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Reading and Roasting: Jansen
One of the books about roasting that many roasters are hunting for is "Coffee Roasting -- Magic, Art, Science, Physical changes and chemical reactions" by Gerhard A. Jansen who was heading the R&D...
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Roasting Yirgacheffe in the night
Roasting, flashlight aimed at beans in the roasterRoast finished, spot at beans on cooling tray, fresh night airThe roast profile, weight loss, roast color, development time / percentage, Rate of Rise
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Designing smooth roast curves in Artisan
Smooth talkThis morning, Jan van der Weel and I were on the phone, discussing ways to ensure that the several roast profiles we want to try out are executed smoothly so we can evaluate the effect of...
View ArticleSwitch for line pressure booster
My local line pressure is about 2 bar but during pre-infusion, a few seconds of 3 bar line pressure is more ideal so my plumber installed a Grundfos device that quietly adds nearly one bar of line...
View ArticleRoasting on the Roastilino, with Artisan
Roasting on the Roastilino from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.A start-to-finish roast of 250g Ethiopia Yirgacheffe coffee beans on the Fracino Roastilino roaster, controlled by a FUJI PXG4 which is in turn...
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The Chris Reeve Small Sebenza Experience
Recently I rediscovered a very old pocket knife in a drawer of mine. I bought it in a thrift shop more than 30 years ago because at the time I happened to have a vintage fountain pen with a barrel of...
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The Little Coffee Know-It-All
I just got this new book, 128 pages including index. First impression: very little about a lot of things. About everything just the very basic knowledge, like the first paragraphs of a wikipedia...
View ArticleSplit Screen Roasting
A better view on the roast process using the combination of a Fracino Roastilino, a Fuji PXG4 PID controller and the free-for-all Artisan software to command, monitor and log the roast details. This...
View ArticleThis how you make a Tonino
The Tonino instrument to measure roast coloris made like this:
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Tije's La Pavoni PF cradle for the ROK grinder
Tije made a portafilter cradle for himself (and one for me!) to be used for the La Pavoni portafilter when catching grinds from the ROK hand grinder:
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Compak E8 "Lucidate Red Speed Burr Set" grinder
My new Compak E8 grinder arrived just in time for Xmas. I have no tree and anyway it would not fit under the tree so I took out my sebenza and cut the box open, unpacking and installing the machine. I...
View ArticleSweet and spicy Brazil
Londinium Brazil Fazenda Passeio from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.Pulling an espresso from Brazilian beans, using beans roasted by Londinium, the "Red Speed Burr" version of the COMPAK E8 grinder, a...
View ArticleEspresso in the early morning
Organic Bolivia in the early am from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.Making myself an espresso in the very early winter hour. Using a light roast of Bolivia Marcelino Katan, organic, roasted by Londinium, a...
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Talk Tonino To Me
(Jan van der Weel and I prepared & wrote this article together and you can also find it on his blog)Many coffee roasters use roast color meters to monitor the quality and consistency of their...
View ArticleSteam wand heats soup very well
Hot Sebenza Soup Recipe from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.A hands-on high speed demo how to make a vitamin rich healthy organic savory low fat fresh soup. Using a blender and a Londinium espresso machine....
View ArticleGuatemala Finca El Triangulo
Guatemala Finca El Triangulo by Roemer Overdiep on Vimeo.Pulling an espresso using decaf Guatemala beans from LONDINIUM, with the L1-P lever espresso machine. Grinder: Compak E8. Scales from Acaia....
View ArticleMicrofoam Made Easy
Watch 2:13 -- 5:20 in the clip below by Jeroen Veldkamp. It's in Dutch so people from The Netherlands and Belgium will benefit most from the dead simple instructions by Jeroen.He has given lots of...
View ArticleCremina Brew Pressure by Kavekalmar
A brand new clip from our friend in Budapest:Measuring brew pressure with the Cremina from Kavekalmar on Vimeo.
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Roasting Cocoa Beans
Two friends of mine have been roasting cocoa recently and one of them, Marko Luther, has produced quite delicate and delicious bars of artisan chocolate, some of which were sold in a Parisian popup...
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Barista Hustle in The Netherlands
Yesterday evening, the HQ of Sanremo in The Netherlands hosted a Barista Hustle with international speakers: Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, John Gordon, Ronny Billemon and Danillo Llopis.A very inspiring...
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