Did the postman bring anything nice today?

LeroyC · October 2015

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That's a big grinder! Congratulations mate. Are they 80mm burrs? I paid almost $200 for burrs fr the A8 and then haven't used them. I guess they'll be good for when I move into the retirement home in forty or so years.... :doh:

Thanks Brett. Yeah 83mm burrs. This is the Australasian model so it's the 50hz, 600RPM motor. An impressive beast for sure. I'm using it without a hopper at the moment and it's working fine. You can get short hoppers for them, but at $100 they're not cheap. Might see if I can knock something up myself.

Brett H · October 2015

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Thanks Brett. Yeah 83mm burrs. This is the Australasian model so it's the 50hz, 600RPM motor. An impressive beast for sure. I'm using it without a hopper at the moment and it's working fine. You can get short hoppers for them, but at $100 they're not cheap. Might see if I can knock something up myself.

My K10 has just had the original hopper cut down. I don't think that would work with my A8 unless I found a smaller replacement lid as its a tapered hopper.

GeekKopi · October 2015

Not the postman but my father in law just brought me back a Turkish Gjezve pot from turkey on his recent trip to the Balkans. It's enough for two cups. Now where did I place my Turkish raki to make my Turkish cafe coretto.

Brett H · October 2015

That's a nicer version than the one I have. It's a real luxury to have the ti e to make Turkish and the payoff is far too short-lived.

GeekKopi · October 2015

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That's a nicer version than the one I have. It's a real luxury to have the ti e to make Turkish and the payoff is far too short-lived.

In my house, especially with visitors, Turkish coffee (as we call it Tursko (roll the 'r') kafè) is a necessity. Today we had some family over and it was full house so it came the large pot. The recipe is simple. 1 heaped teaspoon of powder grind coffee to 1 level teaspoon of sugar to one Turkish coffee cup of water. Then scale to the required number of cups. With a medium heat keep stirring the concoction till just before the boil (a few mins). That way you ensure you don't burn off any 'Kajmak' (pronounced kai-muk') / crema as it rises up the pot. this takes practice to get it right. Then pour. Pouring is the tricky part as you want to distribute the Kajmak evenly to each cup. A cup without Kajmak is rejected immediately and the villagers stone you to death for the offence. It's been a tradition that once the cup is drank it is flipped upside down onto its saucer for a few minutes. Then we read our fortunes in the patterns it leaves behind. Usually my mum / grand parents are well versed at reading my future in the cup. FYI. My background is Macedonian and this tradition has been with me since forever.

Brett H · October 2015

Thank you for sharing this. What a wonderful tradition (perhaps not the stoning bit...)!

LeroyC · October 2015

Not today exactly, but in the last couple of weeks I've picked up a Spong 2 hand grinder and an Aeropress. OMG! Sign me up to the Aeropress fanclub. I thought I was doing ok with my 1 cup pour over, but the flavour I'm getting from the Finca Lerida Panama Gesha that I've got at the moment when I use the Aeropress is just out of this world.

Brett H · October 2015

Great! Are you using the papers or the ss filter?

LeroyC · October 2015

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Great! Are you using the papers or the ss filter?

I've been told the paper filters are better for flavour so I'm using the ones that came with the unit. I'm using the inverted method - 16g or so of slightly courser than espresso grind coffee, 10sec stir, 50-60sec brew, then press. I'll get a SS filter for travel, but I'm more than happy with the paper ones for now. I've tried a few different amounts of water and TBH it hasn't seemed to make a lot of difference other than a little bit to the strength of flavour. Largest amount of water so far has been 150ml, smallest amount about 50ml. It's all been good. The Spong is impressive too. It's in pieces at the moment as it needs to be reconditioned. It's all cleaned up just waiting for a bead blast to get the rust off the grinding surfaces and then I'll repaint it.

GeekKopi · December 2015

Postman brought me a new jeep this week. Had to choose the ELMO colour for the little one.

Brett H · December 2015

Lol.... Nice wheels (literally)!

GeekKopi · December 2015

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Lol.... Nice wheels (literally)!

the wife said I like the wheels so I had no choice. It's the Blackhawk Jeep. Basically upgraded trim, heated seats and blacked out chrome trim and wheels. It's different from the rest.

Brett H · December 2015

Noice! Heated seats don't feature highly on folks wish-lists here in Queensland. The instant cool air-con however makes a hot car bearable.

LeroyC · December 2015

This arrived the other day, but I'm not allowed to open it until the 11th of January. Aaaaaarrrgggghhh!

GeekKopi · December 2015

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This arrived the other day, but I'm not allowed to open it until the 11th of January. Aaaaaarrrgggghhh!

just crack open the box and get brewing on your behmor.

LeroyC · December 2015

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just crack open the box and get brewing on your behmor.

Behmor yes. Brewing no. This Behmor's for roasting!!! And after nearly 13 years together I've just found out my wife's a sadist!!!! She's left it by the front door and tells me it's staying there to drive me nuts!!!! WTF?!!

GeekKopi · December 2015

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Behmor yes. Brewing no. This Behmor's for roasting!!! And after nearly 13 years together I've just found out my wife's a sadist!!!! She's left it by the front door and tells me it's staying there to drive me nuts!!!! WTF?!!

yes roasting. Lol. No sleep on my end mate. Little one up all night and now I'm confusing roasting and brewing.

Cuir Beluga · March 2016

Thank you Bean Green

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GaryatGala · March 2016

Wow! Fantastic choices. Will you be roasting the Geisha for filter? Bet you will be watching those prescious like a hawk on the Behmor when you get around to it. My 30 kg sample pack should be arriving early next week. Thank you too to the Bean Green crew.

Cuir Beluga · March 2016

Thanks Gary :D. I am undecided yet as what to do with the Geisha but what I do know is they will be put away until I have half a clue about what I am doing and yes, I'll be watching them like a hawk :P. That is one hell of a sample pack, 30kgs would probably do me for well over a year :thumb:.

Dry_bean. · March 2016

Nice choices Sue, enjoy. My stash is getting low, down to about 10 kg, time to think about an order I reckon.

Cuir Beluga · March 2016

Thanks DB. I've just posted a pic of the Costa Ricans in my Behmor thread and I'm going to have a go at the Brazilians in half an hour or so

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GaryatGala · March 2016

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Thanks Gary :D. I am undecided yet as what to do with the Geisha but what I do know is they will be put away until I have half a clue about what I am doing and yes, I'll be watching them like a hawk :P. That is one hell of a sample pack, 30kgs would probably do me for well over a year :thumb:.

The 30kg sample pack will only last a month now that the roasting will be for the mobile coffee van plus a few friends. Busy busy. [emoji604] [emoji28]

Cuir Beluga · March 2016

I only have to have enough for myself and my son might have a couple through the week and a few on the weekend. 1kilo is usually pretty close to enough for us :P.

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