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An experiment with grind size

My experience with the ExtractMojo has so far resulted in one recurring realisation:  I often wasn’t grinding finely enough.  The purpose of this isn’t to rehash the whole underextracted thing.  More a simple experiment in terms of people’s preferences.
Accurately communicating grind size remains near impossible.  We can say coarse, very coarse or fine or whatever, [...]

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Predictions for 2009 – Analysis

Well.  I really didn’t do well this time!  Having done ok on my 2008 predictions I must say that I can’t quite claim the same level of success for 2009.
My predicitons were:
1. Coffee Packaging takes a step forward
Nothing here to report.  I don’t know if anyone has done anything interesting in 2009 with roasted coffee [...]

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WBC Thoughts

I should probably try and post some vague approximations of all the craziness, stress, surprise and good times that was the WBC this year.
So – Gwilym’s performance:  I am sure pretty much everyone has worked out that we didn’t go to this competition with the main goal of winning. The idea this year was the [...]

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5 Predictions for 2009

I suppose I consider my previous predictions (with your support) reasonably successful.
Just for fun I am going to make another 5 predictions and we’ll wait and see how they turn out!
1).    Coffee packaging takes a big step forward
Think for a moment about how many kilos of espresso are brewed every day.  Think about how many [...]

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WBC Testing – Usability and Grinders

I am writing sat comfortably in amongst the green coffee down here on Granville Island. I have had enough coffee for a month, and everyone is exhausted and caffeinated.
Despite this, and contrary to what we had planned to do, there has been no official tasting during this WBC evaluation of equipment and personally I [...]

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New K30

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 [...]

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Every home should have one….

Just starting to clean up a Mahlkoenig VTA 6 grinder, that some of you may know by its “R2D2″ nickname that was a chance bargain. Something of an oddity – it is single phase and still has its sticker in German (which is coming off) as well as an odd plate [...]

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