The Coffee Thread

[teejay]

Greens and co leederville ftw.

[BN01]

Originally Posted by FFOUR

Dome FTW. They use gold plated beans.

John and Darren would agree.

I also concur.

[BALISTC]

Originally Posted by Fozzy

Ok without bagging out other shops (just because I am a fanboy of another shop) and in no order my favorites are

P.S. when I say fan-boy's, I don't mean the customers.. I'm talking about the wannabe's who sit through a $70 barista course and then wear Epic Espresso shirts, spouting off thinking they know everything about coffee (and then making me the aforementioned 10ml shot).

These idiots also infiltrate every Barista competition with their yelling like its a football match.

[BALISTC]

Five Senses beans ftw.

Velvet house blend is pretty damn good, for an off the shelf variety, the Colombian and Harvest blends are excellent also.

Caffissimo Supreme blend is awesome too, pretty much as good as anything out of Five Senses.

[tuna]

must get around to trying seedy motel room 'international roast'...

[BALISTC]

Fuck it, my essay trigger finger is getting itchy..

If you want good coffee, you can either go to any of the cafe's mentioned above, OR, you can do it at home.

I'm talking about a home coffee setup. TO do it properly, you need a manual machine and a burr grinder. DO NOT use pre-ground.

You can get into a home setup for under a grand, the Sunbeam Cafe Series espresso machine and burr grinder is a good way to do it.

It also comes down to whether you want quality or convenience.

Convenience - super-automatic machine
Quality - A decent manual machine and burr grinder.

I always recommend buying and mastering a manual machine. The results speak for themselves, you'll get a better coffee out of a $600 manual espresso machine and $200 burr grinder than an $8000 automatic.

I've got a Rancilio Silvia espresso machine with an electronic PID controller and 2x Rancilio Rocky burr grinder, with a stainless base station and it cost me under $2k. I will put money on my coffee bettering that of 99% of cafe's out there, as well as 100% of automatic machines.

As you go up in price, you'll get more consistency between shots, and repeatability in a large number of shots...for example, I can't pull 20 shots in a row with my machine without waiting for temps to stabilise, but with a machine thats maybe $2,500 (plus grinder) and has dual boilers or single boiler/heat exchanger, it'll do it.

It all comes down to the quality of the bean, the grind, the distribution and the tamp. You can own a $20,000 Synesso Cyncra PID-Controlled, rotary pump, 4 group machine, but if you use pre-ground coffee, shit beans or a shit grinder, the coffee won't even be as good as a $250 home machine.

If you're willing to drink your coffee at about half the quality of a manual machine, at the press of a button, automatic machines are the way to go. THAT BEING SAID THOUGH, 99% of people don't know what a 100% perfect artisan coffee is i.e. one made absolutely perfectly by a pro barista, so to most, an auto machine makes excellent coffee. It's all about perspective.

This is one of mine..

[Fozzy]

And There It Is!

[Chrus]

Originally Posted by tuna

must get around to trying seedy motel room 'international roast'...

Ive only just recently got used to the idea of putting milk in first then the boiled water...

Joe - your mad. Your coffee tastes great but I think you missed your calling.

[DEDLYWEPN]

Great info coming in so far, will have to try a few of the spots mentioned. I was more after the convenience when I'm out. But I also hope to get into a decent home setup later in the year, so your detailed explanation is greatly appreciated Joe.

[theprotest]

Hi,

If you're ever down in Margaret River, drop into our place, Yahava KoffeeWorks. They've been winning plenty of awards recently for their roasts, everything roasted on site, so the person serving you is likely to be the one that's cracked the beans.

I make the alcohol, so I don't really know about the koffee, but if you're interested they've always got time to show you the roasting process.

Just remember, it's a gateway drug!

Cheers,
Nik