffee Drinkers? (or other hot beverages)

[mikeymad]

On 3/4/2022 at 2:13 AM, EdipisReks1 said:

Pic is after dosing with the Weber Blind shaker. I used my knock off OCD, but I could have gone straight to tamp. 

That is a very HC image - almost two of everything... 

[grawk]

I’m going to be roasting that rwandan coffee for sale.  It’ll be $40 for 2 pounds shipped in the us. 

[EdipisReks1]

2 hours ago, mikeymad said:

That is a very HC image - almost two of everything... 

Almost?! I have like five of some!

Normcore portafilter fixes my issue with the stock portafilter being too light.

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by EdipisReks1

[grawk]

[n_maher]

18 hours ago, grawk said:

I’m going to be roasting that rwandan coffee for sale.  It’ll be $40 for 2 pounds shipped in the us. 

In for 2lbs here.  How are you planning to roast, Dan?  

[grawk]

It will be a light/medium roast.  I'll experiment with a few roasts to figure out how dark I want to go

[HemiSam]

If you're going light / medium, I am in, Sir.

HS

[n_maher]

1 hour ago, HemiSam said:

If you're going light / medium, I am in, Sir.

HS

Fixed it for you.

[EdipisReks1]

I’m in Dan. 

[EdipisReks1]

5 hours ago, grawk said:

What cup is that?

[grawk]

a chinese 5oz teacup

[EdipisReks1]

It looks like a good coffee cup!

[EdipisReks1]

Made that steamed iced americano thing. It’s super good! The texture really is like a nitro coffee, but it doesn’t taste bad because it’s not cold brew crap. 

I think I’d go a little shorter on the water/espresso ratio next time. But it’s super good!

Edited March 7, 2022 by EdipisReks1

[EdipisReks1]

Normcore portafilter is great. It feels wonderful in the hand, and is super well machined, so it locks into the group easily but also solid as a rock. Also also it’s a big ol’ chunk of metal: who wouldn’t like that?

The basket it came with is not, however. It’s a perfectly fine precision basket, but the shape doesn’t let dosing funnels sit securely if they aren’t magnetic funnels. I have a magnetic funnel, and it’s fine, but I prefer to use the Weber blind shaker, which is not (at least not in that way: the magnetic bit is in the base of whatever you call the thingie that you remove to dose the coffee; it sticks to the neodymium magnet I put in the base of the Niche, but doesn’t stick to a basket).

So I bought an IMS baristapro 18g. Of course the Normcore basket was part of how I convinced myself to get the portafilter, but I didn’t buy that this week so it’s okay: new week new shit!

Edited March 7, 2022 by EdipisReks1

[EdipisReks1]

Single best pull I’ve ever done, I think, and this is what I do with it. 

It is admittedly very good. 

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by EdipisReks1

[grawk]

[Covered_Ears]

On 3/8/2022 at 8:04 AM, grawk said:

That looks great. Which beans did you use if I may ask?

[grawk]

good question.  Whatever the beans I roasted before the rwandan beans.  Probably ethiopian Limu

[grawk]

this might be relevant to someone:

https://www.odysseyespresso.com/argos-lever-espresso-machine

[HemiSam]

That's a beautiful machine.

HS

[grawk]

add the bluetooth and analog pressure gauges and it seems like a fantastic manual spring lever machine. 

[HemiSam]

I'm looking forward to trying the Rwandan!

HS

[EdipisReks1]

Too bad I wasted this on a cafe mocha. It was, admittedly, a very good mocha (I make a vegan/sugar free cocoa syrup).

[EdipisReks1]

On 3/11/2022 at 8:12 AM, grawk said:

this might be relevant to someone:

https://www.odysseyespresso.com/argos-lever-espresso-machine

That should really have an analog gauge for that price.

It is a good looking machine and I’m sure it pulls good espresso, but you can’t profile without a general idea of the pressure, which defeats the point of a lever. 

I also think a straight lever on a 58 is… a decision. You lose a lot of mechanical advantage. Straight lever works great on a smaller portafilter; taller column changes the pressure distribution. You can pull a shot on the Flair 58 with your chin.* Less mechanical advantage is going to mean less precision.

This is assuming the full manual has the same arm geometry as the spring version.

*the Flair is hardly perfect, but the curved lever is not one of its many flaws.

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by EdipisReks1

[n_maher]

3 hours ago, EdipisReks1 said:

Too bad I wasted this on a cafe mocha. It was, admittedly, a very good mocha (I make a vegan/sugar free cocoa syrup).

 

Ahem, nothing is wasted on cafe mocha.