MICE Melbourne 15-18th May?

cosmic_couple22

Oh forgot about this as well Attachment not found.

Koffee_Kosmo

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Oh forgot about this as well Attachment not found.

Guess that means I will schedule holidays in the Sunshine Coast from now on  :stir

admin

sunday morning MICE was great - some pretty good shots of World Latte Art champs; will get some pics up when I get back to office. saw a pretty hot spot in Glen Huntly [Workshop Bros.] had an absolutely amazing CoE Nekisse at Admiral Cheng Ho in Abbotsford; also got to see Pat's [ACG] new 'Grafali' with the 4-group  in Richmond

cosmic_couple22

Roasters going in for a new gas train and software/operating system upgrade. So once it is all done and everything is fitted back in the roastery, we will host a sunny-coast crema day. People can bring their beans, green and brown to play on the roaster and the slayer. :thumb: Hmm maybe we will have to put an expression of interest out first, don

cosmic_couple22

Slayer on the bench for clean up and testing before it heads north to us in a couple of weeks A. The Nekisse we shared at Admiral Cheng Ho with Admin was absolutely  superb, best coffee we have had while doing our MICE trip. This morning we also did workshop brothers, Nolan, Brian and Joe are doing a fantastic job out there, great food and another amazing 93 yirg.  Proud Marys was also as professional as always.

C-man

I knew it.......... There is a new Slayer in town. can't wait to taste it.  Go

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Chester.    thanks for all the pics.

cosmic_couple22

So today is the last day of our MICE trip, started at the Oak room in Ashburton today, what a great experience. The owner Ken (farther too the boys at WSB) is passionate about all things coffee and even more passionate about his relationship to his customers. Ken knew everybody by name, nursed their babies while they enjoyed their coffee and helped the oldies sit down with the groceries. Ken took the time to engage and talk with all that came, even during busy periods. On top of that a tremendous breakfast was had and a plethora of great coffee, both espresso and pour-over of mostly COE beans. Yummy. In the afternoon we went to League of Honest Coffee, very clean looking cafe with a couple of nice slayers on the bench. One of Melbourne's go to shops in the city. My only bitch about Melbourne coffee is that they all free pour a short macchiato resulting in the milk blending entirely with the shot really creating a small picilo.  Going to start a campaign

cosmic_couple22

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I knew it.......... There is a new Slayer in town. can't wait to taste it.  Go

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Chester.    thanks for all the pics.

Don't think the slayer will taste very nice C-man, but the coffee that comes out of it might be alright. :stir ;D Chester

C-man

I hope you lined up some good Green too.

admin

Would you buy a coffee from this man?  ;D Pat, alias our very own ACG at his new job, managing Grafali in Richmond!Attachment not found.

C-man

sure, depends on price and quality

Brett H

Quality is guaranteed!!

C-man

OK then, just don't boil the water first

askthecoffeeguy

hi all didnt make it to mice too bust working 10 hrs per day 7 days per week on my 24th straight day in a row ! but i did enjoy meeting a few mice delegates at the cafe, including admin - and it was great to catch up with ashley and have a  chat besides, ive got plenty of new toys to play with for now with the bosco 4 group lever, solar 2kg roaster, and a bank of mazzer robur e's - enough to keep me occupied for awhile - and im loving the coffee that the lever machine is producing best, Pat

admin

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...besides, ive got plenty of new toys to play with for now with the bosco 4 group lever, solar 2kg roaster, and a bank of mazzer robur e's - enough to keep me occupied for awhile - and im loving the coffee that the lever machine is producing Pat

PS did manage to take a shot of the lever machine while I was visiting Pat - for those who are interested! [attachimg=1]

askthecoffeeguy

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PS did manage to take a shot of the lever machine while I was visiting Pat - for those who are interested! [attachimg=1]

oh that's a good looking machine but where's that naked barista? just changed coffee suppliers to Cartell Coffee in Geelong - and Im loving the flavours that Im getting out of the machine! definitely prefers a 'lighter' (not green) roast as oils are concentrated through the machine and coffees can taste burnt or bitter if over extracted great machine to work on and definitely getting an upper body work out!

Brett H

Wonderful looking machine!!

Koffee_Kosmo

I like lever espresso machine photo tease  :thumb:

askthecoffeeguy

machine is great to work on and handles the rush with ease I have found tamp and grind to be a bit tricky, however, maybe because the Robur E's are still new and being dialed in - it seems that when the blades get hot the grind needs quite a bit of adjustment, which can slow things down when youre busy havent done a full shift on the machine with the new coffee supplier yet, though, but Im betting that the lighter roast profile is more forgiving with less tendency towards tasting bitter or burnt if over extracted we're dosing 25g per coffee btw - so that the coffee puck remains firmly pressed against the shower screen, so as to ensure an even and continuous extraction, with longer pre-infusion times - for a richer and more dense crema! P