Sometimes I get that too. But most of the time it's dry.



Oh ya. I tried using Aeropress on the same ground (aging) and Aeropress brews better coffee sia. At least I like it that way. On Poemia it's like dull and lifeless while on Aeropress, it's quite chocolaty. Dunno how to describe but smooth and more GAO. Aeropress use almost double the ground though.

Looks like we really really need a calculator on this Didn't know this.

My way of doing pretty simple. Cannot say perfect but most of the time pretty satisfied.
2 scoops of ground (the scoop came with Aeropress)
90 DC, 3 quarter IKEA 365+ mug of hot water
90 secs

Works for most coffee, with exception of those light roasted. Need more brewing time for those.

This post has been edited by geney: Jan 13 2015, 01:48 PM

Just came back from a barista workshop "sponsored" by Bon Cafe. Damn... Maybe I've been figuring out how to do things properly, tweak here tweak there, making a nice (or rather very acceptable) cup of coffee seems a lot more easier with commercial grinder and coffee machine. They let us played with their Rancilio commercial coffee machine and grinder. Damn shiok sia

Frothing milk became piece of cake with those machine liao... which was a bit on the tedious side from my experience with Poemia. Latte art also can easily achieved.

Anyway, we can't put those at home. Need dunno what C-Form type of power supply or what. Some semi pro ones should be possible though. But no budget for now.

Won their contest so got this free workshop at their HQ. The workshop there got a few grinders and coffee machines, mostly commercial grade. All Rancilio brand. 2 series 7 and 1 series 9. Both double boiler, double group head, double steam wand with a hot water dispencer (dunno how to call that). 3-4 grinders all from Rancilio too (different series; Not familiar this those) Got 1 silvia for display only. Special edition specially for Bon I guess as it's "coated" with leather instead of normal metal. Looks damn nice. Besides that they also display some in-house grinder (only 1 in fact) and coffee machines. All home use type. Their coffee machine is call Ascaso Dream. The grinder also Ascaso branded. Both are not cheap. Retro look.

Those machine (Rancilio) I heard from the trainer already per-programmed. So you just choose single or double shots. Just pop in the PF and hit the button. It'll stop when reaches 30ml shot. Fast or slow depends on your tamping and amound of ground. The trainer also mention good shot should be around 20-30 seconds (the range so wide?) and on paper 22 secs is the best. For brewing basically we just fill up the PF, level it, tamp and let the coffee machine do the job. The PF basket has a indicator (line) so when you tamp to that line, then it should be more ideal. Something like that.

For frothing, the trainer said it's always good to fill up half of the container you use to froth. In the training, we use thermometer to measure when the milk is ready. We should stop at 60 DC. Commercial grade machine frothing steam like damn power man. And you can create micro form very easily. I didn't expect it's that easy seriously. The trainer teaches us how to froth milk for cappucino and normal latte.


Overall quite fun and learn a lot from him.

This post has been edited by geney: Jan 21 2015, 10:48 AM

Same like me last time. Now OK liao. Drink little by little. Slowly increase. It'll be OK after a while.

Just wanted to add about choice of milk with those more economic machines.

Tried many brands and F**mHouse proved to be the best to froth and taste more natural. Gr**field comes 2nd.

I personally quite like BonCafe Espresso. Bean. My grinder not good though. Still it gets pretty decent shot.

GXGX for your purchase. Do review a bit leh... BTW, white color does look nice. Just might get dirty more easily. Total damage how much huh? Which model is that? All from TB?

Paiseh paiseh... Like got too many questions liao.

This post has been edited by geney: May 16 2015, 11:11 AM

Thanks for sharing. Familiar with TB purchase. The price sounds really tempting leh...