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  • martybean
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    I myself prefer plunger coffee to a dripper I think it tatse a lot cleaner and fresher.
    I have been using plunger a lot longer than espresso machine, maybe your nieghbour might like plunger coffee too.

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  • Remy
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    Originally posted by Thundergod link=1204762328/0#5 date=1204932936
    Remy Ive been doing this coffee mania thing now for about 18 months and still get down close to watch the extractions.
    With the bottomless PF the danger of a squirt is always on the cards if Ive stuffed the prep a little.
    I hadnt realised I was living on the edge until you said so but yeah danger must be our middle name.
    Whaahaha....yep we CSrs are thrill seekers for sure!!!! We risk eye damage just to get the perfect pour... now thats dedication to our extreme sport. Im going to put my reading glasses on from now on,.not whoosin out or scared or anything..just want a closer look ya know,.. dont even get me started on the bottomless PF.

    I just pimped the settings on my 6910 this morning...and Ive managed to climb a little higher again in the pour quality because of this little tweak. Noice,..very noice indeed!!

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  • Remy
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    Originally posted by martybean link=1204762328/0#4 date=1204917432
    Remy when your family and friends start saying thats great coffee and wanting machines thats fantastic.Because the bar has been lifted for them, they now expect great coffee when they come over for visit, also when they go out for a coffee.
    Next they will be asking how you get great coffee all they get is rubbish and before you know it your supplying them with roasted coffee.
    My friend/neighbor has been told by his wife(also my friend), who is the coffee maker in their house,. that she doesnt want a coffee machine,.... so I might have him dropping in for chats more often(they are both in their 70s and old enough to be my parents yet it never feels like that and they are probably my best friends),.. I think I can still supply them with nice coffee though,.. even if her preference is to stick with the dripper.

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  • Remy
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    Originally posted by Dennis link=1204762328/0#3 date=1204892843
    So Remy, is you winking or a pic of yourself after being squirted?
    Yep thats me after being squirted in the eye. Oh..maybe I should wear my reading glasses,..might save my eyes and help me see the pour better too ;D

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  • Thundergod
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    Remy Ive been doing this coffee mania thing now for about 18 months and still get down close to watch the extractions.
    With the bottomless PF the danger of a squirt is always on the cards if Ive stuffed the prep a little.
    I hadnt realised I was living on the edge until you said so but yeah danger must be our middle name.

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  • martybean
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    Remy when your family and friends start saying thats great coffee and wanting machines thats fantastic.Because the bar has been lifted for them, they now expect great coffee when they come over for visit, also when they go out for a coffee.
    Next they will be asking how you get great coffee all they get is rubbish and before you know it your suppling them with roasted coffee.

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  • Dennis
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    So Remy, is you winking or a pic of yourself after being squirted?

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  • Remy
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    Originally posted by greenman link=1204762328/0#1 date=1204889057
    Loved the description of your "god shot", isnt it great when you do something like that. Im sure my family think Im crazy at times when I swoon over a magical pour.......................
    Yeah its awesome,.. and yesterday,.. I got to test out my coffee on a new victim, person :}.. I had my first experience of making a real coffee for a friend/neighbor (it used to be instant -ack). I was a little nervous,.. found it hard to carry out a convo and concentrate on what I was doing (I didnt want to stuff up) ,.. I also didnt want to say anything about or draw any attention to my new coffee making routine to avoid influencing what he said when he tasted it,.. I wanted a natural and honest response. Thankfully he only chatted while I was getting all the paraphernalia out..and he then went over and talked computers with the kids,.. By the time he got back to the kitchen bench I was done..... slid coffee across to him without making a deal of it.... and his response on tasting it was music to my ears,..and knowing it was natural and not at all influenced by me in any way.  He walked away raving and saying he is going to buy a CM. My job was done   ....another CS in the making mwahaahaha!

    My family think I have totally lost the plot. One minute Im buying a CM and the next Ive ordered 10k of green beans *snort*... I must admit..I might have lost it a little,   because I cant help it when Im doing a pour,.. I have to get right in close,.. just so I can watch the extraction.. a few times in the early weeks before I knew how to get all the variables right,.. the pressure would force hot water out the top of the PF an hit me a few times :.... so I am always fearful that I might get an eyeful of hot water one day,. but I like to live on the edge   .

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  • greenman
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    Loved the description of your "god shot", isnt it great when you do something like that. Im sure my family think Im crazy at times when I swoon over a magical pour.......................

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  • Remy
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    Ive reached a new point of reference

    I observed a few things this morning which makes me think I must naturally prefer dark roasts, and that I have upped the ante on my coffee making skills.

    7:30am - Double shot CS Blend poured into mug - result: hard to swallow because it tasted like a wet dog.    blerhk!!  My morning coffee is the most important cup of the day and I was dissappointed this morning,... Im such a snob now.. whoot!

    CS Blend was only 3 days post roast, (I know) and roasted @ CS8 with no oil present, which is much lighter than I usually do.  I roasted this blend much lighter deliberately this time because all of my roasts in the past have been around CS 10- 11, quite oily and I wanted to see if I would enjoy my shots more if my roasts were lighter.  Its obviously too early to get full benefit from this roast, but I suspect I might just have a taste for darker roasts. I have roasted the CS blend much darker before and it was awesome in the cup.

    10:00am - Unusual for me to have another coffee at this time of day, but I felt duped by my morning coffee so had to make up for that right   Double shot Mexico Veracruz pour into a mug. I poured the godshot!! It was absolutely amazing!!! This was roasted @ CS10 and also only 3 days post roast. I love this bean!

    Some of you might have read and seen the pic of my injured grinder. Well I put it back together, understanding now that I have limited movement in the settings dial because it must get caught on the misaligned thread that is cracked.  I managed to get it set to a finer grind, but my CM struggles with this finer grind and the auto pours cut off early before the volume of extraction is sufficient. So... I thought it time I tried the manual button and used it for this shot. I think this had a lot to do with why it turned out so awesome. The shot took ages to start, then poured like thick goopy crema almost all the way through the extraction and I cut it off as soon as I noticed it thin out and change colour,.. so avoided the sour end of the extraction. Even after the cup sat while I foamed the milk,.. the crema had not separated,.it still looked like all crema when I poured in the milk. The crema was much darker than I had seen before even though I have used this bean quite a lot before.  I think Ive accidently advance to a new point of reference in coffee making.

    Ive also been trialing having one mug of coffee in the mornings instead of two seperate cups and enjoying the practicality aspect of doing this. I always felt guilty having two cups (one straight after the other) in the mornings as my children, while still sitting at kitchen bench enjoying their hot chocs & breakfast would see me put one empty cup in the sink and take the other,lol. So one recent morning I decided to pour the double straight into a mug and shazzam, suddenly Im not a strange coffee fanatic mum anymore and Im only having one cup of coffee in the mornings *snort*.

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