Reiss Gunson

Reiss Gunson

Vacuum coffee still magnificent

Guests for supper tonight, providing the perfect excuse to get out the methylated spirits powered Cona vacuum coffee maker. In reflection I’d have to admit I forgotten just how superior the coffee is to filter coffee. Its fairly easy to…

Otto espresso

The Otto has arrived! We have purchased one to conduct a full review and see if it really can deliver espresso as claimed. If it does then it provides you with a reduced price point for obtaining espresso at home…

Slowfood

If you haven’t heard of the Slowfood organisation yet, we suggest you check it out. Basically they have formed to raise an awareness of the importance of biodiversity in fruit and vegetables in particular, but extending into other areas like…

what are we doing?

we are sinking hours into optimising the roast of the new Ethiopian wild forest grown coffee if we’re honest we’d probably call it cantankerous at this time the day, when we still don’t feel we’ve tamed the beast this might…

Swissgold filters

To get the best out of the Swissgold filter don’t use too much coffee. What the Swisgold filter gives you is very clean tasting coffee, and highlights the subtle differences between coffees of different origins. If you use too much…