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Hi Ezraimm,if its less caffiene youre after try a shade grown coffee, I hear [mostly from coffeesnobs] that they are lower in caffiene. Or do what david says use decaf
Hi there
The decaf mocha Java from the beanbay is an awesome bean.
I have substituted it at work when they ran out of beans and no one was the wiser about the caffeine side of things, they just thought i had got a different coffee because we had run out.
try making a piccolo using only the first 20mls of a single pour, then top with about 60ml of milk in a shot glass or a small tea glass (or similar)
or better still pour a ristretto in a demitasse and top with milk
remember the longer the pour the greater the caffeine (and bitterness) which is why I can drink (but dont recommend) 9 short poured espresso coffees in a day and still sleep at night!
As Mal (bolb) said, the mocha java swiss water decaf is a nice drop if youre looking for decaf, but I dont think thats what ezralimm was asking, I think a well dosed and tamped single shot of decent fresh coffee restricted to a ristretto (20 ml shot) is what hes looking for.
Im using a cheap machine with a pressurized basket so, after a few complete disasters (stuck/blocked basket), i found out that my best bet would be to stick with a double basket, put about 60% more grounds than i would in a single basket, and tamp a little harder (exactly 25kg... yup, i actually got a weighing scale to tamp on). I then dump the first 1.5 secs of flow and take the remaining 16-18 secs of flow. It is roughly two thirds of a shot glass (not including crema) and has an acceptable taste.
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