The Gaggia Classic I own is an older model (the IEC power plug doesn’t have a ground) that I bought for less than half price used. And so far so good, it’s been a good appliance. I find I can make a couple of espressos a day with it and I’m happy. The problems come [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Coffee’
June 23, 2010
Unboxing & mini review of the Hario Ceramic Slim Coffee Mill
Unboxing the Hario Ceramic Slim Mill I received from Seattle Coffee Gear:
And as it turns out it works pretty darn well. It’s mostly plastic with a stainless steel shaft and a small ceramic burr set. My only gripe would be that with the plastic lid/cover off the handle seems to fit a little [...]
March 14, 2010
International Superstars
We had a few onlookers for our climb today at the ‘Twin Gate’ crag which was among the fields but much easier to find than yesterday (yesterday we set out to find ‘The Egg’ but a new road had been paved rendering our directions useless, and after getting lost among the mandarin orange orchards and [...]
November 10, 2009
Finally, a 3oz insulated espresso shot glass
Like many residents of this city an occasional stop at the “Starbucks Public Restroom Service” happens, but as I was waiting on line I found a set of Bodum 3oz Insulated Shot glasses with ounce increment markings for sale ($10.95).
As far as I can tell these do not exist on the internet and I think [...]
November 7, 2009
The French Press revisited
Like anything worth doing the French coffee press (aka the plunger press, press pot or cafetière) is an apparatus that requires a bit practice and forethought to perfect. Below are my current steps (the process) to French press perfection:
1) Fill both an electric tea kettle with filtered water & stove top kettle with non filtered [...]
September 1, 2009
Gaggia little Gaggia, the light of my life.
Found a used Gaggia Classic on newyork.craigslist.org. Took the train up to Greenwich, paid the the cash to the pusher man in the back of his SUV and took home a “marginally used” single pump/single boiler w/3 way solenoid valve home espresso machine. The Rancilio Silvia currently goes new for about $600 or more, the [...]
July 2, 2009
WWDC no 802.11n in on the 3G S iPhone!? Drat!
So, with the new iPhone 3.x OS you will not be purchasing an 802.11N enabled wireless chipset. Apparently the new 3G S model does support 4G HSDPA but not 5 GHz 802.11N wireless with the new lower powered Broadcom BCM4325. Apparently the 3G S model is a bit snappier. When is the 802.11n iPod [...]
