Hi! Im new here. Go easy on me!

[doobs]

Hi all,

After going through instants, moka pot, Atomic, Delonghi and after switching my partner from coffee hater to double short black drinker (after 28 years trying) I was doing some research on a well priced, decent machine to replace the basic, and difficult to get a good coffee out of Delonghi, and found Coffeesnobs. I was already leaning towards the BES900 and bit the bullet after reading all the discussion here (good and bad).
3 weeks later I am popper roasting beans and getting annoyed that I can't do any milk art, unless a blob counts. I plan on doing a barista course, an appreciation course or two with different cafes and doing a roasting course as well. I've been looking for new employment and would love to get into roasting.
I think my next purchase will be a roaster but I'm going to have to wait till I get some cash.

I thought it was time to join because the snobs have fuelled my passion. Huzzah!!!

[okitoki]

You still can do easy flower with a blob



Here is my bad attempt

Good luck with your venture

[greenman]

Welcome doobs

[Dragunov21]

You still can do easy flower with a blob

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Here is my bad attempt

Good luck with your venture

Try three small blobs (circles, if you're feeling skilful) with ~5mm between each, then pull high and run the stream back through the lot of them. Easier than a rosetta and still looks good. If you make the last one a bit bigger you can make it look like a tulip with stem/leaves

[KarridaleKoffee]

Intro of me and my wife

Hi all, I,m Terry and my wife is Kathy. We own a small cafe in the south west of WA near Margaret River, and we have recently startred to raost our own coffee on a Hottop b2k. And am quickly becoming addicted to the process of roasting.We would love to chat to anyone else with a hottop for tips and profiles etc. As we would love to sell our own coffee at our place. Cheers.

[RussianRoaster]

Hey from country Victoria

WOW what an awesome website!

Was searching for Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and found a primo batch here.

Looking forward to contributing as much as possible and also getting to know the very coffee crazy community.

I am a hobby roaster who is slowly planning to open my own restaurant.

Just made my first order from beanbay too for the JBM coffee looking forward to its arrival!

[jccb25]

Hi all,

So I Discovered coffeesnobs 1.5weeks ago, Got my Aeropress + Porlex grinder 5 days ago, found an old Carmencita Lavazza Stove-Top sitting in the house 2 days ago and today I've been emailing sellers about Gaggia Classics and Rancilio Silvia's.......Coffeesnobs.....what have you done to me?!?!?!

You've started me on an undoubtedly rewarding, yet expensive journey.

Regards,

Jeff

[bowds1122]

Obviously not my very first post, but I am new. I've recently bought a Silvia and Compak K3T and have done a barista course. I'm pretty happy with how the coffee is tasting, but I know there is definite room for improvement!

[adelaidecoffee]

Guess I should say Hi, I'm from Adelaide.

Some Cafes that I visit are Please Say Please, First Pour, Barun, Bar9, Mothers Milk, Pure, Doof Doof and others...

I drink Filter, shorties and Caps.

I'm always on the look out for new quality places and shortly Adelaide will see 2 more opening that should be on any serious coffee drinkers list - Bar9 Central and Exchange. Both opening in the city - Yay!

I've been to a lot of cafes in Adelaide and over the last few years have seen the coffee quality improve lots.

Thats all from me.

[Download]

Hi there
I'm a newbie register here but I've been lurking for a while. Thought I should finally sign up. I'm not a coffee snob, if I'm desperate I'll drink International Roast. Unfortunately this is a common occurrence at work but when it's 4am, minus 5 degrees and you've been sitting in a fox hole for the last 5 hours you'll lick the grinds off a garbage bag if it'll wake you up. Ok not really but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I've been surviving on less than stellar coffee for some time now. A result of being an overworked, underpaid mum (what mum isn't? haha) and not having the cash to splash on a decent machine. It looks that this tax return may be it and I'm planning to get myself a decent brewbox. Which I may or may not let my husband near. Depending on how tired I am and how quickly I can speed him off to my local barista to learn how to make a good cup. I'm not joking, I'd divorce him in a heartbeat if I thought I could get her to move in with me and make my morning cuppa *sigh*.

Anyway, the point of my overtired dribble is that I'm here to find out the ins and outs and hopefully learn enough that I start making good coffee instead of "Good god, is that supposed to be coffee?".

[NewSnob]

Hi all, I recently bought a second hand Silvia (Mk1) and have discovered that some people are seriously into their coffee. I am just starting out. Bean choices confuse me. Accessory prices frighten me. I just want a nice cup and be able to provide a good coffee for fiends who visit. Looks like a steep learning curve...

[okitoki]

Hi all, I recently bought a second hand Silvia (Mk1) and have discovered that some people are seriously into their coffee. I am just starting out. Bean choices confuse me. Accessory prices frighten me. I just want a nice cup and be able to provide a good coffee for fiends who visit. Looks like a steep learning curve...

Hi NewSnob... take you time with the Silvia, and have plenty of patient with her and she will love you back and give you great coffee... one warning though, she will be a real bitch if you do not feed her the right sort of grind
get a good grinder, as she can be picky with it.... once you have the right grinder and dialed in, it is actually really easy to good coffee easily.

I think the initial outlay of some equipments can be expensive, but once you have it, then you dont really need to spend anymore (unless Upgrade'itis bites you)

Good hint is to read up on temperature surfing for Single boiler machines like the Silvia... and DONT forget to refill the boiler by turning on the water pump and run the steam till water comes out... this will prevent your boiler drying up and burning up your heating element.

Have fun with your new toy

[theDailyGrind]

Hi, I stumbled across this site while searching where to get my Rancilio repaired. I had it all cranked up and ready to go when it went BANG! and started smoking. It is now 5 years old and has generally produced the goods.

The problem is after reading through the threads I have developed serious double boiler envy. My wife complains how long it takes me to produce her morning coffee and although I have explained to her it is my equivalent of a Japanese tea ceremony, she assures me that they are considerably shorter (the tea ceremonies that is...). So now I am lusting after a BES900 which should help speed up the process. I also use a Sunbeam cafe series grinder which also might need to be upgraded? Anyway, great site that will help improve my coffee and maybe even my wife's grumpy morning demeanor...

[Stin]

I'm new! Hi. Just stumbled on to your site looking for some info. I've had a Breville Fresca for a year and its going v well. I don't have any problems with warm beans or anything - I only use enough for each particular 'session' and keep the rest stored in Coll cupboard.

I do have a couple of questions - I've run out of the cleaning tablets. Can I use bicarb soda instead? AND - (ignorance showing now) I've got descaling fluid. Is descaling the same as cleaning? If I am descaling, the bottle says 50ml per descaling - do I dilute that and put it through from the reservoir?

Anyway, an excellent, fun and informative site! Thanks

[Dragunov21]

Tartaric acid for descaling, denture tablets for parts cleaning (like baskets and showerscreens)