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Espresso Enthusiasts

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Kurwenal said:
Not "too" but "much, much more."

On a scale from 1 to 100, in terms of impact on what you will taste:

- high quality water: 100
- fresh beans (typically 2-5 days post roast): 100
- properly roasted beans: 90
- your grinder: 89
- properly made espresso: 89
- your espresso machine: 50

If you are semi-serious about espresso, many experts believe the Rancilio Rocky is the absolute minimum....about $350. If you are beyond semi-serious (by which I mean "you can taste and appreciate the difference"), well, many thousands.

ETA: this is dated but well worth reading:

http://coffeegeek.com/guides/howtobuyanespressomachine/getagrinder

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Ditto ditto.
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Wonderful to see you back here and posting enthusiastically in the thread.
 
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I had a double or probably trippel Café Créme before my spinningclass.
The sweatening was good :eek:

I enjoy the Créma function on this espresso machine. New for this year. Earlier model that died this spring, of same sort, didn't have it.
Still experimenting with settings. So many...

Delicious ☕️
 
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Lioness~ said:
I had a double or probably trippel Café Créme before my spinningclass.
The sweatening was good :eek:

I enjoy the Créma function on this espresso machine. New for this year. Earlier model that died this spring, of same sort, didn't have it.
Still experimenting with settings. So many...

Delicious ☕️
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I see you are from Gothenburg, I have been there several times, great city.
[doublepost=1500505887][/doublepost]Time for the LC to deliver a cup of Kenyan.
 
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A question, not a poll though it could be, how often do you all drink coffee you prepared yourself as opposed to having one outside? I usually get mine outside only because cleaning my Bialetti is a chore.
 
decafjava said:
A question, not a poll though it could be, how often do you all drink coffee you prepared yourself as opposed to having one outside? I usually get mine outside only because cleaning my Bialetti is a chore.
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We're headed OOT for about a week, and packing up the [big] Chemex and a grinder (might take the electric kettle too). Oh and filters, don't forget the filters (I did last time, but Amazon'ed some to our location :D)
 
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JamesMike said:
Debating on lunch, in the mean time having a cup of Rwandan with hot milk and brown sugar.
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Ah, some colleagues produced brown sugar tonight when they prepared seriously good coffee.

Need I say that I melted?

decafjava said:
A question, not a poll though it could be, how often do you all drink coffee you prepared yourself as opposed to having one outside? I usually get mine outside only because cleaning my Bialetti is a chore.
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Depends on whether I am at home, or, working either abroad or elsewhere.

When I am at home, most of the time, I prepare coffee myself. When attending meetings in my country, or working abroad, unless I have a French Press with me, - when I can prepare a coffee myself - the coffee is always prepared by a colleague, or in a coffee shop.

mobilehaathi said:
I drink self-prepared coffee every day (usually thrice a day), unless I'm traveling away from home. There is the very rare occasion (less than once a month) that I'll buy a cup on my way to work, but this is only if I run out of beans in the middle of the week and can't muster the time for a weekday roast.
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Yes, I can relate to this.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Coffee time coming up shortly.......
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Just tried some Kenyan beans. First impressions, very nice. Lovely and smooth. Bought from a local supermarket, "Booths". They're a "posh" supermarket in the north. Not sure they can be found in the south? Anyway, I was impressed because they have a roasted on date, not something I've seen in other supermarkets. Anyway, I'll post a pic when I can be bothered to get up and go into the kitchen. Watching The Open where I was lucky enough to go to yesterday.
 
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Dave Meadows said:
Just tried some Kenyan beans. First impressions, very nice. Lovely and smooth. Bought from a local supermarket, "Booths". They're a "posh" supermarket in the north. Not sure they can be found in the south? Anyway, I was impressed because they have a roasted on date, not something I've seen in other supermarkets. Anyway, I'll post a pic when I can be bothered to get up and go into the kitchen. Watching The Open where I was lucky enough to go to yesterday.
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Most of the artisan coffee places where I buy my coffee tend to have roasting dates stamped on the coffee.

And yes, Kenyan coffee can be lovely and smooth.
 
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