Just got some espresso maintenance stuff plus this from Whole Latte Love
Café Acquisition Thread
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I am now the proud owner of a 1969 Olympia express Cremina. I hope this will be my ‘end game’ machine. Paired it up with my trusted Eureka Mignon grinder
That's awesome. Now I want one.
SWMBO came back from the thrift store with this stainless Bialetti moka pot.
Seeing as we have not had a range since Thanksgiving, only a induction burner this stainless moka pot will be put to use
Seeing as we have not had a range since Thanksgiving, only a induction burner this stainless moka pot will be put to use
You can never have too many grinders
Vario-W ceramic burrs. My days of wrestling with the Hario Mini have come to a close. Now to find the portafilter holder for it.
Vario-W ceramic burrs. My days of wrestling with the Hario Mini have come to a close. Now to find the portafilter holder for it.
A bag of decaf beans.... have never had decaf coffee before.
A Timor Chestnut C2 manual grinder came, replacing the $25 grinder I've had for 2 years. I feel like my pour over "levelled up" this morning! Maybe in a couple more years, I will rationalize the $170 manual grinder, lol!
My Gaggia Evolution was acting up, so I decided to get a new Classic Pro.
OPV modification kit for my Gaggia Glassic Pro! (lets you lower pressure from stock 12 bar to your choice of 9, 6.5 or 5)
Today was a big day of acquisitions. Recieved an aeropress, prismo attachment, and two metal filters. Also two hand grinders. One was pretty cheap and the other is much more solid (I'll have to snap some pics later). Also got minipresso style hand espresso maker. Excited to try it all out and learn how to use it all.
You know your life is boring when you get excited about new adjustment levers/arms for your grinder.
WHOOPIE
WHOOPIE
Got my first moka pot in the mail today. Can't wait to try it out! This is a small 100ml pot. Figured it would be plenty for me. Time will tell haha.
Upgraded the burr on my Baratza Encore (6yrs old) to the Virtuoso M2 burr ($35) and replaced the ring burr ($16) as well.
Thank God for YouTube videos, took about 15 minutes.
(old burr is sitting on top)
Also picked up a new single dose hopper ($25). Going to take awhile to get used to the look, but so far I like it. Maybe it’s me, but I think the grinder is quieter with the new hopper.
Ordered everything straight from Baratza. It’s hard to say this now a days, but they have outstanding customer service! They even thru in a 3 pack of grinder cleaning tablets.
So far I’ve done 2 grindings with the new burr and there is a considerable difference. Hope I can get another 6 yrs.
Thank God for YouTube videos, took about 15 minutes.
(old burr is sitting on top)
Also picked up a new single dose hopper ($25). Going to take awhile to get used to the look, but so far I like it. Maybe it’s me, but I think the grinder is quieter with the new hopper.
Ordered everything straight from Baratza. It’s hard to say this now a days, but they have outstanding customer service! They even thru in a 3 pack of grinder cleaning tablets.
So far I’ve done 2 grindings with the new burr and there is a considerable difference. Hope I can get another 6 yrs.
Stainless. Very good
Use a convection burner. Cold to coffee in 3 minutes. You do have to keep an eye once it starts to boil and turn the burner down to brew the coffee .
I have a 1 burner portable convection That I use with my stainless moka pots.
Nice. I only have a coil eye electric stove. Seemed to work pretty good when I tried. Filled it with hot water to just below the saftey valve, filled the coffee basket, then I turned the burner on high. Once it started filling I sorta lifted it from the burner to regulate the temp. Worked pretty well. Going to have to tinker with it more. I have two other sizes on the way already
. Probably a good thing too. This one is 100ml and a smidge small. It was ok for just me but will be nice to have one that will make enough for my wife and I.
I don't even drink coffee. But every house should have a decent coffee maker. Just delivered today from Amazon.
Beans from a local roaster. This is my second bag. Much better than the concentrate stuff I was using before.
Got these the other day in the mail. Couple of cheap phin filters and a big moka pot. This was a lesson of doing my research I guess. Metric to standard conversions and everyone seems to have a different volume as to what a cup of coffee is. Makes for a fun experience. These two phins are a tad small (50ml and 100ml) and the moka pot is on the large size(450ml or 9 cups).
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