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avert your eyes if you are a ‘micro-lot’ only kind of espresso drinker. as you are probably aware the columbian coffee has been knocked around quite a lot by adverse weather this year. as a result we have struggled to…

Apologies for the delay in bringing the Otto review to a conclusion We tried the Otto out on an electric hob & it certainly performs much better than on gas For starters the time before the coffee starts to issue…

we understand that using the Otto on an electric hob gives much better results (as opposed to a gas hob), so this weekend we will try it on an electric hob.

over the last few days we’ve made a point of trying a different method each day to see what gives us the best result in the Otto, including double loading the basket (i.e. load, tamp, load again into the space…

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Not much time, other than to say we tried the Otto today and we failed miserably The Otto guidance suggests fairly fine coffee, but this all relative to the capabilities of your grinder & the unusually deep portafilter on the…

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…

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…

Once you find him it seems so obvious, and if you’re anything like us you’ll think why didn’t I see him immediately? If you find the man between 3 seconds and 1 minute, the right half of the brain is…

We’ll argue long into the night that the biggest health risk presented by high grade coffee is the additives which turn it into a calorie bomb, not the coffee The number one killer in the western world is heart disease,…