What did postman bring today ?

no, i got this from wish, its a tneced-

hopefully he didnt ace ventura it

lists is at 20kg

The white KOPI Deva is back. Slowly getting everything white.

Time to re-stock .

prezes

I have the natural version of the Peru Efrain Salvador, just waiting until it has rested for a day so I can taste it

InfamousTuba let me know what it’s like! I might start from this one

First bottomless, had to be the ECM…

Cuprajake Yes. Always loved the look of ECM and with not going for the wood look it had to be the ECM bottomless after seeing it in Rinaldo’s,Kendal. Looks classy. 👌

Not a coffee related post day but a good one nonetheless.

Elizabeth left the kitchen this morning after serving me very well for the last 3 and a bit years. Evo arrived this afternoon and is up and running - going to be a steep learning curve (again) I think. The steam power is mental, just about gave me a heart attack on first use!

ST30B how are you finding them?

I took delivery of some blackcat coffee the other week. I had ordered the Colombia Dulima, but received the sugarcane decaf by mistake. So they said tomorrow the decaf and sent me some the correct Dulima.

I also bought their signature blend (not yet tried) and an Ethiopian.

Been brewing them all in an Aeropress for now. Grind setting 3.0 to 4.0 on a Fellow Ode Gen2. 2min brew plus 30second press. Initial stir then a second stir at 90seconds.

The Ethiopian is not a bright coffee, roasted darker than I expected. Not what I was expecting. Wouldn’t buy again.

The Columbia sugarcane decaf is roasted really dark, and has an odd lingering finish, I’ve never had single origin decaf before, so maybe it’s just a feature of sugarcane decaf coffees?

The Columbia Dulima I don’t mind, it’s the better of the 3 I’ve tried from them so far. Has flavour and has been reasonably enjoyable.

However I would say that all 3 of them have had a taste that I cannot put my finger on. It sort of reminds me of chewing liquorice root as a kid. I will of course be trying their signature blend once my current Southampton SO Roast blend is used up on the espresso machine. But I really hope it doesn’t have the taste I think is present in the first 3.

So all in all, I am not convinced I’d be buying any more sadly, I’ll go back to Rave, Wogan Roasters (Bristol based, but they have a shop in Cheddar, called Wyvern) and my brothers local roaster in Southampton for a couple of months. All have sold me some great coffees, to my inexperienced palate at least!

Ando Why is the steam arm on the wrong side? 🤣

Lovely machine, congratulations.Does this machine have all the bells and whistles like safety system, rotary pump and what nots?

That’s the stock configuration.

I asked for the steam on the right.

MediumRoastSteam Haha - will take some getting used to for sure. Yeah all the bells and whistles - it was the introduction of the dosing system which clashed with a mini mid life crisis that had me pulling the trigger.

Have had my eye on the Evo since it was released and came close to ordering / buying second hand many times.