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Sean: Canada

Coffee background: Consumer, Roaster

Website:: vancouversweets.blogspot.com/

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Devotee to all or most things bean. Mainstays for espresso are 49th Parallel's Epic, Intelly's Black Cat, Salt Spring Island's FTO Mountain Espresso or JJ's Nero Forte. For the press it's home roasted Nic, Guat, Cameroon Caplami or whatever is available and interesting at JJ's (local) or Sweet Maria's.

Set-up:
iRoast 2
Ascaso Steel Uno Prof
Baratza Virtuoso
Bodum French press
Hario TCA-2 and Yama SY-5 (siphon/vac pot)
Aeropress
Chemex

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My affair with coffee started in university - Amaretto Almond before first class. Started buying bulk beans from supermarkets and brewing at home. I enjoyed the wine-like experience of comparing different types. Then Starbucks, of all places, got me off flavoured beans and on the road to single origins. The first S'bucks I visited was in Chicago's Loop. I was vacationing from the Canadian Arctic, where I was living and working, and started each morning with an exotic sounding cup from Starbucks…

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The value of customer feedback?

A new cafe (the 1st La Cimbali and Mazer machines in my city of 18,000) opened down the street. I went there on opening day to celebrate with the proprietor and enjoy a great coffee. Results? Tremendous ambiance and furniture/space, but the coffee was off. I think either the boiler temp ran too high (they're only pulling 5 or 6 shots an hour) or the staff hadn't gotten the hang of milk frothing (I ordered a latte) and cooked the milk. When asked what I thought, I was honest, thinking they'd appr…

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At 4:44pm on February 20th, 2008, Sean said…: My current philosophy for preparing the best cup possible at home is this:
1. Try any new bean/roast first in the Bodum,
2. Next try in AP or Yama, then the other, and
3. If City+ or darker and of decent body, try as a SO espresso.

Conclusion - great beans are best prepared in the Bodum. Average or beans with something 'off' or unbalanced about them are best done - and generally end up tasting fantastic - in the Yama.

At 8:39pm on December 10th, 2007, Robert Badgett said…: Welcome, Sean.
I also use the iRoast2. I'm still playing with roast profiles. Saw a good article on IneedCoffee.com on profiles.

Robert

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