We are new Cafe and are trying to find good routine balance to pulling a great shots. We are using 8-9 grams of coffee, manually producing shots 28-30 seconds. Like to hear other methods and opinions.
Thanks
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I recently purchased an old AMA Milano coffee maker. It had seen better days and had lots of calcification, but I managed to take it apart and give it a good cleaning. I think it's ready to go, but I have a concern I was hoping someone here
Read more…A specialty coffee house offering all the great specialty coffee and tea drinks. All coffee is roasted by us daily.
We now have 2 locations. One on Long Beach Island in Beach Haven, N.J. this is a seasonal shop. We open weekends from April to June
Read more…Typically I have seen iced lattes made the same way. Cold milk, ice, and espresso shots, with the occasional flavoring. Recently my wife and I came across a coffee shop that did things a little differently. They steamed the milk for the iced latte, p
Read more…I have a 2.5 year old Aurelia semi-automatic, two group head machine. I had to rebuild the steam wand assembly which required me to turn off the machine. When I turned it back on, the machine went nuts. Here is the timeline of events:
turned machine
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The SCAA Pro Dev Committee members and SMEs are putting the finishing touches on the presentations for classes to be delivered at the 2011 SCAA Expo in Houston. I would like to liven them up with some more recent photography. Does anyone ou
Read more…My shop is going to make the switch to all pour overs for drip coffee. We do not yet have a hot water tower, so we will most likely use an induction plate with a Hario kettle to heat the water. Does anyone know the wattage that is needed to to run th
Read more…A recent discussion about a member's free upgrade to the volumetric version of an espresso machine generated a bit of debate about the use of the programmed buttons on an espresso machine.
Since it was on a slightly different topic, I've split that
Read more…I've been using my new Aurelia for about a week. During cleaning, we noticed that the middle group was corroding rapidly. The screen actually began to break away at the edges. Also the disk was stained. Pinkish water began to come out of the group.
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Hello All,
I just received my Ambex YM-2 and I am learning to roast on it. I've tried some roasting on it, but I think I am baking my roasts. My coffee smells kinda green when I get done. One example of a roast I perform was:
Ethiopian Yirgy
2lbs
C
Read more…for those out there debating, being hounded by, or just thinking about what benefits could be reaped from the social coupon.... i found this article in the NYTimes that puts it in simple wordage... your thoughts?
http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/
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I am somewhat green in trying to start up a drive-thru coffee business, not having any knowledege of bookkeeping, legal issues, inventory, etc. I want someone who's been successful in operating a coffee drive-thru business to help walk me thru the
Read more…I've got to plug a former barista friend's blog: http://dumbcoffeeshopideas.wordpress.com He started it after he left his job, so he's depending on people who still spend their days in coffee shops for new material...
Read more…Has anyone seen the new steel filter, looks like it only belongs in hario and a few other random bottomless drippers.
I don't really like the looks of it, BUT i'm very environmentally conscious and wonder if this is worth it.
Cons maybe?:
1)Fir
Read more…I was looking at an old coffee magazine and I ran across an article about the Mud truck, and it got me thinking. How hard is it to convert a truck to be able to serve quality espresso drinks from? Have any of you ever done something like this? Here i
Read more…The SCAA should be posting this on ever Board that they post but for some reason they have not mention this any were not even on our own web site.
So I will our memebers have the right to know?
Marty G Curtis
The Specialty Coffee Association of Americ
Read more…Ceramic airtight containers, thats what I hear is the best right? I would love to hear from you, to know what ones you currently use for your coffee. I need something that can hold at least a pound, and thought maybe someone here can point me to w
Read more…I got my hands on what looks to be a clean Astra Mega 1-group automatic. Called Astra and spoke to a pretty unhelpful tech ("how do you know there's no water in the boiler?") but here's the deal: when I power it on, it clicks a bit and seems to warm
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hit me up with some feedback, i'm trying to perfect it before we talk to the printer
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