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Greatly enjoying an afternoon mug of coffee from Costa Rica, served with organic hot milk.
Your post reminds me that I have a small package of some coffee from Costa Rica.....and since the weather is chilly and cloudy here, perhaps I'll have some of it for my second mug this morning
Excellent; do enjoy.
The coffee from Costa Rica that I am currently enjoying is a "Villa Sarchi" coffee, (one that I had never heard of, until I researched it), which, apparently, is a natural mutation of the Bourbon varietal.
Chilly and cloudy here, as well, which may call for another mug of glorious coffee.
And rainy here. Just starting on my second espresso of the day.
My v1 Silvia has started leaking from the wand a bit when she's warming up - just a few dribbles. I've read that it's easy to just replace some parts in the wand to stop it, but for now I'm just placing a small glass underneath to catch it. When it starts happening to me, I'll have to come up with a different solution.
My v1 Silvia has started leaking from the wand a bit when she's warming up - just a few dribbles. I've read that it's easy to just replace some parts in the wand to stop it, but for now I'm just placing a small glass underneath to catch it. When it starts happening to me, I'll have to come up with a different solution.
Good luck with it, and commiserations when a faithful and much loved piece of equipment decides to shuffle off this mortal coil.
For my part, I am enjoying a second mug of coffee from Costa Rica.
There's a pill for that. Also a minor operation to unclog some of the plumbing.
Enjoying a mug of coffee from Costa Rica (served with organic hot milk), reading about Gesha beans, and cheerfully perusing coffee websites, as it is high time to replenish my supply of coffee.
Sipping, savouring, and thoroughly enjoying, a coffee from Costa Rica, served with organic hot milk.
Am busily perusing coffee sites, as I realise that my coffee supplies are rapidly dwindling, and need to be replenished in the near future.
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Cheese, cream, butter, and coffee were all bought on a fleeting trip to the city, where I enjoyed a lovely coffee (Guatemalan, washed) in one of my favourite coffee haunts, a building that dates back to the 16th century.
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my first coffee of the day, made with red bourbon beans (enough left for just three more)
Any ideas on what shall replace it?
Well, today, I replenished my own (rapidly diminishing) coffee supplies.
I treated myself to two different coffees: The first was a very predictable (predictable for me, that is), natural process Ethiopian coffee, Krume varietal, (which I had spotted on the website of one of my favourite small coffee shops - it plies its trade out of a 16th century building and is wonderfully atmospheric) and is a coffee that I know I will love, as Ethiopian natural process coffees are possibly my favourite of all coffees.
The other, well, I did some research online, as, while the coffee is said to be superb, and award winning (best in Guatemala, apparently), the price is eye-watering.
In any case, the staff assured me that it should live up to its weighty reputation.
Actually, it is a Gesha, - yes, this varietal is rare and invariably quite expensive - and hails from Guatemala.
This particular Gesha (washed process) hails from the exceedingly well regarded (and award winning) El Socorro producer.
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Just going into the kitchen to warm up Miss Silvia for my second cup.
I did order some stuff from espressoparts.com to stop her dribble. What a great resource. They responded to my questions right away and told me what to order. They also showed me a full part breakdown of my machine with all the part numbers - every little doodad included.
I did flip her over to find the serial number. Her identification plate is actually stamped with "Miss Silvia" as the model. I had always thought the "Miss" was just for fun and invented by coffee geeks.
Miss Silvia will have a nice spa day once the supplies arrive.
I did order some stuff from espressoparts.com to stop her dribble. What a great resource. They responded to my questions right away and told me what to order. They also showed me a full part breakdown of my machine with all the part numbers - every little doodad included.
I did flip her over to find the serial number. Her identification plate is actually stamped with "Miss Silvia" as the model. I had always thought the "Miss" was just for fun and invented by coffee geeks.
Miss Silvia will have a nice spa day once the supplies arrive.
Illy ESE coffee pods were on sale.
So I bought some, assuming that the hype about how good it was actually had some rooting in reality.
They make coffee. It's drinkable. It's better than any of the instant (powdered or freeze dried) coffees.
Would I buy it a full price? No.
Here endeth the review.
So I bought some, assuming that the hype about how good it was actually had some rooting in reality.
They make coffee. It's drinkable. It's better than any of the instant (powdered or freeze dried) coffees.
Would I buy it a full price? No.
Here endeth the review.
Well said.
Coffee pods are a convenience, but nothing more - and yes, agreed, of course, they are (far) better than either instant coffee or freeze dried coffee.
However, they are far from the equal of real coffee, and are something I will accept in the absence of anything better.
My coffee from Costa Rica was finished this morning - there was enough for one last cup.
However, just now, I am thoroughly enjoying a superb coffee - a Gesha from Guatemala - served with organic hot milk.
However, just now, I am thoroughly enjoying a superb coffee - a Gesha from Guatemala - served with organic hot milk.
Should branch out to Central America, I had Colombian this morning which was very nice.
I was over supplied in March and it appears I still have enough for a couple of weeks. Usually I resupply around the end of the month and expect what I buy to last until the next month, but recently I've been over supplied due to unusual circumstances related to the horrendous fires here in Los Angeles in January and February.
I'll probably be looking for something interesting in a week or two
I watched a video about temperature surfing with the Silvia (non-pro version). I tried it this morning and the coffee was bitter. I'm going to try it a few more times to see if it's consistent. I think I usually use lower temperature water than what this process gave me; that's based on my understanding of the heating/cooling cycling of the boiler.
