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Enjoyed my Ethiopian (Yirgacheffe) coffee this morning with organic raw double cream and organic brown sugar, served in a Le Creuset mug.
This morning I also enjoyed Ethiopian coffee (Yirgacheffe) with organic double raw cream and organic brown sugar.
Just spotted this on the BBC website;
“Klatch Coffee in San Francisco is offering a $75 cup of coffee made from award-winning beans grown in Panama.
The beans - called Elida Geisha Natural - sold for $803 per pound and hold the record for the most expensive coffee in the world.”
Think I’ll pass!
“Klatch Coffee in San Francisco is offering a $75 cup of coffee made from award-winning beans grown in Panama.
The beans - called Elida Geisha Natural - sold for $803 per pound and hold the record for the most expensive coffee in the world.”
Think I’ll pass!
Currently sipping a lovely mug (Le Creuset) of Ethiopian (Yirgacheffe) coffee with organic raw double cream and organic brown sugar.
"Despite", is the operative word, here, methinks.
Personally, I'd forego the milk entirely, rather than consume something so, ah, underwhelming, with (or in) my coffee.
But, do enjoy.
Having a nice cup of Kenyan with brown sugar and hot milk and biscuits.
That sounds as though it is an ideal way to while away some time this evening.
Actually, the puck sticking to the screen is more likely to be caused by too little coffee in the basket, not too much. Seems counterintuitive, but with greater headspace in the basket, when the brew switch is flipped off and the valve is then opened, there's more of a negative pressure or partial vacuum created and a greater tendency for the coffee puck to cling to the grouphead. Plus the greater headspace means that the expansion of the grounds doesn't jam the puck into the basket as much since there is more room to expand into.
Simple way to test this is to keep your grounds volume the same but use a larger basket. Puck will stick like crazy.
To OP, up your dose by .5 gram and it should fix this, and be sure you are using the right size basket for your dose. If the puck sticks, just run the GH again briefly -- easiest way to get it out.
Thanks for the time travel tips. That had come across my mind and I tested out various weights and packing pressure and it happens from time to time. My best guess is micro scratches that cause coffee grounds to stick or micro variations in density that packing doesn't address.
Otherwise I knew most of that because years and years ago I would sometimes make a moka, which isn't espresso, with 3/4 or 1/2 the weight and it would stick like mad. Which in itself was a pain in the ass to clean. I haven't measured how much my stainless steel mokas can take, but I pack them in tight enough and tap out the pucks later and they're fairly dry. I keep my pucks to throw in the garden, compost bin, or break them up with other dry organic material and bind them for a fire starter when grilling or BBQ. They burn hot and fairly long for what they are.
What has triggered the headache?
Try some sort of over the counter medication if it is too bad; darkness, for a migraine, lots of hydration for all headaches.
Ginger is good, but cloves can also be useful, when suffering from headaches.
Pillow most likely. It was bunched up. I hurt the right side of my neck a few weeks ago from it bunching up in my sleep as I have a habit of shoving my shoulder into the pillow as I sleep. Imagine a down pillow the size of a 4 year old child scrunched up into a football.
I always place my order by phone, and it is such a pleasure to deal with genuine and informed enthusiasts, who will happily discuss the respective merits of the different coffees (many of which come from small farms, and tiny micro-lots - growing unique varietals and cultivars, - at elevated altitudes) and who always remember me when I phone.