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Brewing
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Brewing your best shot!
Here we feature tips and techniques for extracting the best performance from your brewer, espresso machine or coffee accessory. This section is always growing. If we have left something out or there is something that does not make sense, let us know.
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Tutorials
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There is a learning curve with espresso and coffee. I call it the 3-L principle; Life Long Learning. It never ends. This is a great place to start learning. Read it all or as much as you can. If it does not make sense then I have not done my job. Let me know!
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Stuff for Gear-heads
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Get your tools out ladies and gentlemen. This is where we get down and dirty and start tearing stuff apart.
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CoffeeCrew Travel stories
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We have been coast to coast about a dozen times. Some of the CoffeeCrew travel internationally on a regular basis. Here are their stories.
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Surviving the consumer experience
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Everyone buys something sometime. Whether you buy coffee/espresso stuff online or in the bricks and mortar environment, it pays to have savvy consumer chops. We help you out here.
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Creative writing and Humour
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We need to mix it up a bit or we go mad -- here is some of the funny stuff (and not-so-funny).
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People of Cafe Culture
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We have met many, many interesting people during our tenure as travelling coffee experts. This section is about them.
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Coffee in General
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This is a great place to start some introductory reading on coffee nutrition, caffeine content and some global basics on coffee and its impact on society.
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Coffee in the Media
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We are involved in regular interviews with the media. Here are some of the better interviews. As always, they are about coffee.
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Stovetop Espresso
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Nutrition
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Food - Beyond Coffee
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You cannot live on coffee alone. No food value. Let's talk food.
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Cafe Culture
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Subject: Re:Machine advice please. - by: Chelle
Jason, I'm not sure if it's too late or not, but if you haven't already bought one, you may want to read my on my super-auto experience. Don't do it man. There are better options ;)
I know conve...
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Subject: Re:Once bitten, twice shy - by: Chelle
Hey, no problem! Feel free to use my synopsis to help promote consumer awareness :P
I wanted to like this machine, honest. And I did give it a fair shake, but it failed to impress on every lev...
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Subject: Atomic Coffee Trivinalia - by: Mike.Flaherty
Greetings Frederic
Long time no chat. I'm currently running the Atomic that has no frothing gear. My ne plus ultra minimalist statement. As cool as all those red knobs are, I don't need that stuff. B...
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Subject: Re:Once bitten, twice shy - by: colin
Thank-you.
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!
Finally. Someone with a bit of courage to come out and say - what a pile of crap some (many) of these units are .
Cold shots. Sour shots. Unreliable uni...
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Subject: Once bitten, twice shy - by: Chelle
In my quest to find the perfect home machine, it seems I'm back to square 1 again.
I owned a Starbucks Barista for a couple years. It served me well, and made great shots. When it came time to up...
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Subject: Re:Microcimbali - by: colin
Yup - your pressure relief valve is gone...
Game over for your Micro-Cimbali by the sounds of it.
That is rough, dude - my condolences....
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Subject: Microcimbali - by: CoffeeNut
HELP:( anybody
Since 5 months i have been a happy microcimbali Lever (chrome) user.
Took a while to get the perfect cup but made it.
Came back from short 5 day holiday. Turned on my Cimbali in the...
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Subject: Re:Help needed for La Pavoni - by: lock_load
Thanks Colin,
I'll give them a try. BTW, If Baratza needs someone to test drive that new Vario when it comes out, I volunteer....
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Subject: Re:Best Cafes by Canadian Cities - by: amcwilliam
Hey Colin.... we met at Geir's the other day!
Yes... the Buzz is great. I wrote some where else on here about it but.... one of the most beautiful coffee shops. Gorgeous shop... hardwood, leather...
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Subject: Re:Help needed for La Pavoni - by: colin
90 minutes seems a tad long - but I am no expert on these units -
They will definitely take longer to come up to working temperature than a Silvia for sure.
Check this for some specifics - there ...
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