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Perhaps using an OFC 3-core with gold-plated terminals could produce a ‘more rounded’ and ‘smoother’ cup of coffee ?😏
You laugh but I did once sit slack jawed at the London coffee festival listening to three blokes circle jerking over the vast improvement that putting an ac smoother in line with their espresso machine had made.
Sage Barista Pro here. Replaced the STW Delonghi favourite. Buy 250kg beans from local roasters here in Ross. Tend to get four different bags (which is great for different tastes, bit of a pain changing grind settings etc)
It was a chunk of cash to buy. But having had it just over a year and making 2 espressos for me every day + hot choc etc for rest of family, I'd say it's worth it. Sure it's a bit messier and a bit of a performance but the coffee is brilliant.
I did have a battery powered vacuum container for the beans. But it ate batteries so now I have a £3 glass container with a sealed lead on a clasp. I can't tell difference between start and end of the bag. Still I don't know anything about speaker cables either 😉
I think that the subject of coffee is the same as anything where there is an opportunity to obsess over the details (see the current thread on speaker cable as an example).
Are coffee beans directional?
Are coffee beans directional?
I can't say I've tried it but Gwyneth Paltrow swears by squirting the stuff up your backside.
Buy 250kg beans
I'm sorry..... what??
The reason I use Nespresso pods is because I’m often away from home for several days at a time. How quickly do beans go off? Should I accept that I’ll need a new bag every week?
Honestly, if you're okay with Nespresso, you don't need to worry about whether or not the beans are in the sweet spot after roast date 🙂
I’m sorry….. what??
Yeah good spot. I drink a lot of coffee but 4x250 grams covers it 🙂
Honestly, if you’re okay with Nespresso, you don’t need to worry about whether or not the beans are in the sweet spot after roast date
A good point well made.
Have ordered a Sage Barista Pro. Thanks for all the advice. In a totally unrelated bit of news, if anyone is looking to buy a Nespresso Creatista machine, please get in touch... 😉
Ah shit. Typical.
I have a subscription to Pact coffee. They send me a 250g of beans once a fortnight which does me for one or two cups a day brewed in an aeropress. The bags have a roasting date on them and have invariably been roasted just 2 or 3 days before I get them. I don't know much about coffee but I do know these beans taste night and day better to any I've ever bought from a supermarket and I reckon that's down to their freshness. I really love my mid morning coffee ritual after I've walked the pooch.
Pact are pretty ethical too, sourcing beans directly from small growers and paying them a fair price. Theres a little bio about the farmer in every packet. Currently drinking "Planalto" grown by Sergio Mantovaninni 🙂
I have sussed out how to tip just a brews worth of beans into the grinder and then seal the bag to keep the rest as fresh as possible rather than filling the grinder up. Not sure if this makes a difference or if the beans would go stale in the grinder but it's little effort and has become part of my ritual.
Link to Pact Coffee if anyone does try a subscription, you'll save a fiver off your first order if you use my loyalty code DAVE-8932E5 I've no connection with them other than being a happy customer, but I do save a bit on my orders if anyone uses this code. Help a poor caffeine junkie out! 😄
Daily Mash 19th February.