Coffee Fixation

If you know, you know 🍋

No better feeling than pouring those final drops of coffee👌☕️

That unbreakable bond 😩☕️

3 Tips to become an espresso cowboy & start making better espresso 🤠☕️

1️⃣ Tip 1 Use a scale ⚖️

Brewing with mysterious amounts of coffee will result in mysterious flavours.
By using a scale you can repeat recipes that worked and improve brews future brews.
You might be very luck and brew a fantastic espresso without weighing but when it comes down to repeating this you will struggle by guessing how much coffee you are using you won't be able to recreate this.

2️⃣ Tip 2 Use fresh beans 👌

Lighter roasted coffees tend to stay fresh longer so when brewing espresso make sure you store your coffee away from light, moisture & temp.
But most importantly try to use your coffee within around 2-4 week period.

Making espresso with old coffee will result in stale, weak and watery taste. No one want's their espresso tasting like this 😩

3️⃣ Tip 3 One variable at a time ☝️

When dialling-in your espresso try to only change 1 variable at a time, whether that be grind size, ratio, pressure or temperature.

By changing just 1 at a time you won't get caught up endlessly dialling-in one coffee.

Yes, that's the skinny latte 👌

Grey on wood on grey 👽☕️
Is the Origami dripper the most aesthetic coffee dripper out there?🤔

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Another thing I have to learn 😩💦

Rosetta Latte Art Pours 🌷☕️
Do you find rosetta or tulip easier to pour?🤔

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Let's chat about 'agitation' ✨☕️

No one likes an uneven brew, dry grounds that haven't been extracted until your second pour can change the taste of your coffee. This occurs when different grounds are extracted at different rates.

This is why using a gooseneck kettle to control the flow of your water helps to evenly saturate the grounds and extract everything at the same time👌☕️

Maker Coffee Roasters spotted in action 🚚☕️

That hopper has seen things 😳☕️

Have seen coffee beds that look like this before?

What👇
This is known as the 'Kubomi technique' and is acheived by placing a chopstick in your filter paper before adding your coffee grounds, then twirling it around to create this spiral pattern.

Why👇
It is said that when starting off with your coffee bed like this the water evenly saturates the grounds straight away and avoids any dry grounds for the initial pour.

Let us know your thoughts on this 🤔

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Always running out of coffee beans🤌☕️

Love this cozy vibe
Sometimes all you need is a warm cup of coffee to start your day ☕️

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Tin Man Coffee Roasters ☕️
Always roasting something tasty 😉

Happens to the best of us 😭🤦‍♂️

Have you ever seen an iced coffee this beautiful? 🥹🙌

Super Simple Recipe:
🥛 200ml milk of choice
🧊 Ice (pro tip, free filtered water in an ice cube tray to avoid any bad tastes 😉)
☕️ Double shot of espresso (because 2 is better than 1 🫣)

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Did you know the cup you drink from will change the taste of your coffee🤯
The texture, colour and shape of your cup will change the way you perceive your coffee.
While it might just be a small change it still has an impact on your coffee.

Do you have a favourite coffee cup?

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Got it 😎😉
Do you relate?

Thick Espresso to kick off the day💪☕️
How do you like your morning coffee?

Coffee s***z are out of hand 🥲

When pouring latte art, try to pour milk high when first 🥛☕️
This helps create agitation and break up any crema, it also helps to sink any dark spots.
The micro foam is what gives the milk its smooth, silky texture and depending on how high you pour will define whether you are creating the white contrast or not.

How to cup coffee🥣☕️

Cupping coffee is the easiest way to remove all brewing variables and just focus on the coffee itself. Coffee cuppings are usually done by coffee roasters, green coffee buyers and sometimes even cafes but it doesn't have to just be for the professionals.

This is an easy recipe you can follow to cup coffee at home👇

You will need:
10g of each coffee you want to cup
150g water
Bowls + Spoon ( you don't need anything fancy, if you can try to use similar sized cups and soup spoons work great too 😆

Method:
1- Grind your coffee coarse & add to your cupping bowl. I use a grind size of around 30ish clicks on the Comandante.
2- Pour your 99ºc water over the grounds and let this brew for 4mins.
3- At the 4 min mark stir each of your coffee samples 3 times and smell the aromas, this is called 'breaking the crust'. (Make sure you have an extra cupping bowl with water so you can clean your spoon, you don't want to contaminate the other coffee samples.)
4- Remove any of the floating coffee grounds by skimming the surface, this is easier to do with 2 spoons.
5- Taste and compare your coffee!
Slurp 🥄☕️

Did your morning coffee come with a unicorn on it?🦄
Mind blowing latte art from 🤯☕️
Great work and fantastic clean lines 👌

Tag someone who drinks coffee way too hot 🔥 🔥 🔥