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admin · September 2014

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Thanks Brett, It's a great forum. Thanks KK, I'll read your post and start the learning process. One thing, is there a forum for learning how to better your coffee art? Because I only make a few coffees a day now as opposed to the thousands that I used to make per day, I'd say my latte art skills are a bit rusty and whilst I can still do a heart and fern, I can't seem to get any of the 30 tulips or other insane designs I see today. I used to do a swan, penquin and a dollar sign (i always gave it to snooty business men, just to make my point) But I'll have to practice them again and more often than not, I'm making a coffee to take with me on the road so latte art is a little superflous. Still, I'd love to learn how to create some of the great latte art that I see on here and all over instagram. Any directions?

Hi Ryan, just echoing the welcomes from above; also have resurrected the thread on Greek coffee that KK was referring to [for easy access]... FYI we have a video on the home page of Crema [magazine] of Jack Hanna WLA Champ 2007 doing his thing under 'Crema TV' - must say it's a pretty slick demo, and well worth watching

Ryadan · September 2014

Thanks For the welcome, Admin. I read through the Turkish coffee thread last night and it certainly seems good. I just need to get myself an briki and I'll start testing it out. Jack Hanna is amazing! Does anyone know what extraction time/ml he is using and milk, steamer and cup size and diameter? Or for that matter, anyone who can do that sort of insane latte art. I can still do the skeletal p&n!s (at least, that's what I call it - the one with the love heart over the fern) but I can't do the pac man fire breather, or the multi fern one. When I am allowed to post images I'll show you some of my work. No where near the level of these master baristas but still decent enough to put a smile on a pretty ladies face when she receives it.

SomeUser · September 2014

Hi All, I thought I'd say Hello.. I joined this forum because I'm keen to learn Roasting. I did some roasting back in Germany ~15 years ago with a friend who started up a Roasting company and while I enjoyed it I chose a different path for my career. Now I am back in Australia I am reevaluating my career path and I thought I'd really like to give it another shot. I saw some advertisements recently for a Roaster in Canberra. I live in Sydney and I have young children and can't move out of Sydney but happy to do a day here and there out of state if anyone is willing to show me the ropes? Would anyone like to show me how to roast?

Koffee_Kosmo · September 2014

Welcome to the Crema Forum :thumb: Plenty of home and commercial roasters with a variety of roaster brands that are more than willing to advise KK

Brett H · September 2014

Welcome mate! I reckon if you want to learn to roast get yourself a popcorn popper, KKTO roaster or a BehmorPlus, a heap of cheap greens from BeanGreen, and start being observant while you roast. Sure, there's little comparison equipment/volume-wise to a commercial setup but the bang-for-buck by starting this way will teach you about: - the fundamental changes to a bean during the roasting process - Allow you to observe airflow, convected, endothermic and ectothermic effect on the beans - stop a roast at any point for testing and tasting - and all for under $500 with no time away from the kids if your setup is right... Check the prices of some roasting courses. I'm an amateur home-roaster so my opinion is not based on anything other than my initial investigations into starting my own small-time roastery which, when I did the sums didn't stand a chance of making me a part time wage unless I invested greater than part-time hours! Good luck and welcome mate!

SomeUser · September 2014

Thanks KoffeeKosmo, your response is appreciated. Where you wrote "Plenty of home and commercial roasters with a variety of roaster brands that are more than willing to advise", can you recommend any roasters for me to get in touch with? I am in Manly, Sydney and I am quite tempted to knock on the door of some of the Roasters in Manly Vale... But happy to hear from you on who you think I should be speaking to? Thanks also to Brett H, some useful information also.. Of particular interest, you wrote "popcorn popper, KKTO roaster or a BehmorPlus", can you recommend any particular type of popcorn machine or will any do? I envisage a load of smoke and burnt beans, also can you let me know how I hear for the first crack in a popcorn machine, I've never done it and I assume it'll all just be loud noise? You also wrote "Check the prices of some roasting courses" Please can you let me know where can I find these courses? Thanks again all, is there a different part of the forum I should be asking this question to, conscious that someone might direct me to ask these questions elsewhere... Thanks again

pleuroman · September 2014

Hi, total newb. Live on sunshine coast, retired. Saw SB em7000 marked down to $398 from $900 at JM. Bought it about 3 or 4 mths ago. Was using lavazza preground. Was ok. Bought Sb grinder and then water would start leaking from group head(?) when I attached the portafilter(?). Is in for repair. missing the coffee. Was working fine and really enjoying the difference between instant and espresso. Thanks for including me.

Brett H · September 2014

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Hi, total newb. Live on sunshine coast, retired. Saw SB em7000 marked down to $398 from $900 at JM. Bought it about 3 or 4 mths ago. Was using lavazza preground. Was ok. Bought Sb grinder and then water would start leaking from group head(?) when I attached the portafilter(?). Is in for repair. missing the coffee. Was working fine and really enjoying the difference between instant and espresso. Thanks for including me.

Welcome mate, that's a brilliant price!! To the seasoned amongst us it sounds like an easy fix... Hope youre back in action soon mate!

samuellaw178 · October 2014

Hi all, New here but not so new to the specialty coffee scene. Had been a very active member in HB/CG forum previously. Admittedly I had looked at the Crema Coffee forum for some quick info in the past but never really thought of joining until yesterday. Beanz (Julian) came (to get his new toy) and reckon I should join here (while unabashedly promoting his writeup on the Hausgrind ;P great writeup tho), which I did! Looks like a more genuine forum than the other one (you know which). Not originally from Oz, but have been here for a month. Currently staying in Melby, great city and coffee! Do home roast (corretto) and manual espresso setup (Rossa HC, Rosco Mini) and some whatnot coffee gadgets. A 99.5% espresso guy here. Happy to join the family.

Koffee_Kosmo · October 2014

We are happy to welcome you to the Crema forum Samuel Get in amongst the thread posts and put in your contribution KK

Beanz · October 2014

Welcome Sam and thank you for joining. I am certainly looking forward to your posts. Sam made me an outstanding Ethiopian Gambella espresso shot last night using a Rossa PG which I subsequentlty purchased from him. An outstanding shot from his home roasted beans. I will need lots of practice with the Rossa before I can pump them out as good as Sam's demo shot.

Brett H · October 2014

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

samuellaw178 · October 2014

Wow guys, thanks for the warm welcome. Seems like I need to contribute heapsss to deserve the treatment I'm receiving here! :P Oh Beanz, you're too kind. I'm 101% certain that the shot could be better. But thanks. :P 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 · October 2014

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

ArseneKnows · October 2014

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 · October 2014

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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 · October 2014

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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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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

gavinl · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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 · November 2014

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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 · December 2014

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

Dry_bean. · December 2014

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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 · December 2014

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:

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