As the judges training goes into high gear, Mark Prince gives a pre-show report (sans speculation about competitors, cuz it wouldn't be right) from Bern and the WBC.
Luca Senior Member Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 2,658 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Espresso: H: Maver W: FB-80 Grinder: H: Super Jolly W: Brasilia... Vac Pot: Hario TCA-2 Roaster: Sample Roaster at Work
Posted Fri May 19, 2006, 12:59am Subject: Re: Gearing up for the WBC..., Road Reports
Hey guys,
Just thought that I should let y'all know that Dave has had some coffee air freighted up and will be OK. I'm not sure whether it's the exact coffee that he wanted to use, but it's at least something that he is familiar with. Peter Wolff, Dave's roaster, posted the following:
Well all that can be done is done... David has finished final offical practice session.. coffee has been jetted and we have locked in our blend. We are reday to go for tomorrow morning.
And Dave followed up with:
final practice yesterday went well glad we seperated our two part roast as the temp on machines slightly higher than what we had trained on so a slight increase in one roast profile and the coffee blend is good to go.
... so crisis averted!
Morals of the story: (a) hotel staff pry and (b) if you must drink coffee from a Superauto, buy it from Veneziano!
JCunningham Senior Member Joined: 7 Dec 2004 Posts: 175 Location: Chicago Expertise: Professional
Espresso: black cat Grinder: robur or whatever works Vac Pot: cory Drip: yesplease Roaster: GotHot(s)
Posted Fri May 19, 2006, 11:08am Subject: Re: Gearing up for the WBC..., Road Reports
Mark, You're so right - so many things other than the coffee, the brewer the tamp, temp, etc. have a tremendous effect on the experience of coffee. What a lovely story about your best cuppa.
Posted Fri May 19, 2006, 12:07pm Subject: Re: Gearing up for the WBC..., Road Reports
JCunningham Said:
Mark, You're so right - so many things other than the coffee, the brewer the tamp, temp, etc. have a tremendous effect on the experience of coffee. What a lovely story about your best cuppa.
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