Thread: Coffee Roasting

Originally Posted by antvc

Niel 90, where do you run your coffee courses?
I booked in to do a course at Bremer Tafe but they cancelled it for lack of numbers.
I saw the one from the Barista acadamy via the link from the coffee snobs site. Maybe I should have a go at that .
Anthony

sorry mate but we only train new franchisees at the moment, we hope to open a new espresso bar in ipswich and you never know we mite do some appreciation nites in the future if the demand is there, i reckon you would learn more if you did a course at di-bella in brizzy than going for a tafe course but i suppose it depends if you need the "formal qualification" or not

Originally Posted by neil 90

lovely machine ,what sort of price have you been quoted? just curious as the cheapest good one like that which doesnt need plumbing in ive seen is about $2200 ish. theese machines have really come on in the last few years and make a fantastic shot. JUST BUY IT

yeah it's in the order of $2200 (ish) but this one has the choice (with a lever underneath) of plumbed or tank water supply... you don't even need to open it to plumb it in as there is a connection on the back.

then there is the dual 1.5L boilers... dual pressure gauges, PID temp controller... ah the list goes on...

Originally Posted by EchiDna

yeah it's in the order of $2200 (ish) but this one has the choice (with a lever underneath) of plumbed or tank water supply... you don't even need to open it to plumb it in as there is a connection on the back.

then there is the dual 1.5L boilers... dual pressure gauges, PID temp controller... ah the list goes on...

thanks for that, you cant beat a nice machine eh, makes a great shot........keep drinking the good stuff

You guys are hard core!
I would luv to be as 'coffeeish' as y'all, but alas I cannot.
What tips have you for us soft core drinkers who drink 3 or 4 cups a day, between home and work. I drink instant coz it's handy but when I do buy a bag of ground beans for my cheapie drip filter machine, I freeze the remainder of the bag which I now know is wrong. Is it possible to buy fresh ground in very small baggies? Or do I have to lift consumption to use the full 2kg before it goes manky?

BTW, sign me up for some small baggies of AULRO blend

Ralph

Originally Posted by Ralph1Malph

You guys are hard core!
I would luv to be as 'coffeeish' as y'all, but alas I cannot.
What tips have you for us soft core drinkers who drink 3 or 4 cups a day, between home and work. I drink instant coz it's handy but when I do buy a bag of ground beans for my cheapie drip filter machine, I freeze the remainder of the bag which I now know is wrong. Is it possible to buy fresh ground in very small baggies? Or do I have to lift consumption to use the full 2kg before it goes manky?

BTW, sign me up for some small baggies of AULRO blend

Ralph

well first step is to buy whole roasted beans and grind enough for the day in the morning... a good burr grinder costs from $500+ new, but you can probably buy one second hand from the classifieds for less. weight is key here... heavier tends to be better! blade grinders aren't worth their weight in landfill.

if you have a cafe nearby, they will probably sell you as little as 100grams of fresh ground coffee though, so this could be a cheap trial to see if you feel it is worth it. for a drip filter, the grounds need to be pretty fine - this does make a big difference to the end cuppa

if drip coffee meets your needs, then my honest advice is be happy - i'd actually like to turn back time and not know what great coffee is like coz I'd save a small fortune...

For machines, I would not touch anything in the sub $1k category - they just don't cut the mustard, but the one I currently have (Rancillio Silvia) is a good entry point for the home user, not a patch on a true commercial machine, but not bad either - user skill and practise come to the fore... expect 5:1 ratio of misses to hits when you first start out, eventually you can get this close to 1:5 though!

the one I posted earlier (circa $2k+) is a big step above the silvia and about 50% the price of a small commerical unit... over the top for most I know, but what can I say... I'm hooked!

Bloody hell,
thats scaring the average instant drinkers. My mate the english Lord" over in the UK , talks about his Gaggia, I think they are the real big ones and exxy too.( he drinks aussie coffee through it.)


Ralph
so your not too scared off, you can buy either a spice grinder for about $20 they do the same job you just have to time it for the grind or for under $100 a variable grinder that works just as well. As far as drinking it, just carry a batch of grind with you and a one cup plunger and make it yourself, after instant your heartrate will probably go down.

You need to shop around a bit, if 2kg is the smallest bag you can buy. You can get 200gm bags of bean,

Great topic


john

dammit!,, I have a blade grinder,,,

See pedro
nothing wrong with that, I think they are called a spice grinder, determine your grind in seconds , ie the time you hold the button down. Average of a count to 40 should give you a grind coarse enough for a plunger.
A bit longer makes it finer and so on.
A bit of experimenting with those gives you as good a result as the fancy ones.


john