actually i'm using 25gm with 400ml of water... which is a little more than the normal 1:17 ratio... 40gm to 400ml will be too strong

didn't have a choice that time since i couldnt get the Porlex grinder...

and preggy wife just took 2-3 mouths out of that 2 cups, ended i had trouble sleeping cos the starbucks beans have very hich caffeiene content

so now just make a cup and share during the weekends

thanks for the sites, maybe i can try that ratio with more stale beans

Ya man. Sourcing Hario. Black Friday coming so maybe tag together with other items    Good thing it's free delivery to SG. 

by the way, couldn't resist and opened up the single origin columbian beans this morning
funny thing is, it got more and more sour after every sip... the barista told me its mild acidity... water not hot enough?

For stepping down, I heard you need 3x the wattage to have full performance. To me it not worth the trouble at all. That transformer cost a lot.

I almost hooted a Brevile ($200 plus USD) some time back and the same went OOS very fast. Heng didn't buy.

Any thoughts on Philips Saeco Poemia HD 8323?

i suspected that too this morning as i was in a hurry!!
i think i left the boiled water to cool for around a min while i was busy grinding the beans...

underextraction... will try again tomorrow morning

Usually home machines like De'Longhi or Philips Saeco would last longer in Malaysia compared to the States because of the water hardness level. Malaysian waters are pretty clean, so you don't have to descale the machine every so often.

As long as you use the machine within the parameters it's specified for.. I guess it will last 5 years or more.

Where to get Bodum products ?

What abt milk frother? Any idea?

the ROK coffee grinder is so sexy, but sooooo expensive!

wow thats a good idea    but I'm not using hario grinder, I'm using the no brand classic hand grinder haha. btw i saw this http://www.senheng.com.my/coffee-machine/1...lkcg4012ss.html in Senheng. Not sure it is good or not but I got a feel want to buy it LOL

Nowdays I do french press at home, I realize, at home (I bought starbucks dark roast), at starbucks or at coffee beans, I always get the black coffee that I like.

And when I start going to these coffee shops like, Artisan, or Whisk, their coffee always taste sourish to me, is this normal? Or this is what they call Flowerly taste?

not looking to buy at the moment. it was more a comment that it would probably be out of my range

Hmm, I never asked them what they beans are, maybe I should, thanks!

Hmm I see, cause the handle of my hand grinder already broken so it takes some energy to grind it LOL. And i ordered a china brand 15 bar espresso machine from taobao china during 11.11 promotion and I can't wait its arrival   

And thanks to patryn, I pledged for the ROK grinder at $129.. I'm just a sucker for manual grinders.. I'm a little skeptical about the delrin gear and the wobbly burrs though. Anyway, my PF holder from the HG guys have a delrin collar.. It's like a tank.. So I hope it's as tough.

Here you go
http://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r...id=&abbucket=15

This model I ordered back there during 11.11 is 398 CNY without the hand grinder free gift. And + 6kg shipping fees to Malaysia is around RM320 and that time I feel very lucky nad happy cause it's quite cheap. But after that don't know is the problem of diff courier I use this time tell me that this coffee machine is categorized as Special Goods which means that I need to top up around RM100 for 6kg Sepcial Goods which Special Goods cost 118 CNY for the first KG and 23 CNY for the subsequent 0.5KG. This give me almost a heart attack shock cause I bought a 5 bar espresso machine few months ago and it did not categorized as Special Goods      I'm just a UC student and I feel that it is quite pain to spent almost RM220 on the shipping fees which with this price I can get another machine that cost 398 CNY     . Besides that, I found that I can get a Delonghi EC155 for this price range during Black Friday sales from Amazon or RM449 from Senheng 

http://www.senheng.com.my/christmas-sales-...-dlh-ec155.html

Now I am still blaming for the shipping fees     

Blade grinder actually quite bad one... It tend to grind until all powder stick together. So during grinding need to shake shake shake. Coffee come out also more on the bitter side. I got a Krups one. Now me buying ground coffee instead. If bean then grind at the shop.

I read someone here using Akira (M 520A or something) grinder. Just wondering how is it compared to angmor brand electric burr grinder, particularly on espresso. One of the coffee shop boss also recommended me that grinder. According to him, the grinder does a good job.

im wondering how does this Akira 520A perform , since its quite cheap , i plan to get one as well , anyone own one?

yea im making espresso
currently using delonghi ec155 , non pressurized basket , im using krups gvx2 grinder
i asked one of my friend which had gaggia mdf to grind the beans for me , its pretty much the same finest if compare to krups gvx2
i wondering if the grinder really helps to improve the espresso extraction?