I'm new here...

Brett_H

Wow... Lots of positives in this thread this morning. Great stuff Beanz and welcome Samuel.

samuellaw178

Wow guys, thanks for the warm welcome. Seems like I need to contribute heapsss to deserve the treatment I'm receiving here! 😛 Oh Beanz, you're too kind. I'm 101% certain that the shot could be better. But thanks. 😛 Seriously though, once you get a hang of the PG, coupled with some of the pressure profile notes I sent you, I'm sure you will get killers shots untouchable by other machines. Meanwhile, enjoy the learning and new-toy excitement!

madaxle

Hi all, awesome forum. Look forward to chatting and sharing coffee stories.

ArseneKnows

Hi all.... I only found this forum for the first time last night... Always good to have a place to come and discuss coffee and get advice and experiences from others too! I just bought a Rocket Giotto V3 to replace my Breville BES900... My Breville was forever broken so they eventually replaced it with a brand new BES920 which I promptly sold to upgrade... I still have the Breville Smart Grinder which I probably going to have to upgrade at some point Im guessing? At the moment its grinding well enough to get the shots coming out alright but I cant help but wonder just how much better it might get with a better grinder? Cheers

Koffee_Kosmo

ArseneKnows wrote:

Hi all.... I only found this forum for the first time last night... Always good to have a place to come and discuss coffee and get advice and experiences from others too! I just bought a Rocket Giotto V3 to replace my Breville BES900... My Breville was forever broken so they eventually replaced it with a brand new BES920 which I promptly sold to upgrade... I still have the Breville Smart Grinder which I probably going to have to upgrade at some point Im guessing? At the moment its grinding well enough to get the shots coming out alright but I cant help but wonder just how much better it might get with a better grinder? Cheers

Hi and welcome to the Crema forum :thumb: A great upgrade to the Rocket Giotto V3 I am in the camp of a grinders build quality and burrs fitted is very underestimated I myself found out the hard way - and after several grinder upgrades I have found out that on every occasion the coffee got better with every jump until I stopped with a large BNZ MD74 conical Again welcome to the Crema forum Get into reading the wealth of information and don't be shy to post away KK

ArseneKnows

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

Hi and welcome to the Crema forum :thumb: A great upgrade to the Rocket Giotto V3 I am in the camp of a grinders build quality and burrs fitted is very underestimated I myself found out the hard way - and after several grinder upgrades I have found out that on every occasion the coffee got better with every jump until I stopped with a large BNZ MD74 conical Again welcome to the Crema forum Get into reading the wealth of information and don't be shy to post away KK

It seems to me that it really is the general consensus that the grinder has a higher importance than the actual espresso machine... And yet without being able to do a side by side comparison to prove it to myself its still somewhat hard to justify that big outlay! I think im ready for that leap of faith though! Ive been looking at a Quamar Q50E which I quite like the look of and also possibly the ECM S-Automatik 64 both of which I haven't managed to find out a whole lot about but have short listed purely on aesthetics... At the moment it is hard to set a budget as I have no idea what I gain from going up in price and whether I can justify or rather whether the grinder can justify to me its cost!

gavinl

Hi all🙂 Just joined the forum after looking through the wealth of information from contributors. Additionally, after looking at the sponsors ... I found I had purchased my Rancilio Silvia and Rocky from one, my Hottop B roaster and beans from another and my last batch of beans from one more of them.🙂 I have been very happy with all these purchases, so felt that it must reflect something good. I am a Decaffeinator.🙂 These days, my love for coffee is focused on having access to great decaf beans and roasting and extracting them well to produce a delicious decaf coffee. Still in my newbie stage for roasting, but am thoroughly enjoying the process and the final product. All the best gav🙂

Koffee_Kosmo

Welcome to the Crema Forum Gavin :thumb: I have to go on decaf periodically on doctors orders It's hard to find a decaf bean that tastes the same or better than regular beans And welcome to home roasting as well KK

GaryatGala

Welcome Gavin. The Colombian decaf from Beangreen green bean suppliers are great to roast. Some customers in my restaurant can,t believe they are drinking decaf.

