Crema and the laws of physics
Saturday, August 9th, 2008I am sure lots of us have noticed the way crema moves and settles as it pours, but something about it doesn’t make sense and this is just a short post with a video looking at how and why.
I am sure lots of us have noticed the way crema moves and settles as it pours, but something about it doesn’t make sense and this is just a short post with a video looking at how and why.
I have a lot of books on coffee, and I am pretty sure Scott Rao does as well. Of the 100-150 I have maybe 25 are on espresso, and of those I’d consider maybe 5 useful in some way. The quality of coffee literature, especially espresso, for a long time was pretty poor. [...]
So today my grinder from Mahlkoenig arrived. It was the K30 model that I won at the UKBC.
I must confess to being a slightly difficult customer and asking for the polished metal finish, with the blue body. Perhaps I just like shiny things - I think it looks great. At some point I shall have [...]
Thank you Private Eye….
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Today Anette and I drove across to Bristol for a barista jam happening there. Our original plans had us out of the country, so this was the silver lining to the cancellation of that trip. The event was hosed by Beyond the Bean and sanctioned by the SCAE UK.
We arrived a little late and the [...]