lo123 Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hey Wayne that would be great! Current schedule is either Jan or Feb sometime, probably several trips over the first six months of 2008. Fighting some equipment issues in our setup in San Diego right now. If we get those fixed something will certainly be happening as noted above. Keep the Cornwalls warmed up...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 Danny, LOL! I am talking openly with the wife about the new machine here, I just have not mentioned HOW MUCH I am spending[:|][*-)] Larry, Keep us up on the plans, I sure would welcome you back with open arms! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfk Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 No way, Starbucks may have really bad pastry, but the Grande iced purple eye (3 shots of expresso) give me more of a rush than anything Bose has ever made, and I live in Bose country (MA). And at all of our local Starbuck's, the girls are pretty hot, many are Boston college or Pine Manor Students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 No way, Starbucks may have really bad pastry, but the Grande iced purple eye (3 shots of expresso) give me more of a rush than anything Bose has ever made, and I live in Bose country (MA). And at all of our local Starbuck's, the girls are pretty hot, many are Boston college or Pine Manor Students. The women may be hot but the truth is that espresso has less cafeen than regular coffee. The espresso process extracts less of it due to the short time that the water is in contact with the beans. Another truth is that *$s is second rate coffee at best. They over roast the beans and you are tasting more of the roasting process rather than the fine qualites of each type of bean. This is done so that the same coffee drink will taste the same, year round and no matter which store you go to. Beans have a season just like any other crop and different crops mature at different times throughout the world. Each type of bean and location that it is grown has a different taste. If you over roast the beans then you just taste the burnt suguar in the beans, not the subtle varaitions of the indiviual bean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Here are my new two friends!!! Oscar and SJ!! This is how they look a little closer up! And this is what I had on the way to work this morning!!! A double decaf, low fat, Lat'e!! I am realy excited about these new machines! I can see that this will be another journey as long as the one I have started down with Audio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 How in the world did I miss this thread!? I've been a coffeegeek for quite some time. I've got an Isomac Relax and a Rancilio Rocky grinder. as a matter of fact, my espresso machine was my avatar here for some time. The only minor regret I have is not getting a stepless grinder. When you really get into tweaking and want to pull 1Oz in 25 seconds, it's nice to have the stepless option to dial your grind in. Otherwise, it's an awesome grinder. My Relax (odd name for an espresso machine) has performed absolutely flawlessly for several years. It's built like a tank and is very consistant. Great hobby. My best advice to anyone starting out is to get the freshest beans you possibly can. A thousand dollar machine can't pull a good shot with stale beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbflash Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wayne, Great setup and i love the design to cap off the latte! Did you mention the price yet to the wife? I'm thinking no, because from your pictures I didn't see a dent in the machine from where she hit you over the head with it. Ok CECAA850 you are dealing with a vigin here so be gentle. What is a "stepless grinder"? Well I have a 15 minute drive to go get my "short vanilla latte with 5 shots of espresso". You guys have a great day! Great thread danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 cecaa Nice looking machine! Concidering that espresso has 1/3 the cafeen that regular coffee has, Relax is not such a funny name for a machine! I agree about the beans and for now, I am picking them up in person at coffeeklatch, home of Heather Perry the top US barista and second in the last world competion! I am looking into taking a lesson from her, she will either teach in a group class at their shop or she will come out and give a private lesson at your home! This means that you will learn to dial in your equipment to it's max and learn how to keep it there as well as having 4 hours of one on one time to pull shots and foam milk and do late' art! I am stoked about that chance! Danny, LOL, no I haven't mentioned price yet but I won't have to! The wife is cool with my "hobbies" and as long as the bills are paid and she can get what she wants in a reasonable time from asking, she is happy. With Christmas coming so soon, I have not had much time to play with my toys! I won't get to tonight either! It is my mothers birthday, she is .... well older than I am LOL! So there is a party tonight and I will get hoime late. But then again, there is no work tomorow so I could stay up late!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Ok CECAA850 you are dealing with a vigin here so be gentle. What is a "stepless grinder"? Many grinders like my Rocky have a numbered coarseness gauge. You move it one "step" in either direction to make your grind coarser or finer. When I use my double basket, I like to pull 2 Oz. in 25 seonds. If an ounce pulls in 20 seconds, my grind is too coarse and I bump my grinder 1 notch finer. A stepless grinder has no detents so it is basically infinitely adjustable. Sometines you want a grind that's inbetween steps. It's really a VERY petty gripe, and I wouldn't let it keep you from buying a particular grinder. If you're a little coarse, you can tamp a little harder to make up for it. Likewise if you're a little fine in your grind, you can tamp a little lighter. I've got a bathroom scale on my counter to be sure I tamp a fairly consistant 30 lbs. The more you eliminate your variables (grind, tamp pressure, temperature) the easier it is to make your pour consistant. Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 I was going to buy a Rocky and a Silivia combo for about $900 new. The combo is a good one and lots of people have this setup. The deal on the Oscar (new) and a used Super Jolley (commercial machine which is stepless) came along for $1k delivered and that was just too good to pass up. I have not done much grinding on the SJ but the little I have done is FANTASTIC! It is so smooth and quiet and the consistancy of the grind is ......WOW! If you have the room for it, they are a GREAT bargan used! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Good looking gear..............Generally (cause Iam a tightwad), I drink Folgers.............. But when my Daughter vists from NY I order coffee from www.portorico.com good coffee at reasonable prices............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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