An opinion that is!
And I now would like to call upon you to share your opinion with me on the following;
In my quest to continue the coffee education of our small yet wonderful community here in the bush, I will soon be running a day of home coffee machine training. So far I have come up with a programme (so that I can be sure to cover as much as possible in the time frame weve given ourselves.)
I will be running three two hour courses in the day (yep, its a marathon as well, did I mention that!?
) and there will only be six people at each course. And I have tried to theme each one, ie Breakfast, Afternoon Tea and Supper, so that I can also include food (why the heck not!) and show folks what coffee can also complement in their homes.
Just as you know, I do all this gratis as it is my way of "paying it forward" to the folk of this town who have supported me through the past seven months especially. Even the coffee appreciation course was only a gold coin donation towards the cost of the food that folk had at the bakery where we did it.
Anyway, my programme so far...
1. Set up and warming up of machines. This is where Ill discuss why its important to have everything warm etc.
2. Naming of various parts of the machines and how the machine brews coffee.
3. Grinders and the importance of correct grind.
4. Brewing Technique. Dosing and tamping to get the perfect extraction. What is the perfect extraction and what should it look like.
5. Milk! And frothing techniques.
6. Clean your machine! Or "Cleanliness is next to God-Shot-ness!!
I would really love some constructive imput here, folks as I know what I want to say, but I should also know what I should say! And seeing as I do think highly of many of your opinions I will appreciate your thoughts immensly.
Also, I want to get some Brown Bay beans and seeing that I know nothing about any of those on offer, would any of you like to suggest either which one to get or even ones to get and blend together!?
A big ask, I know. But I know that youre all up for the task!
And I now would like to call upon you to share your opinion with me on the following;In my quest to continue the coffee education of our small yet wonderful community here in the bush, I will soon be running a day of home coffee machine training. So far I have come up with a programme (so that I can be sure to cover as much as possible in the time frame weve given ourselves.)
I will be running three two hour courses in the day (yep, its a marathon as well, did I mention that!?
) and there will only be six people at each course. And I have tried to theme each one, ie Breakfast, Afternoon Tea and Supper, so that I can also include food (why the heck not!) and show folks what coffee can also complement in their homes. Just as you know, I do all this gratis as it is my way of "paying it forward" to the folk of this town who have supported me through the past seven months especially. Even the coffee appreciation course was only a gold coin donation towards the cost of the food that folk had at the bakery where we did it.
Anyway, my programme so far...
1. Set up and warming up of machines. This is where Ill discuss why its important to have everything warm etc.
2. Naming of various parts of the machines and how the machine brews coffee.
3. Grinders and the importance of correct grind.
4. Brewing Technique. Dosing and tamping to get the perfect extraction. What is the perfect extraction and what should it look like.
5. Milk! And frothing techniques.
6. Clean your machine! Or "Cleanliness is next to God-Shot-ness!!

I would really love some constructive imput here, folks as I know what I want to say, but I should also know what I should say! And seeing as I do think highly of many of your opinions I will appreciate your thoughts immensly.
Also, I want to get some Brown Bay beans and seeing that I know nothing about any of those on offer, would any of you like to suggest either which one to get or even ones to get and blend together!?
A big ask, I know. But I know that youre all up for the task!




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