The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Why the Italian devotion to Brazils when American specialty people avoid or patronize them? Mainly because Italians try to achieve the deep, rounded sweetness of a good espresso by choosing deep, rounded, sweet coffees rather than attempting to deepen and sweeten sharp, high-grown, acidy coffees by roasting them dark. First, Brazils are relatively low-grown, though not excessively low-grown, which makes them lively but not powerfully acidy. (Acidy notes tend to come across as overbearing and sharp in espresso.) Second, traditional Brazils, the ones Italians most admire, are dry-processed, meaning the coffee is dried inside the fruit rather than dried after the fruit has been removed.“
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Rancilio Silvia, Rancilio Rocky: Home Espresso Equipment at Sweet Maria's Coffee -Rancilio Miss Sylvia, Miss Silvia (#)

„Water temperature can range between 210 and 240, whereas you want something around 220 at the brew head for good espresso extraction. (Note that 220 at the brew head doesn't mean you are extracting at 220, but there is a 20 degree heat loss through the "puck" of compressed coffee grounds.) The good news is that during the shot you only have a 2-4 degree range, so the idea is to start your espresso extraction at the right point in the cycle. There is a simple timing technique you can use with the Silvia to brew in the right temperature range every time. This sounds more complicated than it is.“
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Tea & Coffee 07/04 - The Craft of Espresso Roasting Part I (#)

„Espresso in Oakland, California, provided detailed information regarding the approach Mr. Espresso takes to roasting their namesake, “We roast for espresso a little longer, we slow it down a bit, with drip we go a little faster for a more dynamic roast. For espresso we use a heavier load in the roast, a slower roast, it tends to mellow the coffee out. Normally our roaster is 240 kilos, and that’s what we do for espresso but for drip we use a lighter load for a quicker more dynamic roast, 180 to 210 kilos.“
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The Espresso Pages from Sweet Maria's: Preparing Milk Drinks - Macchiato, Cappuccino, Latte (#)

„at least it better! So many espresso machine buyers are interested in good steamed milk that most machines include a auto-frothing device, or a nozzle that takes in air to alleviate the need for mastering the correct technique used on commercial machines. Actually, many of these gadgets work very well, and unlike the crema-enhancing devices for espresso, they do produce good steamed milk with the correct flavor! Some (like Pavoni) actually suck up the milk from a secondary container, and others simply have an aerating pinhole and allow more through-flow of air into the milk.“
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Coffee: Resources for home espresso (#)

„Whether to pull a lever or press a button is a subject of great debate. There areso many variables involving "operator feel" to making an espresso, that (thelever view) to press a button for the critical step is like hitching the lastquarter mile up Mount Washington after climbing all morning, -vs- (thepump view) there are enough control variables to give up a few degrees offreedom, and a good pump can do a steadier job of extraction than a lever. Everyoneagrees that a Pavoni has a great deal of personality; some just feel that it has too much.“
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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé (#)

„Then compare the espresso pour out of your machine with the four photographs of a perfect pour in the Extraction Rate section of the book, or on line, but color may not be true on the computer. In espresso, color is information, and a good pour should hold a deep red brown color up to two ounces volume for the double shot. Any mistake you make will result in a sickly whitish crema, indicating excess acids creeping into your cup.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„In fact, one of the darkest-roasted coffees in the tasting also read as one of the most complex. The lighter-roasted blends preserved appropriately discreet hints of acidity and fruit without throwing the round, sweet tones of a good espresso out of balance. A couple of the lighter-roasted blends faded a bit in milk, but they apparently were intended by their blender-roasters as straight-shot espressos.“
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ICAFE (#)

„Los hábitos de consumo de café en los Estados Unidos se acercan cada vez más a los establecidos por mucho tiempo en el viejo mundo, hacia los llamados café gourmet que no incluyen solo las bebidas con base en el cappuccino, sino en cafés fríos, todos los destilados de los mejores granos como el espresso, late capuchino, y otros.“
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Virtual Coffee: Judging Expresso Extraction by Crema (#)

„A good question deserves a good answer. I am a supporter of the importance of crema in espresso extraction, but I alsobelieve that there is more to a good espresso extraction than the mere presence of crema. In fact, I have personally tasted espressos that offered a beautiful looking crema, but were extremely acidic, astringent and undrinkable.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Pungency. A word to describe the pleasant, fresh-sweat, sweet-yet-twisty tones of a good West-Coast-style American espresso blend. If there is a Peet's coffee store near you, go in and sniff the coffee bins for a suggestion of the sensation I am describing. This aroma complex is seldom encountered in Italian espressos, but is a common characteristic of North- and Latin-American blends.“
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illy caffè North America (#)

„The FrancisFrancis X5 espresso lover's kit includes absolutely everything you need to make authentic Italian espresso: 4 cans of E.S.E servings medium roast pods (18 servings per can), two illy logo espresso cups and an E.S.E brochure. The kit is available exclusively from illy for $349.00. Go to illyusa.com or call 1-877-ILLY-DIR.“
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View topic - I've got an idea-I'd like some input from the experts! - Coffee Forum (#)

