Quickmill Andreja and Mazzer Mini.
I get locally roasted coffee in Montreal and I am not too fussy.
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Enjoying something rather special this evening.
Limited release, natural processed Brazil beans, aged in a whisky barrel, prior to roasting.
A collaboration between two Yorkshire companies: Taylors of Harrogate and Spirit of Yorkshire.
Hand ground using a Hario burr mill and prepared using V60 pour over.
Taylors describe the flavours as chocolate, walnut. orchard fruits and cigar boxes.
My less trained taste buds detect lots of body, dark chocolate, whisky and aged rum.
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Nice to see another Quickmill.
Must try some more Hasbean some time soon - not tried for a few years now
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This coffee shop has been in existence since 1868 in the same location. When you enter it the walls are simply permeated with the lovely smell of coffee. They do roast their own beans which seem to me to be very reasonably priced compared to many other coffee shops I have visited. It also sells a broad range of teas from the likes of China and Japan. It has been run in recent years by a Chinese Dundonian whose broad Dundee accent is something to behold.
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Where is it?
Apologies, Castle Street, Dundee.
I recently bought myself one of these:
In case you haven’t worked out what it is, it’s a Cafelat Robot lever espresso maker. Moving from the Flaire lever machine this a joy to use - less prep, faster clean up, easier to use and better espresso!
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How I feel …
Inspired me to take out the Aeropress - I still have some of the lovely coffee from the Waterside Inn. It’s a pleasure - don’t know why I deny myself so often.
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New Waitrose range in gold packets. ‘Colombia Reserve’. Bialetti moka pot. Decent but doesn’t quite match their marketing. Waitrose’s I mean.
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Taylor’s Java Lava from moka pot. If this coffee was a guitar riff it would be the Stones’ All Down The Line. Very much up to 11.
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When I posted Java Lava a while back, someone’s comment was exactly that … “goes up to 11” … sums it up perfectly … one of the best widely available coffees out there, imho. 
I’m afraid that was, er, me, Dave. Aug 28th on this very thread. Nowt new under t’sun 
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In Our Time has just started on R4. This week’s topic: The History of Coffee.
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Santa bought me my chosen machine!
I’ve had lots of fun trying various beans on all the settings. My favourite, so far, has to be Taylors Hot Java Lava, on the strongest setting.
I will have to give some of our local roasters offerings a try, but most of them seem to be at least twice the price of Taylors, and I do drink an awful lot of coffee!
I sometimes think things like wine and coffee are a little like hifi - if you’re satisfied with what you have, don’t try more expensive ones! That way you preserve your sanity and protect your wallet.
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As someone said, it “goes all the way up to 11” … a firm favourite here. 
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Does your machine have a long setting and if so have you tried it?
I have an older Magnifica that doesn’t have this and interested in what the long slow brew coffee is like from these machines.
On beans, we tried some fair trade beans from Sainsburys (own brand). They do 250g bags and also 1kg for around a tenner. We quite liked it albeit quite strong.