If you are considering purchasing an Olympia machine, prices will be rising on 1 January 2010 by the amount of the increase in VAT from 15% to 17.5% Margins on Olympia products are under considerable pressure as the Sterling has…
This coffee is from a different source than the Peruvian FTO we have stocked previously. The Peruvian coffee we have had in the past has exhibited less acidity, which has produced a very mild & creamy espresso, but perhaps a…
We are very surprised, but we cant even get our hands on any more Columbian Supremo before Christmas. This is not an ‘exotic’ or limited availability coffee usually, but unfavourable weather in the region this year has severely restricted supply.…
We have the Peruvian fair trade organic coffee back in stock, albeit from a different source. This coffee exhibits more acidity than the previous Peruvian coffee, making it more suitable for latte & cappuccino, yet it still stays within our…
have enjoyed trying a fair trade & organic certified coffee from mexico this morning. a fine coffee to be sure, but much brighter than the mexican coffee we currently stock, which is so delicate we can only describe it as…
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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