This is my el-cheapo home made knock box. All the parts are purchased from Daiso. I've been using it for more than 2 years. The used puck I put in toilets as air freshener and some I gave to friends. They used it as a scrub.

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Hand brew is best done with fresh bean.

Where are u located. I got my fresh bean supply from my espresso (KF chan) RM33/250 gram. His cafe very near to my home.

I've too subscribed to auresso/blaq/beanshipper before. Beans arrived on time. I'm spoilt for choices. 😂

This post has been edited by wshazi: Sep 21 2016, 10:59 PM

It is pretty cheap price wise. I will give this a try as well. I have never roasted my own coffee beans before. Is it easy? I have never even grinded my coffee beans by myself before. I always ask starbucks to do the grinding for me.

I stay in Damansara utama. KF chan???

Thanks for the recommendation. Will give these a try haha.

Leave the roasting parts to the pros. I don't find home roasting easy. Too many variables thus difficult to get consistent result.

Buy your own grinder. Good hand grinder is not expensive. Hario and porlex price below Rm300. Coffee definitely taste better with freshly grind beans.

My humble 2 cents:

Most people who hand brew will prefer beans that are roasted for filter coffee, meaning not for espresso.

Since you're hand brewing, try some beans that are roasted for filter coffee. Trying is never cheap, you'll spend lots of money if you're searching for what you like. And what you like changes as your coffee appreciation improves.

Beanshipper.com has a drip pack, with 8 packs from 4 different kinds of coffee beans roasted for filtered coffee, 2 packs each. It's RM30, not cheap, but refer to paragraph above.

How about you tell us where you're at most of the time, ie stay / work / study / hangout. Maybe there are good cafes near you. The best baristas and roasters are very helpful with newbies. Some run classes on coffee appreciation.

Another reason to visit good cafes is to know what some of the best baristas in Malaysia are capable of brewing with what kind of beans. Try different cafes, different origins, different brewing methods, and watch them do it, chat with them. Then practise practise practise.

After that you'll be throwing away that Starbucks card for life

(P/S: I still keep my Starbucks card...but that's another story altogether)

(P/P/S: Ah you're in PJ. Not sure about DU, but The Roast Things is not that far away. Beam in Sri Damansara is 20 mins away. Pulp in Bangsar if you feel like a hipster for the day...Three Little Birds are decent. Just to name a few)

This post has been edited by LazyJin: Sep 21 2016, 11:17 PM

I have only been roasting for the past few months, so can only speak from my experience so far. I find roasting to my level of appreciation to be relatively easy. Totally agree with wshazi that the challenge for home roasting is to achieve consistency; however I am not so picky to only accept one level of roast. After all, I still enjoy switching different beans & blends almost every batch anyways.

Still, in your case it is definitely true that your first upgrade path should be to grind your own, just before brewing. No single change in your routine will improve your coffee experience as much as this. There is no substitute to freshly ground beans for ANY brew method.

Last I checked a Hario Skerton costs less than RM 200 and is easily available at any AEON Jusco, Isetan or most Parkson or online.

Haha alright thanks! I didn't know there is a difference between beans roasted for espresso and beans roasted for filtered coffee. Not depends on how fine you grind the beans?

Alright browse. Thanks!

Beanshipper had alot of unique mix of origin bean blend together.....i give a thumbs up for that .....but sadly the price ranges is kind of so-so

Haha thats exactly why i like them!! like a library of beans!! i do agree price is not that good but they need to make money for sourcing and keeping up the business! i support them occasionally but not always. I've not experience, they ship out beans that are more than 10 days old. so i guess the service is superb. i guess we need to have a group buy marketing team so we home baristas can get together and buy in bulk then split into smaller quantity for all parties to enjoy cheaper fresh roasted beans.

Good for roasters (Maximising their roasters capacity) and small consumer (minimising cost).

Have a caffeinated day!!

Espresso has a tendency towards medium to darker roasts, and often are blends (two, even three origins). The drip/filter crowd like to savour the nuances of each origin, so tend towards single origin lighter roasts.

That being said, there is no rule book. Brew what you like.

Grind fineness is more dictated by brew method. Eg. French Press is very coarse, drip/Aeropress like fine sugar, espresso very fine, Turkish almost powder.

As for my taste buds, metal mesh/filter did gives better crema compare to staking multiple paper filter. Also correct selection of fresh beans...

the output/results from french press coffee is not the same as areopress. Just my 2 cents.


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This post has been edited by kuluuluk: Sep 22 2016, 12:15 PM

Sorry, my bad! Yes, it's 250g.

Am brewing CREAM + Purveyor, 250g each makes up a nice RM 101 for the free shipping
Used to brew Shipper Blend, but find myself enjoying Purveyor more at the same price.

As for Cream by THE ROAST THINGS, they usually have them only in small batches, and I have to contact the Bean Shipper guys for a reservation.

Overall, agree their beans are a bit pricey, but they do have a wider range of beans to choose from.

Cheers!

I did this last time for baristas all over malaysia by buying in bulk from Auresso till Auresso banned me and refuse to accept my business anymore.. So i gave up.. No point buying from them if all they think about is business..

Agree we should form a team then we can taste all the beans that beans shipper offer us at the same time we can share our brew taste and correct the mistake... It would nice if everyone live near by .... haha

I was planing to get cream and purveyor too.... but seem cream sudah habis.... but the name "milk killer" kind of grabbing my attention....

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Sep 22 2016, 01:24 PM

U guys do aware that there is promotion code for 20% discount for blaqcoffee subscription? Coz i see u guys talking about beanshipper. Blaqcoffee deliver bean same source from beanshipper if not mistake.

i agree with u. before the purveyor out. i brew the shipper blend. 1st time is nice. 2nd order not nice. dunno why. 3rd order i buy purveyor and its nice. recently i try shipper blend again. see how it turns out

tried the milk killer before. not as nice as i expect. purveyor better

Milk killer lives up to its name!! best with milk, not so on its own... but cream is a whole new thing!!

@zeon Awww thats an awful experience... i came across this website in thailand www.philscoffeecompany.com they do something like "coffee pool" (Similar like carpool) but in form of coffee beans. i kinda like the idea of enjoying fresh beans without over paying and also a win win situation for both roasters and coffee lovers!!