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Best one I have had in my life was in St. Julians, Malta at Hugos.
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Best one I have had in my life was in St. Julians, Malta at Hugos.
At home, (not least as I don't have an espresso machine), I tend to prepare coffee either in a French pot/cafetière (if I have guests), or with a Hario dripper and filter paper, or with my trusty moka pot.
However, when out, much of the time (not all of the time, granted), I will have an espresso, or an espresso macchiato, or, very occasionally, a flat white.
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I would have wept (actually, cursed, then wept).
Condolences.
Oh NO! Based in London.
I do not think I can get the beans fresh enough after roasting (~ 1-2 weeks ).
The Ethiopian Coffee Company in London have excellent Ethiopian coffee, sourced from small, local suppliers and growers.
I'll have to check them out, the next time I'm in London.
I've bought quite a lot of coffee from them, over the past few years, and they are excellent.
They seem to have built close relationships with several small, local, producers in Ethiopia, and import (various coffees) directly from them.
My personal favourites are their coffees from the Yirgacheffe region, but all of their coffees are extremely good, quite unusual, and ethically sourced.
They will ship to other locations (and towns and cities) and I have always found them reasonable (reasonably priced, too) and reliable.
I picked these up at a boutique supermarket (it's a thing) here in Auckland NZ.
The beans certainly weren't stale in any way shape or form.
After your previous mention of Ozone I looked them up......it seems they operate out of both New Zealand and London, an unusual combo.....so freshly roasted in both places.
Anyway, I'm vaguely remembering reading that freshly roasted coffee actually reaches it's "best flavor" a few days after being roasted and then hits something of a "best flavor" plateau lasting some relatively short amount of time......the specified amount of time seems to vary from expert to expert, and of course our own personal taste will vary and give us different opinions
Alas, no, I don't remember the scientific explanation but it's something about degassing from the chemical process that's caused by the roasting process.
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We are lucky in Aus. that some of the cheapest coffee is roasted in Melbourne then shipped around the country promptly. It is absolutely fresh and is far nicer (smoother, richer, no bitterness) than some of the imported coffees that cost 4 times as much, and is transported here from Europe by ship and is months old by the time it gets here.
I'm no expert, but I find a significant difference in flavor between a 5 day roast (green), 7 day roast and 30+ roast on just about any coffee I have enjoyed. I find the flavor sweet spot for me is 7 - 11 days, after that it begins to drop off pretty rapidly until about 30 days then levels out.
I use canisters that remove the air to get a couple of more days out of beans I purchase, so I can stretch it up 14 and sometimes even 21 days ( if the canister is full to the top with beans ).
Today, I enjoyed an exceedingly good espresso (this morning) and an excellent cappuccino later this afternoon.
it's interesting that when the canisters aren't full, the fall off increases even tho the air has been removed
You sometimes wonder how much pre-conceptions affect your appreciation of coffee.
Kopi Lewak (you know, from the back end of civet cats) was reputed to be the best tasting coffee of all.
Until some sceptical person in New York did some double-blind tests.
The Kopi Lewak came last.
Apparently if you don't know that the coffee costs $50 a cup, it tastes like cr@p...
Kopi Lewak (you know, from the back end of civet cats) was reputed to be the best tasting coffee of all.
Until some sceptical person in New York did some double-blind tests.
The Kopi Lewak came last.
Apparently if you don't know that the coffee costs $50 a cup, it tastes like cr@p...
I've not had it (it's expensive) but when I was in Vietnam a couple of years ago their main coffee chain had, so they said, worked out the chemical process involved and could replicate it. This resulted in a much cheaper version of Kopi Luwak, aka weasel-shít coffee.
It still cost more than their other coffees, but tasted no different to me.
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That’s the point with espresso/coffee. We like different stuff.
It takes some effort to find out for ourselves, what WE like, and how much it’s worth spending for our dark brown - black golden drops for our pleasure.
Hopefully, but not always, people we live with and or spend a lot of time with, have some similar taste or interests. In best case scenario it works well together at least.
Living with non Espresso lovers is not to recommend. Actually it was a mirror of the relationship too.
I stay with that conclusion.
Now that you mention it, it is quite interesting. Next bag I open ( ~ this Thursday, 29 Jun 2023 ). I will put a cup or two (whatever looks like a smallish amount ) into one of the canisters and will fill the other canister. I will of course use the left over to enjoy immediately. I'll date both 'test' canisters to open in 30 days and check it out.
I wonder if the flavor change has to do with continually opening and closing the canister for micro dosing. And that near the bottom the flavor has changed due to time passed. Will of course need to build a chart! Haha!
I have made that coffee and it was off the charts "smooth". It did lack a bit of the bite I prefer, so I would not say my favorite coffee, but certainly not "crap". Other friends said the same, I did not mention the price or from where it was "processed". They had similar opinions, good, but not the best.
Today, unfortunately, I was unable to obtain an espresso. Or, anything else that derived from real coffee.
However, other available delights did compensate somewhat.
However, other available delights did compensate somewhat.