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Espresso Enthusiasts

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mtbdudex said:
When we get 2lb bags store the whole beans in this “Airscape” container.
I cut the label off and put inside to know the bean, yea at 61 I’ll take that help.

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I have the Airscape containers too. Do you find they keep your beans fresh?
 
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Now on a Brazil coffee.

Arara variety with a fermented natural process. Very forward flavour of dates, with a bit of blueberry.

quite a change form the Kenya I've been drinking for the last month.
 
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mtbdudex said:
When we get 2lb bags store the whole beans in this “Airscape” container.
I cut the label off and put inside to know the bean, yea at 61 I’ll take that help.
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I save all the empty bags in order so I know what beans I had awhile back.
When I have time I cut them down and save the smaller pieces, keeping the order, which why I saved them in the 1st place. I don’t know how many I will save, but I like organization of things. Maybe when the box where it is gets full 😉

This week I got a new and bigger container to store my espresso beans in, that easily swallow the 1 kilo bags. The old glass container I had didn’t do that.
I also got tired of the opened bag, with the remaining beans that didn’t fit in the jar, in the cupboard.
I have in fact been reorganizing most storage in my kitchen recently, and replaced most containers with this new serie of quality plastic containers.
Thrown out all glass containers, except for spices.

So my Espresso beans won’t get lost again if/when its storage container drops to the floor or the granite countertops I have in the kitchen.

Now enjoying the result of my efforts with a great and big Espresso 😋
 
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HandsomeDanNZ said:
Ah yes...the "decent brother" 😀
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Well, there is also Other Brother, with whom I am less close.

However, Decent Brother is decent; I have noticed that men are often uneasy and uncomfortable when adjectives such as "kind", "generous", "thoughtful", "sympathetic", "supportive" (which all apply to Decent Brother, as they did to my father, whom he resembles in character) are offered as descriptions of character for a man.

In any case, we get on well together, are close, and are friends as well as siblings.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Well, there is also Other Brother, with whom I am less close.

However, Decent Brother is decent; I have noticed that men are often uneasy and uncomfortable when adjectives such as "kind", "generous", "thoughtful", "sympathetic", "supportive" (which all apply to Decent Brother, as they did to my father, whom he resembles in character) are offered as descriptions of character for a man.

In any case, we get on well together, are close, and are friends as well as siblings.
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Consider yourself lucky not to be related to Crappy Brother. I am probably known as Coffee Brother to my siblings. /JK
 
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I was never a boy scout but I was in the military cadets.

When in the field on a camp, we would take a large (approx. 4 gallon) biscuit tin (after having consumed all the biscuits...). Then, dig a hole and make a fire in the bottom. When it had burnt down to coals, we would put the biscuit tin in the hole above the coals, fill it with water, all the instant coffee packets we had and all the tubes of sweetened condensed milk, and then pack soil around the tin.
We then had hot 'coffee'* all night, with no smoke or fire.

We got extra marks by visiting inspecting officers for inventiveness.

* inverted commas deliberate
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Enjoying a Sunday afternoon coffee.

An Ethiopian (washed) coffee, naturally, served with organic hot milk.
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Going with the washed I see -- a departure from your normal preference. During my recent taste tests in Hawaii, I found myself gravitating this time to the smoother experience offered by the washed varieties versus the naturally processed, which offered a more pointed flavor profile.
 
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Madhatter32 said:
Going with the washed I see -- a departure from your normal preference. During my recent taste tests in Hawaii, I found myself gravitating this time to the smoother experience offered by the washed varieties versus the naturally processed, which offered a more pointed flavor profile.
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Well, yes, but in truth, it wasn't quite a matter of preference - I still prefer the naurally processed coffees - but, the fact that washed Ethiopian (actually, I have two different Ethiopian coffees - both washed - on the go at the moment) coffee was the only form of Ethiopian coffee that I could lay hands on, in two of my favourite small coffee places which source them from small indigenous enterprises.

I suspect that the washed process may be supplanting the (older, more time consuming and labour intensive) natural method, even in Ethiopia, where the natural process method has been in widespread use and was the favoured method.

Moreover, I need to remind myself that Ethiopia is (not for the first time in its history) in a state of some considerable turmoil, and that, too, may be affecting the availability (indeed, the production) of naturally processed coffee.
 
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Madhatter32 said:
Going with the washed I see -- a departure from your normal preference. During my recent taste tests in Hawaii, I found myself gravitating this time to the smoother experience offered by the washed varieties versus the naturally processed, which offered a more pointed flavor profile.
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I am an Hawaiian coffee fan. We order Ka'u Coffee Mill coffee at least once a year. My wife is especially a fan of peaberry varieties. I am more of a tropical flavored coffee kind of guy, but we also get their medium and medium washed coffee. We know the Kona coffee is the more famous of the Hawaiian coffees. We just like Ka'u coffee.

We are also big time Black Riffle Coffee Company fans. My wife likes Hazelnut and I like Just Black and some of the light roosted offerings.
 
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All rain instead of a good summer here, at least make me indulge in more hot espresso's.
I don't mind a bit of the ice-espressos once in a while, but I much prefer hot strong and big espresso's.
Really enjoying a delicious one right now 🥰
 
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