Very glad to meet you Jeff. Maybe after you get to pulling good shots with your Rocky we'll get you into home roasting. I bet home roasted would beat Peet's.
(You can pull great shots with a Gaggia and Rocky but not with the cheap "burr" mill and a Silvia - Ya know?)
Posted Thu Jan 6, 2005, 7:44pm Subject: Re: How many beans in the hopper / How much grind in the doser?
Everman Said:
I just store beans in glass jars, such as those in JonR10's pic above. I know they seal well because I always hear gas escaping when I open them (I usually wait 3 days before using, roasted myself). They're gone in 7 days or less so no need for vacum seal.
That seems to be a recurring theme: Get 'em immediately upon roasting - either self- or local- roasted (or quick-shipped like Peet's) - and use 'em in a week or, at most, two. I originally was motivated to save money on shipping and was buying two pounds at a time from Peet's, freezing one, but I'm coming around to the thinkng that I'm probably lessening my enjoyment to save a few dollars. Clearly, with multi-thousand dollar home espresso machines and grinders that run $500, this is not a endeavor that lends itself to pinching pennies.
Posted Thu Jan 6, 2005, 7:55pm Subject: Re: How many beans in the hopper / How much grind in the doser?
JonR10 Said:
It really is - many coffeegeeks rave about it (I like it too)
Very glad to meet you Jeff. Maybe after you get to pulling good shots with your Rocky we'll get you into home roasting. I bet home roasted would beat Peet's.
(You can pull great shots with a Gaggia and Rocky but not with the cheap "burr" mill and a Silvia - Ya know?)
The good news is that home-roasting is a lot cheaper (& better) than paying $12+ / pound for coffee that's not all that fresh. My cost per pound (including shipping) was around $7 from Sweet Marias - not a very large order either.
Posted Mon Jan 10, 2005, 7:10am Subject: Re: How many beans in the hopper / How much grind in the doser?
You should not be grinding a whole hopper of beans unless you plan on using a whole hopper of beans immediately. Once coffee is ground it starts going stale immediately. You should be grinding one drink at a time (single or double), and preparing that drink. I weigh my beans on a digital scale, grind, and immediately extract them. The only time beans ever go into my hopper is if I am entertaining and making a lot of drinks. At that point I let the doser do its job and measure the quantity for each shot.
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