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Life is too short for bad coffee - The Off Topic thread

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    #452
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,691 ✭✭✭s3rtvdbwfj81ch


    have no beans in the house presently, miscalculated the Bailies sub length, and never got a new sub.

    Stuck some of the mrs' Lavazza Oro into the aeropress (17g/180ml/85c/2min) and it was grand. I'm not sure you can make "bad" coffee in the aeropress tbh.


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    #453
    wersal gummage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    Any thoughts on this, spec wise??

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=19314


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    #454
    wersal gummage
    Registered Users Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭wersal gummage


    Bawnmore wrote: »
    €300, a Gaggia Classic is well within budget for example .

    Was leaning towards this :

    https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/smeg-ecf01


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    #455
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I was looking at those and almost went for one. Seems like a good machine.


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    #456
    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭alec76


    wersal gummage wrote: »
    Was leaning towards this :

    https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/smeg-ecf01

    I don't know, there is no boiler there, only thermoblock ?
    Obviously he didn't try none pressuriesed basket with it...
    ...plastic tamper does the job......
    I wonder if this fella knows anything about espresso machines?


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    #457
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Nothing wrong with a thermoblock, or a plastic tamper.


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    #458
    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭alec76


    Boiler gives you constant temperature... without it almost impossible to get numbers right.... Unless you got extremely expensive water pump ....and expensive thermoblock ...combined with the boiler..not with this price range though.. As for the plastic tamper... Well, with the pressuresed basket no difference ...But again , you won't get decent shot with pressuresed basket.... Only great for newbies....


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    #459
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    You seem to have some robust absolutist opinions there - I'll leave you to them...


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    #460
    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭alec76


    I am not saying that following machine is bad,just not happy with the review , I would not call it "trusted"


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    #461
    dball
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    #462
    s3rtvdbwfj81ch
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    Had a bit of a disaster!

    I've been using a blade grinder that I picked up in Aldi or Lidl a couple of years ago, when I first started properly getting into coffee. I've found it fine, but the lid fell the other day and now it won't "engage" and so the blades won't function.

    Anyway, a while back I got one of these from a friend

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    A Hario hand grinder, I put it together and it works fine, I need to get used to tweaking the grind size though.

    I'd been given a bag of these for Father's Day, the roastery is around the corner from the house.

    A fairly good Light Roast Rwandan, had a cup from the Aeropress this morning.


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    #463
    caviardreams
    Registered Users Posts: 5,440 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    With the sunny weather I have been having coffee in the late afternoon the past week, so opting for decaff :eek::eek::eek:

    The Bell Lane one is very nice, for a decaff. Still prefer non-decaff for a much fuller and better flavour but the decaff is drinkable for sure.

    Any other good decaffs round, or am I gonna get kicked off the forum for asking such a question? :pac::p


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    #464
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    caviardreams wrote: »
    With the sunny weather I have been having coffee in the late afternoon the past week, so opting for decaff :eek::eek::eek:

    The Bell Lane one is very nice, for a decaff. Still prefer non-decaff for a much fuller and better flavour but the decaff is drinkable for sure.

    Any other good decaffs round, or am I gonna get kicked off the forum for asking such a question? :pac::p


    *click* Ignored


    :D


    I don't drink decaff so have no real recommendations. Just to say I am partial to an iced coffee in the warm weather :)


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    #465
    north south east west
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭north south east west


    What's McCabes coffee like? They are selling 1 kg bags of a number of different roasts for 21 euro which seems like good value.


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    #466
    dball
    Registered Users Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭dball


    finally got one of the bean to cup machines last week on prime day on amazon, great thread over in Bargain alerts
    about it.

    Selling these as a result if i am allowed to post this here:
    https://www.adverts.ie/small-kitchen-appliances/nespresso-coffee-grinder-espresso-french-press/18392538


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    #467
    Slaphead07
    Registered Users Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭Slaphead07


    wersal gummage wrote: »
    Was leaning towards this :

    https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/smeg-ecf01

    I picked one up for €100 when my Gaggia Classic was acting up. Despite it's spec it actually makes superb smooth espressos and the milk frother is very easy to use. I'd hesitate at full price (currently €280 in BTs) but if you can get a good one at the right price why not?
    there's an awfuf lot of nonsense talked about espresso machines but the bottom line is do they make good coffee? This one does.


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    #468
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,523 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    What is wrong with people?

    Starbucks traffic surges, posts best sales growth in three years


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    #469
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Well if you were a German couple in Venice, it might beat a €950 fine for sitting down and making coffee on the steps of an old bridge. But other than that, the WiFi?


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    #470
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    The Nal wrote: »
    What is wrong with people?

    Starbucks traffic surges, posts best sales growth in three years

    gateway drug. non coffee drinkers into bad coffee drinkers, result in increase in good coffee drinkers in a few years??


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    #471
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,136 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    mossym wrote: »
    gateway drug. non coffee drinkers into bad coffee drinkers, result in increase in good coffee drinkers in a few years??

    I don't hold out much hope.

    Gloria Jeans is still busy, people seem very willing to pay over the mark for bad coffee.

    Perhaps it's just a place to sit and chat?

    I go to the indie shops for good coffee, but they do tend to be very small places.


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    #472
    Hodors Appletart
    Registered Users Posts: 2,026 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    i was in london for a few days and stopped into this place called long and short coffee its just off brick lane

    i brought home some of this stuff

    https://longandshort.london/coffee-shop/coffee/dambi-udo-ethiopia/

    it really is gorgeous


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    #473
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    What weight are those bags - I assume 250g?


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    #474
    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭alec76


    It says only 200g( additional information)


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    #475
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,816 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    So €60 a kilo if you include postage. I'll pass.



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    #476
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,043 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Complete noob here, I recently brought a v60 and decided to try this morning, it came out looking like tea o_O , any ideas why this would happen? I followed a step by step guide as well .


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    #477
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,523 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Complete noob here, I recently brought a v60 and decided to try this morning, it came out looking like tea o_O , any ideas why this would happen? I followed a step by step guide as well .

    Sort of what it looks like from a V60. Did you grind the beans enough and pour the water directly on the coffee?


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    #478
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,043 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    The Nal wrote: »
    Sort of what it looks like from a V60. Did you grind the beans enough and pour the water directly on the coffee?

    Yup It was a coarse grind, maybe I should have gone finer though?


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    #479
    The Nal
    Registered Users Posts: 12,523 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Yup It was a coarse grind, maybe I should have gone finer though?

    Yup try it. The finer the grind the stronger the coffee!


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    #480
    adrian522
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 16,095 Mod ✭✭✭✭adrian522


    How much coffee and how much water did you use? How did it taste?


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    #481
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Complete noob here, I recently brought a v60 and decided to try this morning, it came out looking like tea o_O , any ideas why this would happen? I followed a step by step guide as well .
    What coffee are you using?


    You should get a nice 'blooming' coffee bed at the start. Try not to pour too much all at once, go in consistent pulses where the bed is immersed . Try not to agitate the bed too much by pouring harshly. The idea is you want a gentle, constant flow of hot water through the bed of coffee and out the bottom.


    Would recommend you do about 16g in and 250g out. Try time it for 3 mins. if it's off that mark you may need to adjust finer/coarser.


    You should get an amazing cup of coffee if you do it right. Juicy and clean tasting coffee.


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