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How does humidity affect roasting?
How does the humidity affect the length of time required to reach a good light roast in a gas fired roaster.
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How do I make a good flat white?
Recently Starbucks Canada has started serving Flat Whites and after cursorily reading about how to make one on Wikipedia, I thought I'd try my hand at it at home.
We have a Breville Cafe Roma Espresso machine and I thought that perhaps if I steam…
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Will Cafetto cleaning tablets work with Sage Dual Boiler machine?
Will this Cafetto cleaning tablets work with my Sage Dual Boiler espresso machine (the "by Heston" range)?
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Where should I look for food-grade nitrogen fills?
I'm looking for an ~100% N2 fill for nitro cold brew coffee and I'm having a hard time finding a supplier who sells food grade N2 in consumer quantities. Any advice for companies in United States who sell food grade N2?
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Does coffee taste different when it is ground at home?
Is there a difference in the taste of the coffee that I grind myself versus the ground coffee that I buy from the store? Does the size of the ground change the taste of the coffee that I brew?
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What are alternatives uses for an espresso machine?
Assuming that you have a real espresso machine, one that also does pre-infusion and has a steam wand, what are going to be alternative uses for it.
If you want you could also list things to be avoided, like those that would damage the machine or…
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Coffee helps to decrease weight
Many women dream to have a beautiful body shape. They find a lot of different ways to put on their weight and that is my source of question. I heard a little bit about the coffee that it can help losing weight. Is it true that coffee can decrease…
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Could light transmittance be used to timely determine extraction?
I was wondering if I could get perfect extraction timing by measuring the light transmittance (of course with the same coarseness of grind) like a Beer's law sort of thing. Anyone have any readings? Or like a method you use to determine optimal…
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What is "mırra", the over-brewed Turkish coffee?
There are many methods mentioned in Coffee SE on Turkish coffee brewing. Are there any other alternatives/variations from the standard way of preparing Turkish coffee? One of such variety I have heard of is the bitter flavored mırra.
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Coffee similar in taste to Dallmayr Prodomo
Someone brought back a pack of Dallmayr Prodomo beans from Poland about a year ago, and this is yet the best coffee I have tasted. I use aeropress for brewing. The Dallmayr was inexpensive in Poland, but costs a bit to import. So, can anyone suggest…
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Lavazza A Modo Mio espresso drips out very slowly
I have a Lavazza A Modo Mio.
Recently, the espresso extract has been dripping out really slowly and it takes about 10-15 minutes to fill half a cup. I tried to clean the machine like the manual says (operate without a capsule - just on water),…
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How does coconut milk change the taste of coffee?
My father bought coconut milk several days ago. So, I've been wondering: how does coconut milk change the taste of coffee?
Is there a coffee variant which would taste awesome with it?
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What are the standard espresso parameters (dose, mass/volume, time, etc.)?
I have a Breville Infuser espresso machine as well as a Breville Smart Grinder Pro. The espresso machine comes with two types of filters (for singles and doubles), and can dispense a pre-programmed volume of water corresponding to a single or double…
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What's the basket/tamper size for Gaggia Classic?
I just got my first machine, and I'm looking to replace the flimsy plastic tamper that came with the Gaggia Classic. It seems like the two common tamper sizes are 50mm and 55mm, but the 55mm I tried from a friend was still too small. Any idea what…
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How to determine level of scale build up
I would like to find out if my machine already has enough scale-buildup for a descaling session.
It's a 2 group, heat exchange copper boiler. About 10,000 shots through the machine. I use filtered water from a water supplier.
Lastly, do you have…
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