Picked up another 250g bag of Merdeka Coffee beans at Antipodean last week, roasted on Jan 26th yum.

As someone posted already, the price has gone up, it's now RM31.80 after GST from RM26.50 last year. With just 2 coffee drinkers in the house, I am also a bit surprised that I finished 250g in 5 days, urgh...

Question about superautomatics, how good are the superautomatics compared to a very novice level person like me?

I drink almost exclusively milk based coffee (lattes). I'm currently on the Baratza Encore + Saeco Poemia combo, using mostly light to medium roast beans from beam/sprezzatura/beanshipper/antipodean. I can make my lattes better than pretty much any store bought latte now, but the prep and cleanup time does take a lot of time. Trying to aim for less maintenance work without compromising taste if at all possible. Volume is very low, maybe 7-8 shots per day between the wife and I.

Looking at a Jura Ena 9 which I can get for a decent price which is why I'm asking this question

Thanks, I'm beginning to think that buying the superauto is not such a good idea. Will probably upgrade my grinder instead.

7-8 single shots. I'm seriously thinking that the Jura is not worth the effort or price. Might as well open up this Nescafe Dolce Gusto, at least it's true convenience.

Thanks!

I started out with a Hario, got tired very quickly but it's reliable

There is the Breville Smart Grinder BCG800 and the Breville Smart Grinder Pro BCG820. You want the pro version, currently going for ~RM1.5k, much cheaper if you're ever in Australia Not sure where you can get a commercial grinder for a few hundred more, can you clue us in?

Ah good point, I completely forgot about that deal. Personally I'm not sure if I can do taobao for such a big amount but very tempting.

For those actually looking at the Breville, Breville Malaysia has a current promo, likely for hari raya, offering 2-year warranty instead of 1-year.

Good deal on those grinders on taobao.

Taiwan uses 110v/60hz if I recall so you need a step down transformer to get the grinders to work on Malaysia's 230v/50hz power supply. I assume there's going to no effect on performance, just wondering if anyone's done this before?

Thanks. I have a 110v transformer already so I might get that sette next time I'm in the US after all...

On any other occassion I would agree with you, but I already have quite a number of 110v appliances including a Kitchenaid Plus I have a huge Amazon gift card to use up.

Haha, good to see others using 110v appliances too

Slight change of topic, Le Bistro has increased their prices from 2 weeks ago (!), it's now RM44 per 500g from RM36. Oh well...

Personally I would still wait. The Sette everyone's getting today is still pre-production and I'm sure Baratza may still tweak it. To me the biggest advantage of the Sette is the minimal waste which is important for me with my lower consumption, and Baratza's very good customer service. Don't particularly care about the speed.

The other slight advantage for me is that I may be in the US when it's launched so I might just pick one up


This post has been edited by tishaban: Jun 28 2016, 01:54 PM

Maybe there's some level of capitalism/greed in there but don't forget that some European electrical goods are more expensive in the US than Europe.

In the UK the Sette is 318GBP vs. the Mignon at 280GBP

In short if you want a European item, import it from UK/Europe. If you want an item made in the US, import it from the US but live with 110v.

Anyone have experience with the Bodum double wall glasses? They're rated pretty highly on Amazon but more than a few comments about how easily they break, which worries me.

I searched a bit on taobao, don't read chinese so I'm entirely dependent on chrome's auto translate From what I can tell them RM5-6 double wall glasses aren't original Bodum, they're not even advertised as Bodum, just double walled glasses. The Bodum advertised ones are a bit more expensive roughly 17RMB and higher but still half the price of what you'd get here. Maybe @luvox can give more details.

I'm tempted to get several as well

New espresso machine and accessories, combining Seattle tech and Italian art (or is it the other way around?)

http://decentespresso.com/

Looks very pretty

There's a delay in shipping the Sette 270 and 270W until October for US/Canada. November for the rest of the world.

http://www.baratza.com/sette-delay-shipping/

Looks like I'll have to postpone my US trip

On the other hand you might get complaints when your espresso doesn't come out right because the grinds are stale

Good find. I also realized that Cloud Catcher sells green coffee beans although not as cheap and at much bigger quantities (5kg)

https://shop.cloudcatcher.asia/collections/green-coffee

Nothing against the cheaper Duo-Temp but IMO the Breville double boiler 920XL is a huge step up from the Breville Duo-Temp 810

@SonnyCooL At that price range, plus for an office, I'd look at something like the Delonghi EC860.

You can find cafiza powder on lelong, I've bought a tub a few months ago.
Have never seen dezcal or Grindz for that matter, just tumpang Grindz with a friend coming back from the US last week.