Metrojaya and Robinson has a few French Press and cups

Starbucks Mid Valley has some Chambord

never seen anything else locally except for french press, pots and cups/glasses

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Nov 27 2014, 11:44 PM

what's the usual beans for espresso machines?

i personally find single origin beans taste sourish... tried columbian and sumatran...

I feel its a waste buying single origins cos i don't like the acidity

i'm using a french press and its sour no matter how i tweak the grind size, water temperature, brewing time, etc...
the best combo i find so far is a courser grinds and shorter brewing time (2-2.5mins)

40 sec for french press?

no harm trying... i still have some super expensive sumatran beans

yeah, that's what i did but i followed the standard 1 min blooming time

will try 40 secs then 2 mins tomorrow morning

IMHO Sumatran taste less sour than Columbian
Sumatran is fruttier... with a sour after taste... but it gets more sour after time
Columbian is like... citrusy sour, yuck

i just got the Suprimo Blend from Highlander, so far so good since it's chocolaty instead, with negligible sourness

hoping to try a can of Illy later on, if i manage to find some fresher ones from the Illy shop at Pavilion

can describe the taste?

AFAIK, Ethiopia beans has quite a body, i bought a bag of Dallmayr Ethopian Crown last year, pretty good just that it was a bit sourish when it got home...
my mistake for bringing it back in grounded form

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Dec 11 2014, 01:03 AM

oh... you are using both

i'm using 20-25gm coffee to around 400ml water... then adjust the extraction duration accordingly...
what i found out personally is for blends, 3.5-4mins and single origins, never more than 2.5mins

where to buy?

i didn't get any beans, just a demo and a cup of coffee

i got a bag of beans when i bought the hand grinder though

i saw this too but didn't order because someone was questioning on its authenticity but received no replies