gavinl

Thanks GaryatGala and Koffee Kosmo for the suggestions and advice🙂 I'm in the process of roasting Mexican Mountain Water Organic decaf at the moment, which to me is of equal standard to (if not better than) most cafe quality caffeinated coffee I've tasted .... and I'm a newbie roaster.🙂 Maybe I'm a bit bias.🙂 Still, I know from firsthand experience that my wife doesn't suffer from this bias and has no problem letting me know if a roast tastes average. After 6kgs into this roasting experiment, I have a couple of roasting profiles that consistently produce good to very good coffee. I'm now ready to branch out to a new bean. It's difficult enough sourcing good decaf beans, but to complicate things ... I prefer organic coffee if possible. The Columbian organic decaf (both SW and MW) seem to fit the bill and might be needed for my next roasting experiment - especially to compare/contrast and similarities/differences between the different decaf processes. A future project (although not organic), might be a couple of varieties at the ministry grounds ... looks like there a couple of interesting beans there as well.🙂 Exciting stuff.🙂

C-man

forget decaff now you can get normal beans with only like 2% caffeine they have been breed that way rather then being raped

gavinl

Hi C-Man Good info mate. I read somewhere that there were Ethiopian varieties with very low decaf ... I think they were called "C arabica". I haven't been able able to find much more about them. Would you have any recent info or know anyone that sells them? This would be the preference for decaf by far. Thanks gav

C-man

I can't remember but when my sister was prego I would buy low cafe for her and they lasted much longer and tasted better than decaf I think green bean has a Brazilian one maybe.

gavinl

Thanks C-Man🙂 I had a look and the only info I found was about a Brazilian scientist that had developed beans from Ethiopia in 2004. Apparently, his decaf coffee strains taste good, but it wasn't suitable for cultivation. Then something about the project being taken away from him. I'll ask greenbean too.

gavinl

Brendan from GreenBean got back to me ... nice fella. He said the coffee was a Brazilian from Daterra Estate, named Opus 1. He also mentioned that the caffeine percentage was just low enough to be labelled as a decaf coffee.

Brett_H

gavinl wrote:

Brendan from GreenBean got back to me ... nice fella. He said the coffee was a Brazilian from Daterra Estate, named Opus 1. He also mentioned that the caffeine percentage was just low enough to be labelled as a decaf coffee.

Opus 1 is a beautiful coffee. I highly recommend it it you can get any!

Naomi

Thanks for the welcome. :coffee2: Im very much a newbie and would love to learn a lot more. Naomi.

Dry_bean

Naomi wrote:

Thanks for the welcome. :coffee2: Im very much a newbie and would love to learn a lot more. Naomi.

Hi Naomi, Welcome to the forum, tell us a little about yourself and your coffee aspirations, equipment etc, as well as likes and dislikes. Dry Bean. 🙂

Naomi

Hi Dry 🙂 Our family household has a sunbeam cafe series machine which is approx 7 years old. Starting to use the machine now again and its playing up. Our family is looking into buying a mobile coffee van / coffee kiosk / coffee cart. We are now looking to buy a semi automatic commercial machine for home so we can perfect our coffee making. Dislikes - the fact that I thought I knew what I was doing years ago when using the home machine. I pity the family and friends that got served that muck. :stir Dislikes also paying good money for bad coffee. Likes - that I am developing my coffee knowledge and making skills. Zarraffa's coffee drive thru's after a busy day. Naomi :coffee2:

Dry_bean

Naomi wrote:

Hi Dry 🙂 Our family household has a sunbeam cafe series machine which is approx 7 years old. Starting to use the machine now again and its playing up. Our family is looking into buying a mobile coffee van / coffee kiosk / coffee cart. We are now looking to buy a semi automatic commercial machine for home so we can perfect our coffee making. Dislikes - the fact that I thought I knew what I was doing years ago when using the home machine. I pity the family and friends that got served that muck. :stir Dislikes also paying good money for bad coffee. Likes - that I am developing my coffee knowledge and making skills. Zarraffa's coffee drive thru's after a busy day. Naomi :coffee2:

Morning Naomi, The Sunbeam sounds like it served its purpose, introduced you to better coffee and gave you an insight into the fact that there are better options available, obviously if your looking to start a small coffee related business there are a lot more skills needed than simply being able to make a decent coffee, buying a decent home machine and grinder is certainly a good start though. The fact that you recognise your skills need improving is certainly a good beginning. I don't think any of us like paying for below average coffee. Plenty of experience and advice available here and on similar forums. Good luck, Dry Bean. 🙂

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