Espresso machines?

[riffer]

I have a Breville800 series at home and an E61 Rocket at work.

The only difference in the two I reckon is that the E61 is much much faster at frothing milk.

Other than that the quality of the coffee with the same beans and grind appropriate to each machine is near identical.

Be careful here though - one can go too far. I've now taken to ordering my coffee as 5kg sacks of green beans and roasting it myself.

[shrub]

Whats wrong with the traditional way?? No milk or sugar either

Pretty hard to beat. I have a 15 year old stove top machine that has made about a million coffees just how I like them - black and as strong as fuck. I get V6 beans from C4 in Tuam St once a week and grind them with a Sunbeam burr grinder I got off Tardme for $100 from an old boy who preferred nespresso to coffee.

[pete376403]

Nice stuff http://www.coffeelala.com/coffee_blends.html plus they will tweak the mix to suit customer requirements.

I get "La Bomb" which I understand was originally mixed to meet one customers preferences

[george formby]

Got me Kenya Peaberry today! Local boys had some in stock...

I look forward to your opinion on flavour & performance..

[slofox]

I look forward to your opinion on flavour & performance..

Well - "interesting" I would have to say.

First off, the beans look pretty much like any other bean - I kinda expected them to look different. They are maybe a little rounder than normal

Secondly, they seem to grind more slowly through my grinder - I need to leave it running longer for the same amount of ground coffee.

Thirdly the flavour: Higher acidity is the most obvious difference - quite marked. Finer palate than a lot of African coffees. Similar to some of the American single origin beans but without the same level of brightness of my favourite, La Illusion, which I cannot get any more.

Overall? I like!

[george formby]

Well - "interesting" I would have to say.

First off, the beans look pretty much like any other bean - I kinda expected them to look different. They are maybe a little rounder than normal

Secondly, they seem to grind more slowly through my grinder - I need to leave it running longer for the same amount of ground coffee.

Thirdly the flavour: Higher acidity if the most obvious difference - quite marked. Finer palate than a lot of African coffees. Similar to some of the American single origin beans but without the same level of brightness of my favourite, La Illusion, that I cannot get any more.

Overall? I like!

Good, a win. 50/50 with East timorese (like hens teeth at the mo) is a very nice blend.