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 Which beans for espresso?
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| Randy |
Posted on 10/27/2016 4:17 PM
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For the holidays, I am planning a gift for my nephew who loves espresso. I am getting him a starter kit to make his own roast. So I have two questions: 1. What beans are traditionally used for espresso? 2. I've heard the rage is now making espresso with roasts other than dark, what beans and roasts have shown promise for espresso? If at first you don't succeed...destroy all evidence that you tried - Steven Wright
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| BenKeith |
Posted on 10/27/2016 4:32 PM
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I don't drink espresso, so someone else will have to help you there. I do latte's for my wife and a lot of her friends and cappuccino's for me and some of her friends. I used to try to blend beans, or order SM's different espresso blends but I've found that if I just use a SO Brazilian, roasted to just before or a couple snaps into SC, it taste just as good by the time you load all that milk and sugar on top of it and makes life much simpler with bean inventory because I also use a lot of Brazilian for coffee. |
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| mrsoneil |
Posted on 12/07/2016 8:08 AM
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Great info! Thanks for bring it up, its exactly what I wanted to know :) |
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| turtle |
Posted on 12/08/2016 5:26 AM
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If you have not blended before, grab a pound of each of SM's espresso bends and see which one you like. Then stick with their blend for a while before "branching out" Once you get started, you may find you will be searching out some robusta beans to toss into your blend if you like the European taste . Mick - "Drinking in life one cup at a time"
"I'd rather be roasting coffee" Roaster 1: San Franciscan SF-1 Roaster 2: Hottop B-2K+ Roaster 3: 2 kilo Chinese drum Grinders: Mazzer Major - Forte BG (x3) Pour over: Hario - Bee House - Chemex - Kalita - Bodum Drip: Bunn CWTF15-1 & CW15-TC (commercials) Espresso: Pasquini Livia 90 auto Vacuum: Cona - Bodum Press: Frieling - Bodum Colombia |
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| ginny |
Posted on 12/08/2016 8:24 AM
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I use every bean i get as espresso... but that's me. I would go to Sweet Maria's and select a nice selection of his "good for espresso beans. you will find man choices and you will not be disappointed. ginny |
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| ChicagoJohn |
Posted on 12/09/2016 5:18 AM
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Quote ginny wrote: I use every bean i get as espresso... but that's me. I would go to Sweet Maria's and select a nice selection of his "good for espresso beans. you will find man choices and you will not be disappointed. ginny So I'm assuming the man choices refers to including some robusto? 
So many beans; so little time.... |
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| ginny |
Posted on 12/10/2016 12:06 PM
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oh shoot, I meant MANY choices... g |
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| Koffee Kosmo |
Posted on 12/19/2016 7:21 PM
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Quote Randy wrote: For the holidays, I am planning a gift for my nephew who loves espresso. I am getting him a starter kit to make his own roast. So I have two questions: 1. What beans are traditionally used for espresso? 2. I've heard the rage is now making espresso with roasts other than dark, what beans and roasts have shown promise for espresso? All Arabica beans can be roasted for Espresso The question is or should be - do all roasters roast to suit espresso ? A good espresso machine is calibrated to a fine temperature band This temperature band is closely related to the roast depth of the beans Best roast depth for an espresso machine is just at the cusp of second crack KK I home roast and I like it. Designer of the KKTO
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