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Old 3 January 2019, 03:10 PM   #211
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Picked up some coffee at La Costa Coffee Roaster's. They just received some fresh green beans. Roasted just before I stopped in!

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Old 3 January 2019, 04:30 PM   #212
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I think I have the same illy coffee like yours. Nice collection though.
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Old 3 January 2019, 09:21 PM   #213
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Matt, the Monolith Titan is a thing of beauty and I understand why it could not be prised from your grip. You are obviously an aficionado.
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Old 4 January 2019, 10:56 AM   #214
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I already have an old school Saeco and a Capresso burr grinder that I modded for finer settings. So my current setup does a decent job, just not one like the pic.

Thanks for the info also.
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Old 5 January 2019, 10:03 AM   #215
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Trying this coffee that I picked up in Bali.



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Old 6 January 2019, 01:00 PM   #216
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This is a local coffee house. Highly recommended!

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Old 6 January 2019, 01:40 PM   #217
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TRF ~ Coffee Lovers Thread!

Gotta represent with my little Electra and Fiorenzato setup:




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Old 6 January 2019, 05:59 PM   #218
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That's a good-looking set-up, Vinh, with some good bean too.
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Old 8 January 2019, 03:25 PM   #219
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That's a good-looking set-up, Vinh, with some good bean too.


Thanks. It’s a real pleasure to pull shots from as before this I was on a little Silvia.

As for the beans you should definitely check out Dodd Coffee. It’s a local friend of mine who has some serious talent and delivers a mean medium roast.

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Old 9 January 2019, 05:19 AM   #220
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Great setup Vinh! Nothing like a semiauto machine and fresh ground recently roasted coffee.
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Old 14 January 2019, 06:15 AM   #221
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Old 14 January 2019, 06:38 AM   #222
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No-one else making a pour over brew?
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Old 14 January 2019, 06:58 AM   #223
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No-one else making a pour over brew?
I do sometimes. But it is only a couple times a week I am afraid.
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Old 14 January 2019, 07:06 AM   #224
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No-one else making a pour over brew?
I drink a lot of pour overs Bas. But not at home. The beauty of a pour over is the chance to explore complex flavours and the skill of the roasters.

I travel a lot. And I visit micro roasters all over the place. It is one of my greatest pleasures to taste pour overs and discuss their qualities with the people who have put experience, skill and dedication into creating their products.

As much as I enjoy espresso. Single origin pour overs (which are relatively new for me) have taught me so much about the nuances of coffee. Not just individual bean varieties, but also the influence of climate, altitude, latitude, regional soils and different processing and roasting techniques.
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Old 14 January 2019, 07:26 AM   #225
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I drink a lot of pour overs Bas. But not at home. The beauty of a pour over is the chance to explore complex flavours and the skill of the roasters.

I travel a lot. And I visit micro roasters all over the place. It is one of my greatest pleasures to taste pour overs and discuss their qualities with the people who have put experience, skill and dedication into creating their products.

As much as I enjoy espresso. Single origin pour overs (which are relatively new for me) have taught me so much about the nuances of coffee. Not just individual bean varieties, but also the influence of climate, altitude, latitude, regional soils and different processing and roasting techniques.
I'm still new to the pour over brew, I love the rich flavour you get from it, so different from the harsh bitter taste that I associated with coffee.

I don't travel that much and my local coffee shops don't offer pour over coffee. So I'm making it at home, trying coffee from various regions.

Even just a few degrees in temperature or making the coffee finer or coarser has a big impact on taste. Lots of stuff to try!
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Old 14 January 2019, 07:30 AM   #226
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I enjoy a Chemex pour over in the morning. But for this coffee, I usually grind store bought Eight O'Clock beans. Makes a real good cup.
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Pour-over is one of the options available to coffee-lovers.
Along with Espresso machines, Dripolators, Mocha Pots and French-Press it is a good way to experience good coffee in different ways. It is always interesting to put the same bean through a number of different processes and note the difference.
As always though, the most important factor is the freshness and quality of the bean. You can't make good coffee from lousy bean, no matter how talented you are.
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Old 1 February 2019, 05:48 AM   #228
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The Wife ordered this and I have to say it is AWESOME!

I Highly Recommend This Product for storing your coffee for everyday use.

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Old 3 February 2019, 08:00 PM   #230
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Larry, I use a 'lid' from one of those airtight plastic containers on my grinder.
It fits the diameter of the hopper perfectly.
By moving it up and down in the top of the hopper it causes a pressure fluctuation and helps to expel the fine grounds that inevitably collect inside the grinder and produce a stale coffee smell and eventually clog up the mechanics.

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Old 4 February 2019, 01:24 PM   #231
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I was using a Hario dripper for a while, but got lazy and bought a Technivorm.
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Old 4 February 2019, 10:08 PM   #232
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I was using a Hario dripper for a while, but got lazy and bought a Technivorm.
Haha, I understand! Often I find myself just going to the espressomachine instead of manually grind, and pour over my coffee in the morning.
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Old 24 February 2019, 08:02 PM   #233
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Old 6 March 2019, 11:45 AM   #234
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Picked up a bag of Ghana Light Roast to add to our coffee last week and I have to say it is Awesome!

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Those look good, how did they taste?
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Old 6 March 2019, 04:48 PM   #237
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I was using a Hario dripper for a while, but got lazy and bought a Technivorm.
Same here, got lazy I use a moccamaster and typically have been using beans from stumptown.

Sadly I don’t have much of a tolerance for caffeine anymore so one small cup in the AM is all I get.
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Those look good, how did they taste?
Incredible! By far the best quality coffee I've ever had.
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