I’m just reading through http://www.home-barista.com/ where some poor sod with a tiny budget is being told he can’t possibly get a usable coffee grinder for under £300 (his budget for an espresso machine is £200, which is perfectly doable, but suggesting £300 for a grinder is just nuts), and he should get a hand grinder [...]
Archive for June 21st, 2010
Espresso snobbery…
Posted in Coffee grinders and espresso snobbery, tagged Affordable espresso machines, Coffee grinders, Coffee snobs, Espresso, Hand grinders on June 21, 2010 |
Weighing beans for espresso…
Posted in A scale for coffee beans, tagged Bean-weighing scales, Coffee beans, Espresso on June 21, 2010 |
The best coffee, without a doubt, comes from freshly-ground beans and, to avoid waste, you really need a scale capable of weighing small quantities accurately. I have a scale that weighs to 1g, which is ideal for what I use it for – breadmaking – but I fancied something small that could be kept alongside [...]
Manual espresso machine musings…
Posted in La Pavoni espresso machines, tagged Caffe Italia, Coffee, La Pavoni, Manual espresso machines, My Espresso on June 21, 2010 | 7 Comments »
I’ve decided to buy myself a lever-operated, entirely manual, espresso machine, not least because I’ve had, and continue to have, a really shitty time lately and, hell, I deserve to be cheered up.This is the tale of that machine, and a warning. . . Note: On an espresso machine, the “group” is the part where [...]
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