Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2008

[Andy]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

I was just going to make the same comment.

But Im here to tell ya! I aint wearing no bikini or waving a flag (like those women at certain motorsports!) ;D

Ugg boots?
;D


On ya Bruce!
T-shirts? I guess you should wear pants too unless of course you were going to do the flag waving in a bikini?

[Javaphile]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

I was just going to make the same comment.

But Im here to tell ya! I aint wearing no bikini or waving a flag (like those women at certain motorsports!) ;D

We could go the opposite extreme and I could send you a Parka to wear while ya wave the flag! ;D :


Java "Keeping it warm" phile

[Thundergod]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

I was just going to make the same comment.

But Im here to tell ya! I aint wearing no bikini or waving a flag (like those women at certain motorsports!) ;D

What about wearing a flag and waving your bikini.
That should get a few punters to the stall.

[coffeebreath]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

1st prize - $500 and Coffex coffee to the value of $150 and A Home Barista Kit from Home Barista Institute valued at $195
2nd prize - $250 and Coffex coffee to the value of $50 and A Home Barista Course from Home Barista Institute valued at $150
3rd prize - $100 and Coffex coffee to the value of $50 and A Home Barista Course from Home Barista Institute valued at $150

...I would have thought itd be around the other way:
1st prize $100 of Coffex "coffee"
2nd prize $250 of Coffex "coffee"
3rd prize $500 of Coffex "coffee"

Good luck to you guys competing...youre obviously doing it for the glory, not the bounty...and if/when you do win Ill chuckle when I see your "prizes" on EvilBAY at about 8pm Sunday night!
Cheers, Anthony

[fatboy_1999]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Just got an e-mail regarding the hardware being used in the Home Barista Comp.

Gaggia MM grinder
Gaggia Baby Twin machine.

PDFs of both products were attached to the e-mail. Ive attached the Baby Twin pdf.

The Baby Twin states it is a twin boiler machine with programmable doseage, Solenoid valve (3 way I assume), commercial standard PF and group and for some unknown reason... a metal pannarello (I wonder if they will get narky when we try to remove them?).

Worst of all... its a righty and Im used to steaming with a lefty now!
Ill have to cast my mind back to the Silvia days.

[Andy]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March


I heard today we have the first interstate CSr enter too so now its a comp for geographic glory too!

[martybean]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Are we able to remove the crappy frothing device?

[fatboy_1999]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Ill let you know 20 seconds into my heat!

[reubster]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Yeah!

Gaggia Australia will allow all/any of these coffee snobs mods provided they can be done within the 15min prep zone.

[martybean]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Fatboy can I have your machine after you have finished with it

[Magic_Matt]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Yeah!

Gaggia Australia will allow all/any of these coffee snobs mods provided they can be done within the 15min prep zone.

What about installing a PID?

Anyone know how easy it is to remove the microfoam-destroyer milk frother?

[Coughy]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

Pretty sure ive almost decided to go over for the weekend but havent decided how
to get there yet so thought id ask if anyone from Adelaide is/considering going and wants to share a drive/fuel cost?? Probably cheaper to fly but then I have some other things i want to do while there and the car would be really handy for that.

Holding off on the decision to register for the comp till i make the transport decision, plus i was way more interested in it till i read that you cant supply your own coffee (wheres the fun in that, its a coffee comp after all).
One of the judging criteria is taste? But we have to use "cough"ex right so ..........

Sorry if there is anyone that likes it but well...I just dont :-X

[Andy]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

What about installing a PID?

I can see future comps will have a CS technical pit-crew to work on rebuilding the machine within the 15 minute time limit.


If you do fly over Intercoff let us know and we will try and arrange transport (somehow) from either Melbourne or Avalon. Ill be going past Avalon at about 5am if that suits.

[scoota_gal]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March

What about installing a PID?

I can see future comps will have a CS technical pit-crew to work on rebuilding the machine within the 15 minute time limit.

They wont be needing that time limit...theyll have it down to such a fine art that theyll knock it over in under 1 minute! ;D However, it will still go down to the wire of the time limit as theyll spend the previous 14 minutes arguing over how to best position the PID controller for the most asthetic look...

[Andy]

Re: Celebrate the Bean - Melbourne 2nd March


That is likely Scoot.


I just had a look at the PDF that Brett posted
http://coffeesnobs.com.au/attachments/Baby_Twin.pdf

Did anyone see the pour on that?
If a CS pours a gusher like that during the comp well all disown em!


Was there any mention of a supplied coffee scoop? It will be tricky getting the coffee out of the grinder without one.