Hi SonnyCool,
I am also a Poemia owner/user, so this is what I use/do:
- I usually order my beans from
Mister Coffee , which is based in Johor. They ship by courier to your doorstep for orders more than RM 60. Their espresso blends range from RM 35 to RM 49 for 500gm, which is pretty comparable to supermarket coffee beans while being much much fresher. Unfortunately they don't print the Roast date but I estimate the beans cannot be older than a month....much much better than Ikea. They also ship fast & reliable...never had to wait more than 3 working days to get my order.
The other source I use is Lebistro coffee (pls Google for the website I forget); based in Penang. These people roast *on order* so super fresh and also they even ship a single bag for free! My only issue is they currently only have a Sumatra blend, which regretfully is not my favourite.
- Once you open the bag, remember to use it up within 2-3 weeks. What I do to keep it as fresh as possible is to re-bag it in thick sandwich bags (best so far from Aeon Jusco) in about 150gm per bag...approx 10 double shots. Since I make about 3 cups a day, I open a new bag every 3-4 days
- I grind 15.5gm per cup, which fills the Poemia portafilter nearly to the brim. Using the provided plastic scoop /tamper, I just press down lightly so that it's easier to clip in the machine. For pressurized filters such as this, you are not to do a real tamp.
- you have to trial & error the grind size, but around course sugar I'd what I aim for. Do not try to match professional espresso machine grind fineness as it will have bitterness problems... you can check out a YouTube by Seattle Coffee Gear on this.
-So far I've been unable to get a specialty cafe grade shot from the poemia; but I primarily blame my cheapo China 600N grinder for it. Nevertheless I can now get consistently better coffee than Starbucks or Coffee Bean and even Espresso Labs. Not bad for RM 1.50 of beans & a RM 750 espresso machine!
Enjoy your coffee!
thanks bro ....
i did spend my whole week end for understand what is coffee machine, grinder and bla bla bla .... hopefully i won't get addict on it