„I would only roast for prepaid orders and not waste any beans. I could offer several sizes from "one pot", 4 oz and 8 oz (in Espresso, I go thru an 8 oz of Starbucks in about 2 weeks, is this normal?) Of course, I'd have some on hand of the one pot and 4 oz to sell at the party. Then reorders will take care of the bulk of the business. When it really takes off, I'll let others host these parties and pay a commission to them.“
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Espresso Drinks For Summer (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„The one I own consists of a cup-like base and a two-piece lid with a built-in strainer and removable cap. This works nicely because it doesn’t require any special skill to use, and it reliably leaves a good crema on my espresso. There is another style of mixer which consists of two cups which fit together to create a sealed compartment for shaking the beverage. I get the impression that this kind of mixer is less common.“
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Virtual Coffee: Feature Articles (#)

„A good coffee, when extracted as a straight shot, will produce a smooth yet complex taste, providing a satisfying experience. The volume, extraction time, and golden crema (a dense golden brown layer of frothed coffee oils that float on top of a properly extracted espresso) are the keys to good espresso.“
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"FRCN Espresso "HOW TO" Pages" (#)

„A blind filter basket or a backflush insert - A blind portafilter is a filter basket that has no holes in it. It would obviously be no good for brewing espresso as there is no way for the water to go through it. The alternative to a blind filter is a special rubber insert that is placed in a standard basket and plugs it up much in the same way that one of the flat rubber sink stoppers work.“
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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„   If the process takes much longer, water spends more time in contact with ground coffee and causes undesirable acids and caffeine to go into the solution, producing an overextracted, bitter espresso. If dosing and packing is held steady, the "shot time" is a practical way of monitoring the extraction process. The fineness of the grind controls the shot time.“
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Espresso Equipment: Solis, Illycaffe, Demitasse Cups, Moka Brown Espresso Cups, La Pavoni, Gaggia Classic, Rancilio Miss Silvia Pasquini, Tampers -Hand Tamps (#)

„You need to keep your espresso machine impeccably clean for consistently good performance ...we offer Urnex Espresso Machine Cleaner in 20 oz. bottles and packets, De-scaler powder in packets, as well as 2 types of Group Head Cleaning Brushes. “
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CoffeeGeek - Timers Go Digital and Affordable! (#)

„The most discriminating espresso enthusiasts monitor every element of their extraction process to ultimately attain the "god-shot” on their traditional 'electric-pump' machines. One of those critical elements is the timing of the espresso extraction, and can range from 18 to 30 seconds, depending upon whom you ask!“
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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 23 (#)

„You need an expert palate. Given this reality, the ideal form for a gourmet espresso business is a one owner proprietorship. Owners who have mastered coffee. I have twelve years of daily experience in all aspects of espresso preparation, and eight years of experience selecting green beans and roasting my own blends.“
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Virtual Coffee: Taking the Guess-Work out of Purchasing a Home Espresso Machine (#)

„It's not all that simple, but roughly doing the numbers proves that anyone whoenjoys goodespresso coffee drinks out, can certainly afford to enjoy them at home.Regardless of your reasoning, if you are interested in buying a home espressomachine there are several things you should know.“
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Basics of espresso - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„It should be noted that all inexpensive steam-powered home machines cannot produce enough pressure to brew good espresso. If you have invested in a steam powered espresso-cappuccino unit, you may have to start from scratch with a new, pump-driven unit..“
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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Globescan- Finland : Beyond the Cold Climate (#)

„There were some "look-alikes" and "wannabes", but the genuine Italian style espresso was simply not there. It looks like the high coffee consumption remained because of, or perhaps in spite of, the coffee milk wave that seems to go with espresso based drinks.“
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Indian coffee board- Coffee : Life in a new brew (#)

„Wrong! A cup of coffee is a life-style statement and if you have not gotton around to visiting the nearest espresso bar in your neighbouring and sipping some of the heavenly, swirling-with-cream chocolate or cinnamon concoctions, you are in danger of being labelled as something from the age of the dino!“
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CoffeeKid - The Espresso MiniFAQ (#)

„Anyone who tells you that a good shot can be built without crema is fooling themselves. Crema is one of the primary indicators of a good espresso shot. This isn't to say that every shot with crema on it is good - far from it. But I am saying that every shot that doesn't have crema on it is a bad shot.“
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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 18 (#)

„This subject straddles the world of ergonomics and coffee quality. For the espresso packing down with 50 to 60 pounds of force will maximize your goal of even saturation but in my first year I learned directly it is not sustainable for the light of bone and tendon, such as myself.“
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Factors in a Perfect Cup (of espresso) (#)

„Your goal is to feed your espresso machine with water that has about 17 grains of hardness. Complete removal of minerals is not practical, and does not result in as sweet an espresso coffee as having a bit left in the water.“
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Espresso Blending Techniques (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„A deep mahogany brown. If you take it any further you get a bitter cup which contrary to what Starbucks are trying to tell us is not what good espresso is about. If you must vary the above roast then go a little lighter, but avoid the charcoal blend.“
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Keep Your Coffee Equipment Clean (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„of Puro Caff into the filter basket. With your espresso machine ready to brew, put the handle in the espresso machine just like you were going to brew some shots.“
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Gaggia Home Espresso Equipment - Gaggia Espresso, Gaggia New Coffee, Gaggia Classic, Gaggia Baby (#)

„The Gaggias all have the same forged, marine-chromed, solid-brass group head, another example of having good metal mass to store heat for proper good espresso results.“
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CoffeeGeek - Vancouver: Where Coffee Trainers Go To Die (#)

„Now this would be understandable if they really did a nice job with the coffee but a lot of these places are a total Gong show that wouldn't know a great shot of espresso from…“
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Buying Coffee Equipment (#)

„Specialists in espresso machines and equipment, including all the various accessories and tools to go along with them.“
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