What is a cupping session? Something like tasting?

That's so fun! How I wish it's in PG
I'm always very supportive of independent cafes that are very coffee centric and getting hands dirty in the entire process

May I know where can I buy aeropress. Thanks

Hi all coffee Sifu...

I'm a newbie here... drink pretty much espresso.....

my krups 5200 series just dead on me after serving me for 4 years, need an replacement....

was looking for Gaggia Classic.... then this Phomia and EC156 both attract my attention... but the portafilter haunt me a little....

so, may i know if what is your suggestion ?

was thinking to get a EC156+naked portafilter, i know this is like fixing a honda accord engine in proton chassis...

anyway, would really appreciate your input....

am from JB, Breville 870 is asking for 3800RM in JB... what the.....

so, please sprinkle your holy water, i need your enlightenment

Tq Tq .... we've just started only, cuz we don't see anyone in KL having a public cupping session.

Coffee cupping, or coffee tasting, is the practice of observing & evaluating the tastes and aromas of newly brewed coffee beans. There is no right or wrong answer in this, and every individual has very different answers on how each bean taste. It will be an enjoyable experience for all coffee lover. We are trying to make the brochure and will upload it here once we have finalized the design. Tentatively it will be on the 28th this month. Will confirm .

If you want to get BES870, Lazada price with Maybank credit card discount can get around RM 3k. As for Gaggia Classic, I think quite expensive if cost more than RM 2k. Plus I would want to install PID in it which will jack up the price for another RM 200 (get Sestos PID from ebay, plus 12v DC transformer if you want to use the alarm for steam control and some diode).

hi everybody,

just want to ask suggestion for coffee beans at the price range between rm25-rm35.im new coffee lover and now switching from pre ground to fresh beans.i dont have any machine at house and using pour over and french press method.as for the grinding,which is suitable for both method? fine or coarse?

you have a burr hand grinder right?
For a french press/pour over you probably want your grind to be course

thanks bang .any effect on the taste if i pre-ground the coffee bean 5-6 hours before hot water added? my plan is to grind the coffee at night and 1st thing after i woke up is the coffee with minimal time for the preparation.

Conventional wisdom is yes; supposedly you grind just prior to brewing (some people even set a 15 second limit!).

Why don't you test it out on a weekend when you have some extra time? Pre-grind a small batch the night before, then fresh grind another batch and make two cups.

For french press, I read some article saying that if you use a very fine sieve to remove some of the fines after course grinding, it tastes much better.

Experiment!!

Will do. And hopefully my lousy taste bud can feel the difference 😂

Hi all the coffee lovers, I am planning to get a WPM KD 210 S2, any recommendation on the coffee grinder? Budget for grinder maybe around 1500. Thanks

I also newbie here, correct me if I am wrong

I know that fine grinding is not suitable for french press, as it will clog the filter, your coffee will stuck under the filter and cannot pour out. (of cause, it depends how fine the coffee powder)

For pour over, fine grinding some how very easy to over extract, so the time and the flow of water is very important.

This post has been edited by user5092: Mar 18 2016, 02:58 PM

While convenience and ease of "press" is also a factor, the actual reason behind the grind sizes is more of a matter of controlling extraction and ultimately, taste
French Press and Aeropress are considered immersion technique brewers where coffee grounds are fully submerged in water for a period of time. This method actually provides higher extraction than a pour over method like those of V60, Clever or Kalita Wave
However, since the Aeropress comes with a fine filter (mesh or paper) this allows you to use finer grinds and thus a shorter brew time (1-2mins Aeropress vs 5-6mins French Press)

Hope this helps a little to understand the reason behind the grind size choices of the different brew methods and not just memorize them by hard

EDIT: I might be wrong about immersion vs pour over about extraction. Seems like pour over is better at extracting more compared to immersion. Still, the theory behind extraction rate and grind size still applies

https://www.pilotcoffeeroasters.com/blogs/t...p-vs-immersion-

This post has been edited by ymeng85: Mar 18 2016, 09:56 PM

For under RM 1500, you can check out Breville Smart grinder pro BCG820. But there are reported problem with the gear stripping when grinding very hard bean (especially lightly roasted bean). I'm not sure if there are new revision to the hardware but you better check out the review especially in year 2016.

This post has been edited by pierreye: Mar 18 2016, 11:08 PM

anyone using this machine? looks interesting

Read from this page, provide good info on your budget at great deal
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3830783/+360

40mm burr, maybe better off getting the mignon at 50mm or the one u bought since budget around 1500. Not sure how much around is around
http://coffeeforums.co.uk/showthread.php?2...nder-Pro-BCG820

Anyone tried this?
http://duismanncoffee.com/product/ocd-dist...by-sasa-sestic/

Could anyone recommend a great dripper for travel uses?