If you are in the Bay area (I'm guessing you meant San Francisco) go purchase a high quality roasted product, something like a 1lb bag of Blue Bottle Coffee's espresso blend; confirm the roast date, ask the barista the recommended dose weight, temp and volume. Go home, replicate the recommended settings and start pulling shots. As you pull, adjust your grind until you are getting the correct volume approx and then kill the shot at early signs of blonding.
The BII doesn't have a problem providing crema. Typically it's either poor quality/incorrect age beans, poor grinder or poor technique. Here's some recent shots: http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-been-while-since-i-sho t-some-coffee.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Shaun Taylor http://shaundoreenevankeegan.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neil Atwood Sent: 29 July 2009 19:15 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: water pressure and creating crema Fair enough Charles - we don't have Peets in Australia, and my only knowledge of the product over your side of the world is pre-staled, vac packs or tins. Neil A. Blue Mountains, Oz http://minstrygrounds.net.au - A blog about selecting, roasting and drinking fine coffee __________________________ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Haynes Sent: Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: water pressure and creating crema On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Neil Atwood<[email protected]> wrote: > Illy, Peets and anything else of that ilk are, by nature, stale. While I agree with your sentiment, and with what you said in general, I feel I must defend Peets. It is possible to get non-stale Peets beans, but you need to live close to the roaster. -- Charles --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
