Been looking for a good cafe that serves good espressos around the east of Malaysia...

I have failed so far to identify one...

I am working in one cafe as a barista but the equipment provided are not enough for me to pull a great shot that satisfy me...

is there any cafe utilizing a slayer machine around Malaysia?

I would like to try a shot pulled by a slayer ala slayer style 

V60 and aeropress lover here 

pourover fans here too,  using kalita 102 to pour everyday after lunch..

for me i feel that brew with aeropress have quite stronger body compared to v60 but i like both of them

hi, im new in this coffee making. Just got my self a Delonghi ECOV 311.

I had a few question to ask for help,

1) Milk Forthing:

i pour the cold fresh milk into my milk pitcher (350 ml) , then remove the steam wand foam maker, use direct nozzle into my milk pitcher. Making the milk in the circular motion until my hand feel the milk is hot enough until my hand cant hold it. Problems is the milk after frothing its not dense enough... when i pour into my espresso, its straight away dissolve into the coffee like simply ouring the milk into a normal black coffee.. why? is it because my espresso has only a thin layer of crema?   it is because lack of microfoam while i frothing the milk without much air introduce into the milk?

2) Crema

I got my ground bean from Renggit coffee, gring it with my burr grinder to the finest grind, tamp it into my portafilter, on the pump and stop it after 25 sec. coffee produce very less crema. what would be the problem? the bean it self?   is it much spend much on the expensive bean to get a good crema? normally where you guys normally buy the bean from?
Thank you for the advise~

jz now i try to make another try and error, found out that i grind the coffee too fine, over extract and strain my machine which is not good . I would like to ask normally how fine/coarse do you guys grind the coffee? i just realised that very fine coffee is only suitable for depressurized portafilter..

A very good knowledge

is it depressurized basket confirm can make a think crema with fresh bean or it still depends on other factor as well? i had read some forum ppl did complaint not all depressurized basket can get such result too... so at this moment i think ill just stick to the default basket first, try to adjust the coffee to bit coarse than jz now.

I thought making a nice latte art will need to have a thick crema will only work?    cause most of the video i watched their crema is so thick and nice .

Not entirely true, at the "proper" grind coffee will still come/flow out nicely, will not choke the machine. I have done this with my friend's Poemia, using grinds tuned to my HX. The flow profile about the same as my HX, the latte tastes about the same. I didn't do much more tuning as I just wanted to see how it flows and taste. It flows very different to her store bought powder.

The crema is more oily emulsion slightly more "bitter". The sweetness of sugar is more in the water part of the coffee.

i am not addicted to coffee but i do like them. take once a day

last time i always use 3 in 1 (chek hup mainly). although taste nice, too sweet for me and kinda expensive

nowadays, i buy cheapo 3 in 1 (currently aik cheong ones) + add 1 spoonful of instant coffee powder. quite ok now

anyone can suggest improvement over this combo?

Yummy...both machine and beans...

In my dreams no lah was at coffex...played with theirs and drink their coffee

That's a ~RM100k two-group four-boiler beast crazy money for a machine.

any good recommendation for great black coffee?

More like a good black coffee that I make myself at home. Not brew it myself, since I don't really have the equipment. Maybe something like Nescafe, where I can make it myself. By black I mean without sugar of course

I don't really know what is the right term for this though. Sorry for that

Aud$8 for 200g not cheap I think

Then again I had Davidoff for like usd$8 100g

I am not comparing to bean just to brands like indocafe
When they like rm7 for 50g or less I think

Then for rm26 for 200g not premium.

Daviddoff is rm35 for 100g by exchange rate

Guys what do you think about this grinder? Good enough to be paired with a Silvia or Oscar?

http://beanshipper.com/collections/coffee-...a-cafegrano-130

Hahaha you beat me...

Tried the Costa Rican coffee just now and i was pleasantly surprised. Light bodied but well rounded. Not bad but i still prefer a fuller bodied cuppa.

Hi guys, im selling off my Nuova Simonelli Grinta Coffee Grinder.
The grinder is in supreme condition, well taken care.
This is AMMT version of Grinta, which has timer build in, which give u accurate dosing for your espresso
Please pm me if you are interested 

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yeah sure thanks
im upgrading soon, aiming for industry grinder