C-man Welcome to hand grinding, when did you get that? Now you should be able to "feel" the difference between soft and hard beans, softer beans usually like a finer grind, lighter roast and lower extraction pressures, so it seems to me anyway.
shape_shifter ...and I got 'looked down on' when I said there is nothing wrong with a spong, I still think I've had my best coffee from one of them.
WiredArabica /delurk I'd just like to make the observation that these forums are dangerous places. I seem to have won a spong #3 on a popular NZ trading site, looks to be in fairly good condition from the photos, can't wait to get it here and have a look inside... Better roast another couple of batches of beans for the weekend ;.
WiredArabica Kelsey wrote: What are you currently using as a grinder? Cheers for the welcome Kelsey. Currently using a Mazzer SJ as my main espresso grinder, and the Breville Smart at work for manual brew. I'm hoping that the Spong will work adequately for manual brew methods - Chemex and CCD in particular.
WiredArabica Breville Dual Boiler. May look at upgrading at some point but it's doing everything I need at the moment.
WiredArabica Kelsey wrote: You *could* upgrade from that, but only for bling factor - or if leveritis strikes. Haha very true. I'm interested in the concept of a lever but I've lots to learn before that ever happens. Quite happy with the BDB really, it's just easy to live with :coffee2:
JamesM thread bump. SPONG & CO has announced their return. I'm not sure exactly what this means, but their web site http://spong.co is live, but not featuring much yet, and their social media is ticking. See what happens!
Brett_H JamesM wrote: thread bump. SPONG & CO has announced their return. I'm not sure exactly what this means, but their web site http://spong.co is live, but not featuring much yet, and their social media is ticking. See what happens! Holy crikey. I'd be very interested in one of these if they'd just add a motor and a dosing funnel... :pan
shape_shifter I've got three (one a never been used Salter) but you can never have enough Spongs :thumb:
hiphipharar JamesM wrote: thread bump. SPONG & CO has announced their return. I'm not sure exactly what this means, but their web site http://spong.co is live, but not featuring much yet, and their social media is ticking. See what happens! You see heaps of placeholder sites, usually displaying when someone makes a typo in a URL or try to access a disused domain. I couldn't find any indication from my search that Spong was returning but I would be happy to be proven wrong. I have a Spong #2 (Salter) and it's brilliant for my manual brewing needs.
JamesM wow, sorry about the URL, it was working only a few days go. WASN'T a place holder, was an actual spong web page... They're on facebook and twitter too.
JamesM looks like http://spong.co is working again... I asked them what went wrong, they were not aware of a web issue. Oh well... Looking forward to seeing the product range. Will it be the original Spong's re-produced, or some new stuff too? 🙂 I'm looking forward to buying some grind tray's... I have none.
hiphipharar JamesM wrote: looks like http://spong.co is working again... Nope - I'm still getting the Pagoda page. spong.co.uk is unrelated as is spong.com.
