You'll have to search on the garage sales forum, he posts espresso and other home appliances for sale.
No they don't have the mignon grinder, it's a standard home appliance store, not an espresso/coffee specialty store.

Hi! Any simonelli oscar 2 users here? Mind to share how much the price and the machine performance?

Any place doing coffee appreciation/tasting sessions? been wanting to go to one, to better understand on how different beans/roast works

the session is called cupping session

i've attended once at Pulp Bangsar. They have it every Friday last time. Need to pay some fees, but u get a voucher with equivalent value to purchase bean from them. Not sure now. U can check with them. Just google for their contact details.

Hi everyone. A noob and aspiring home barista here. Improvised a home coffee knock box using an Ikea steel planter box (RM 4.90) instead of splurging on those god forbid expensive versions. It's a good pairing with my el cheapo Morphy Richards Accents machine.


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Nice knockbox
I do own a fancy Joe Frex Knockbox base with Drawer, but to be honest, its now more for show than actual use.
I only make 1 cup of espresso a day, so to think of washing the drawer everyday for just that single puck is quite a hassle
Instead of using the knockbox, I now use my dustbin as a knockbox (just knock at the sides of the bin, the puck falls out)
Simplicity is still the best

This post has been edited by Castreal: Sep 16 2016, 03:14 PM

i like to save the puck for my garden!! instead of going into the waste!! but dang @alex thats good improvisation!! well done!!

On cupping session!! Cream by the roast things does them too!! but not as often tho!!

Happy malaysia day!!

He he, thanks guys. I just could not justify spending 100+ RM on something to store used coffee pucks which I do use for my gardens too. Now I'm aiming for a good quality grinder but budget below RM 800 if possible before I think of upgrading the machine end of this year. Hopefully Santa will bring me a Gaggia Classic by then.

Where is ur location?

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I subscribed Rm 384 (after discount) for 6 months 400g monthy, equal to rm 40 per 250g. Reasonable for fresh roasted bean

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This post has been edited by luvox: Sep 17 2016, 03:56 PM

Since we're comparing cheap
I'm using a used ice cream plastic container and just stick a old chopstick through it
The pucks get collected each week and goes into my in law's garden

Hmmm... I have never thought of that. Thanks for sharing, I'm thinking of hacking up a wooden knockbox this coming weekend.

I just own a cheap http://www.espressozone.com/grindenstein-knock-box
Mixing the grounds into the soil as compose

Initially that was what I was looking to get, the bucket type, but knowing my wife, she doesn't want it "open" style, and the toddlers might just play with the bucket or pucks, so went with the drawer type. Having that said, I must've only used the knockbox less than 5 times since I bought it over a year ago. --> I'm selling the drawer knockbox though, if anyone is interested

Best is still go straight in the bin

As for the grounds, I'm not quite the green thumb type (rather the leave them on the shop shelf, they will last much longer than at my home type) and we're living in a condo with limited space, so I mainly just throw them in a bin.

This post has been edited by Castreal: Sep 20 2016, 12:25 PM

perhaps you can do some good committee for you condo by contributing some puck to your condo gardener or landscaper (I believe you condo had some plants or landscaping need fertilizer) .... save the condo budget and go green at the same time....

hi,
any idea as to how to get thai coffee beans(roasted) and sent to malaysia without the killer shipping cost? .. don't necessary has to be sourced from thailand but as long as it's a thailand origin roasted coffee beans will do..

tq

i find that after do some good to my garden, mr.cacing's family can be seen. Good for plant, bad for whoever that is scared of worms..

Perhaps mr cacing need some coffee too after a days of hard work

A puck a day... have to speak to the Management on that, later they say I littering Not sure the Nepalese gardeners know how to use the puck, later he just chuck it in the bin.
How do you put it on the soil? just taruh the whole puck there? break the puck into grinds? Is 1 puck enough? or have to gather a few? Compost? I notice the pucks start getting moldy after a few days.

I think you better understand what type of plant and soil ph. Generally, i would break them up to be used directly or compost.