# Coffee et al. **URL:** \ **Category:** Spy Lounge\ **Created:** [January 25, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168 "2018-01-25T11:45:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/1 "2018-01-25T11:45:14Z")
Pretty self explanatory… ---
**Author:** ![Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/radiohead/32/21429_2.png) [@Radiohead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Radiohead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/2 "2018-01-25T11:52:45Z")
I don’t drink it. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/3 "2018-01-25T11:54:00Z")
So, bought a new espresso machine today. It’s a big step up from the really basic model I had, this time having a higher bar pump and power + in-built grinder. “Breville - The Barista Express” (RRP: $600). I have coffee on a daily basis, as many do and can not stand instant, so there’s a premise. Despite having good experience and skill (I’ve done a course before too), I’m having difficulty getting a great extraction (the hardest but most important part of brewing a good coffee). Pre-infusion started well, but some seconds later was just too runny, weak and bitter. So naturally, turned the dial to “finer” grind + increased dosage amount and tamped a bit harder in the porterfilter. The group head is also a little stiff. But still nothing. However, when I stayed with those settings but switched filter baskets from “single wall” (recommended) to “dual wall”, it extracted nicely (slow, like warm honey, with dark golden crema). But one day I’ll try the single wall filter baskets again, so any tips to get the extraction right? Or just keep experimenting (as is always the way) 😒 I have a theory the blend of espresso beans has a lot to do with it? I got “Vittoria”, but I prefer “Lavazza” (cafe blend, blue bag), but wasn’t in stock, damn! ![20180125_224304](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/f/1f072ad662fa8a9d9a9cb5d003ed2419d229fa69.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/4 "2018-01-25T11:57:06Z")
> [@Radiohead](#): > > I don’t drink it. Same here. If it counts at all…maybe very occasionally I’ll have an iced coffee drink (even then, it’s been ages since I last had one) but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/5 "2018-01-25T12:00:50Z")
I never used to, only the past 7 years. I’ll get light headed if I don’t have one, it’s a great psychoactive stimulant, gets me going (the reason why so many drink coffee). Blocking the effects of the excl-phosphate nucleotide _adenosine_, which causes drowsiness via soluble in blood. It acts on the CNS and non-voluntary pathways. Sorry for the biomedical dribble! ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/6 "2018-01-25T12:05:10Z")
I don’t drink coffee often. Even though my office has a Nespresso machine, I only drink one cup of coffee each week. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/7 "2018-01-25T12:14:08Z")
One Cappuccino every day from a cafe. Never at home. If I don’t have it I get withdrawal symptoms. 😜 Rarely a Latte instead. Sometimes an Affogato on weekends or a Freddo Cappuccino in a cafe in summer. ---
**Author:** ![Glennc](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/9fc348/32.png) [@Glennc](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Glennc)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/8 "2018-01-25T12:14:51Z")
I have a kettle, cost me about $20. ---
**Author:** ![Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Frankie)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/9 "2018-01-25T12:48:50Z")
Anywhere between two and six a day, rarely after 5pm unless after a meal out. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/10 "2018-01-25T13:04:14Z")
I’ve accidently removed the porterfilter (the handle thing) during extraction before and you can guess what happens (with all that pressure)… BOOM 💥 everywhere. It actually forces your hand down with a crash on the drip tray. That’s what proper coffee (espresso) is, boiling water, purged through compacted fresh ground beans, literally _extracting_ (sucking) the flavour/colour out of the ground, producing a golden _crema_ along the way (which helps stain the froth / art). Whereas instant coffee, is dissolved. You cannot dissolve espresso, you’ll just swollow the coffee ground, absolutely yuck! ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/11 "2018-01-25T13:20:46Z")
I’m addicted. Three to four coffees a day. Come at me h8rs ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/12 "2018-01-25T13:24:09Z")
What floats your boat? ☕ _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/12))_ ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/13 "2018-01-25T13:26:40Z")
Cappuccino or get out. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/14 "2018-01-25T13:33:47Z")
Not a double strength, half skim, half soy, Latte? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/15 "2018-01-25T13:33:48Z")
Why isn’t Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world, an option? I fed my cat coffee beans once In an effort to produce some on the cheap. The result certainly had a unique taste. It tasted like… ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/16 "2018-01-25T13:36:56Z")
…cat poo? ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/17 "2018-01-25T13:40:04Z")
> [@pelican](#): > > Cappuccino I’m sorry, I’m not a fan of eating coffee. ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/18 "2018-01-25T13:40:39Z")
So the option @NewsWeary is looking for is Blend 43. ---
**Author:** ![NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/newsweary/32/254_2.png) [@NewsWeary](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NewsWeary)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/19 "2018-01-25T13:41:21Z")
Blend number two, actually. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168/20 "2018-01-25T13:41:35Z")
Or any instant coffee, really. 😉 [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/coffee-et-al/4168.md?page=2)