Wake Up and Coffee
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I'll roll with the Nostos recommendation. Looks awesome. Ta!
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@don_pipone quite good! Really smooth with a hint of sweetness. I’ve previously tried medium & light roasts by this company & haven’t been disappointed. Sadly they are sold out atm and only do small batches so keeping an eye out for the next time it’s available. Kinda on par with getting good stuff from IH
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Tried a search but nothing came up — anyone on here ever mess with a Cafelat Robot? I ordered one and am expecting delivery today. I’ve always been interested in espresso machines but balked at the price of entry for getting something decent (that’s guitar money). The manual game seems fun and has a lot less to worry about, so I took the dive. Also have a Red Clix on the way for my Comandante.
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@popvulture How is the coffee? Have you tried the machine yet?
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Good morning
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@don_pipone @Tago-Mago and I just drank mine. Sorry!
“His thoughts were red thoughts and his teeth were white.“
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@ARNC it‘s always the right time for another one
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@don_pipone it’s coming along — definitely a bit of a learning curve with it, for sure. So far I’ve been able to pull decent-ish shots, but there’s a ways to go.
The biggest thing has been dialing the grind size and getting the pressure right. The shots I’ve been pulling haven’t had enough resistance, so they’ve come out really sour. I need to keep moving a click or two down until it works out. Obv temp affects this too, so I need to figure that out.
What’s hilarious is how much stuff online varies. One early suggestion was that I use 5 clicks on the Comandante (this is before I got the Red Clix upgrade), and I friggin swear I was grinding the beans for 10 minutes haha. I was like “shit I made a mistake by buying this thing — I’m not gonna be able to do this every day.” Once I tried to pull the shot with a grind that fine though, seeing that the arms on the Robot were literally immovable, I realized I needed to go a lot coarser. Things got better after that
All in all I’m really digging it though. It’s great how fast it is, really just takes a couple minutes for the kettle to heat up and for me to grind the beans, cleanup is basically nothing, and I don’t have to worry about some thing that cost a couple thousand bucks getting ruined by the wrong water or whatever (one big thing that gave me pause about buying an espresso machine, though I’d love to have one someday).
Lastly, I do think I’m gonna get a J Ultra grinder and save the Comandante for pour over.
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@popvulture Great read. Honestly, all the experimenting and dialing things in at the beginning is one of the most fun parts of getting into espresso. Sounds like you made the perfect choice with the machine and are enjoying the process - and hopefully many many cups from now on.
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@Cymro said in Wake Up and Coffee:
How do you like the new Paragon setup @Chap ?
Received it yesterday and did only two brews yet. Will have to make some adjustments and get used to it. I used the same coffee I had in my prior rotation. What I can say for the moment is that the result seemed to have a more precise taste, the brew is very clean and clear. Handling needs more attention.
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@Chap thank you, have fun experimenting!
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@ARNC sooo surprised to see bolivian coffee make it to fellow IH-forummites cups!
Caranavi is our TOP quality coffee region. If I ever make it to an IH meet where you show up I’ll take some local buys for you.
