Thread: Coffee Enthusiasts

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

I was told that the Bay area is where most of the coffee coming into the U.S. is warehoused because the optimal climate.

Yes. We house more coffee than anyone else I believe.
We have over 500,000 bags of green coffee and each bag is 134-156 lbs each.

Originally Posted by rolodave

New Orleans used to get a lot of coffee.

Used to know a guy in Biloxi(I think) whose family had been in the business of reclaiming coffee that had become damp during shipment. I would guess container ships have eliminated that hazard.

No, there is still coffee that comes into the warehouse that is moldy. Not a lot but some.

Originally Posted by paco

speaking of silt, The first time I had a Turkish coffee I did not realize the amount of grounds that were in the cup. Last big swallow YUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Ya reminds me of the old percolator days, with out filters. Tc

I love my coffee. I started out with several drip coffee machines, then a peculator, have brewed Turkish style many times since going to Tunisia, have and used several french presses and now mostly use a pour over method with a hand grinder and the Hario V60 for fruitier beans and a Kalita Wave for everything else. I think the french press and pour over methods produce a very smooth cup of coffee. I do prefer the pour over method the best, and a nice medium single-source bean from Central America.

Long time espresso junkies here. Been pulling our own for 20 some years now. Just got our old La Pavoni back from refurbishing. Peet's Italian Roast is our favorite. We get it delivered within 48 hours of roasting.

Love my coffee, and when I do Espresso, I use my Bodum Burr grinder and an Bialetti for steaming hot espresso.

For my regular coffee, hear it's considered forbidden in the coffee world, but love percolator coffee.....

Originally Posted by jmercer

Long time espresso junkies here. Been pulling our own for 20 some years now. Just got our old La Pavoni back from refurbishing. Peet's Italian Roast is our favorite. We get it delivered within 48 hours of roasting.

Man I love espresso, looks like you have quite the system,, right now all I have is a cheap duel coffee / espresso, machine from Sears. I so want one that makes really good stuff. Tc

You had it restored?

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

You had it restored?

The piston gaskets had become rock hard making it difficult to pull and the handle pins were wore through. Last had it refurbished 9 years ago. It is 20+ years old and is the daily driver. Love pulling my own. I do a 1/3 to a 1/2 pull to start the dribble and then a full pull.

Home Espresso Repair of Seattle is a factory authorized service center for several makers. They've done one repair and two refurbishes on our machine. We learned the hard way to only leave it on long enough to make espresso or it will prematurely cook the gaskets if you let it sit.

Home Espresso Repair | Nobody Makes Your Espresso Better Than You

La Pavoni Professional PDH

Rancilio - Macchine per caffè

Didn't know this thread existed! I've got a mazzer SJ manual grinder and a real low end Delonghi for making my wife and I espressos every morning.
I did just buy a La Peppina in pretty decent shape although it's missing some parts (which are literally impossible to find). So now I'm going to try making a portafilter from scratch before I can use it.

Nice thread indeed!
Had to retire our venerable bialetti once it's grind hopper gasket failed several years back.
Splurged on this fully automatic Bosch designed unit that grinds the beans and runs at 3 bar pressure.

Makes an espresso all the way up to a long americano and it paid for itself twice over in coffee shop avoidance.
Usually fill it with lavazza but every now and then we'll run a hopper of bulletproof coffee just to clean out the chamber as it were..
Salute'