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For the love of lever espresso
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How much sludge should you find in the bottom of your cup when you use a KF300 Swissgold coffee filter?
Not much at all, a negligible amount, nothing to quibble amount. Easier to convey with a picture, so lets use one, no two; We use coffee ground to espresso fineness on a Mini Mazzer as we find changing the grind…
KF4 Swissgold coffee filter: where to stick it?
We’ve now spent quite a fews days looking into this issue, and the deeper we look the less convinced we are with the quality of the machines on the market. We’ve looked at the DeLonghi ICM60 (GBP49.99) in detail, and…
An educational, but not entirely successful, trip to Peter Jones for coffee machines that the KF4 Swissgold filter fit into
The selection isn’t anything to write home about, and all the models in store are also sold on the John Lewis website, so unless you have the kind of problem I’m trying to solve (does the KF4 Swissgold filter fit…
Ethiopian Zege forest coffee – a lovely drop
Perfected and ready for sale. Curiously it works very well as a filter coffee and as an espresso. A rich backdrop of brown sugar is the best way to describe the predominant taste. If you like our Sidamo (which is…
Brita water filters: protecting your espresso machine from limescale
For me, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure when it comes to limescale. Yes, I know you can descale your machine, but why head down that path if you don’t need to? Removing limescale tends…
Balls! The KF4 Swissgold filter doesn’t quite fit the Russell Hobbs 15215 either
Yes, I’m looking a bit reckless (read stupid), but it has highlighted a problem; the KF4 doesn’t fit all nominal ’12 cup’ coffee makers Im still no closer to a quick and easy method for making a litre of gourmet…
Russell Hobbs 15215 black coffee maker
As previously advised the Sainsbury’s filter coffee machine was expected to be moved along fairly quickly as the KF4 Swissgold filter does not quite fit. The swing door also annoyed me. So tonight I have ordered from Amazon, for just…
What happened with the Sainsbury’s filter coffee machine this morning?
CAUTION: These images may be disturbing to those with obsessive-compulsive tendencies. That is to say, we’ve made a real mess! We used exactly the same batch of Honduran coffee, on exactly the same grind setting, and exactly the same amount…
10 new speciality espresso coffees to start 2011 with
You are looking at our ‘to do’ list. 10 coffees, none of which we have tried before, are how we have chosen to kick off 2011. We’ve also got some other new coffee in the queue that we have yet…