do you guy add condense and or evaporated milk to your coffee?

no such thing as stupid question as everything has a learning curve! 

is not cannot but its just not your preferred choice in making espresso with kopitiam serbuk coffee, as the taste may change due to the difference in brewing, kopitiam don't use pressure to brew but espresso uses pressure to brew, so it may change the characteristic of the coffee. Just do your own hypothesis and experiment.

just try out aeropress (in-between espresso and filter IMHO) as u can start with lil budget before spending too much on cheap espresso machine and end up giving up on espresso and money wasted! 

i see these grinders or similar on Lelong ranging from RM278 to over RM2k.
and the RM278 unit is taiwan made. anybody experience or heard any news
about it?

I bought one from Lelong about 2 months ago. Build quality is good, maybe have to be careful with the beans hopper, it's quite brittle. You can easily access the burr for cleaning and adjustment.



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I read in this thread (I think) that someone had bought a similar machine from a shopping mall in Klang for around RM200.

As an update - this is the product website Feima

Calling all owners of 600N grinders & equivalents!

Would like to compare notes....

There are a ton of photos available that show this grinder's burrs but what I couldn't find was any photos showing the grind adjustment mechanism.

Mine (currently) looks like this....

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As mentioned in a previous post, my rubber bearing cover had torn earlier, and I have glued a rubber washer in its place.

I feel this aspect of the 600N is its Archilles heel. No way can a burr rotor keep perfectly level with its counterpart if this tiny bearing is the only point of contact.

What does yours look like?

Much thanks kk131!

Yours looks identical in design but the metal looks so much better finished. I see that your bearing doesn't appear to have any rubber/silicone cover. Is it like that, or you removed it for the photo?

By weaker you mean the drinker should have an aftertaste of coffee, and not milk right? I'm used to magnolia and I think I don't really taste the milk in the latte.
The "Raw" I'm describing is the pure raw taste of freshly squeezed milk, and yes the milk taste is very strong, there is definitely a hint of raw milk aftertaste in the latte (sumatra mandheling beans).

Perhaps you can try Coffex Coffee, they are one of the suppliers for Breville Espresso Machines, perhaps they have such service to maintain the espresso machine as well. Their place is at Hicom-glenmarie.

New hario grinder! seems promising!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OgvvjxUko

1. Can use Cafiza® Espresso Machine Cleaning Powder. Cheaper to get from TaoBao I believe.
2. I haven't seen anyone that sells them in Malaysia, even coffex don't have them. They say as long as you are using filtered water should be fine 
3. Havent de-scale mine before. Most water sources from Syabas in the Klang Valley are soft water. Since the water I used for coffee has been tripled filtered as well, so I don't think there is much build up to de-scale. But in case you want to know how, check your Breville Hand book, or refer to Breville, check and see your batch code, and read-up accordingly.

Erm...isn't it the Loring roaster? It's a drum roaster but the heat is not from a direct heat flame below but hot air driven into the drum
But it's an American roaster though...........

Same roaster our friends at Artisan (Three Little Birds) has been using all these while. Freaking expensive

just received my 2 cup bialetti brikka.
after cleaning and seasoning (brew twice), i made a pot of
medium roasted costa rica, med fine ground. was not foamy
(couldn't really call it crema) as seen on youtube. not impressed
and it tasted sour. maybe because it was meant for filter. better
with milk. will try again with other beans roasted slightly bolder.
would appreciate any other tips for improvement.

anybody else uses a bialetti? model, experience and  result?

how does reducing the time on the stove help to improve on the result?

https://www.lazada.com.my/delonghi-ecodecal...time=1513572361

Recommended for descaling? this is mineral based, not sure how it differs to other types of descaler, though

so which one's better? lactic or mineral?

for me..u can get espresso capable machine under 1k if u want...but will be limited to machine that can serve around 5 cups a day..can do latte+art after some practice
4k machine if u are serious about your coffee la..
drinking at home is quite cheap, but the learning process will take some time..
also, if u maintain ur machine nicely it will last forever..(my NS musica aged almost 5 years already, still running strong)
but it is good for once a while to drink at cafe (i do it for my personal benchmark)

for me..u can get espresso capable machine under 1k if u want...but will be limited to machine that can serve around 5 cups a day..can do latte+art after some practice
4k machine if u are serious about your coffee la..
drinking at home is quite cheap, but the learning process will take some time..
also, if u maintain ur machine nicely it will last forever..(my NS musica aged almost 5 years already, still running strong)
but it is good for once a while to drink at cafe (i do it for my personal benchmark)

Hario Skerton was already on one hand and another trying to take my wallet out...

Until the barista (a semifinalist of Malaysia Latte Art Championhip 2018) told me against it for espresso...

hence i got mind-blown.. don't know what to do.. confuse...so until now, am still destroying my expensive beans using cheap RM80++ Lebenstil *blade blender*...

(still no matter how bad my equipment is, i do not know why Barista at Starbucks & Coffee Bean still make worse coffee)

True.
The maker of Prismo also themselves had mentioned that this is not an Espresso maker, but more like an "espresso style" coffee with Crema.

What I like about it, is that you dont have to do an "inverted" method to brew and no drip seal.
Sometimes I get coffee grounds into the coffee when the paper filter is not aligned properly.
Btw, cheefai7

I bought the same hand grinder that you mentioned before and am very impressed!
the built quality, grind consistencies are on different scale compared to my Porlex.

Yeah, I encountered this issue too. That is why I stopped using inverted method.Can be quite frustrating when it happens.

also , when you are flipping the aeropress to plunge, the coffee leaks from the side of the basket.

Now what I do is, after putting the grounds and water, I immediately stirs and put in the plunger so that the vacuum will prevent the coffee from dripping.