I haven't found a source for fresh local beans and have ordered from all three roasters that you mention.
Coincidentally, I placed an order for the Aficionado last night. What temperature do you use and what does your pressure guage read when pulling a shot? On Sep 30, 3:22 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use to brew Dolce and Vita on a regular basis. After the price > increase on these beans a while back at WLL, I switched to Intelli > Black Cat. Great espresso, but not the best in my opinion. I am in > love with Counter Culture Coffee's Espresso Aficionado. I do their > three month pre-order (double subscription) and every other Thursday, > I have beans two days off roast at my doorstep. > > The CCC blend is great and has much more taste complexity than the > Black Cat, Dolce and Vita (in my opinion - but don't get me wrong, all > of these blends are good - and taste is subjective). I get a lot of > chocolate sweetness and nut flavor from CCC. > > When I first started getting into espresso, I took a good year and > only brewed one bean/roast (I used Black Cat for this) until I was > confortable pulling shots and making the minor adjustments needed to > get better tasting espresso. After this, I felt I had the skill set > to find a new bean that met my needs and CCC (at least for now) does > that. > > On Sep 29, 9:50 pm, MBB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > This morning I dove into some new beans from Cafe Vivace. Espresso > > Dolce is my new favorite and just may be the best beans I have ever > > experienced. I am still playing around with the temperature, but I > > think 96 is a good resting spot for now. The flavor is very clear but > > complex and the crema is a pure delight. It was a very nice start to > > the day, too bad the market killed the rest of it. > > > Any recommendations for fantastic beans?- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
