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Think Coffee Out of the Box
If coffee wouldn't be such a challenge, we all wouldn't be here.John GordonCoffee has been around for many years but we are still struggling just to learn the basics about it. Consistent coffee...
View ArticleGorgeous Chocolate at Chocoa festival
Gorgeous Chocolate at Chcoa from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.Visiting a cocoa trade show in Amsterdam. The low tech and taste high of chocolate appeals to many. In coffee you need high end tools to get the...
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An Afternoon at the Opera
Sanremo from Roemer Overdiep on Vimeo.Video by Roemer Overdiep[Text by Jan van der Weel and Frans Goddijn]The Sanremo “Opera” machine development used the input of an international array of baristas...
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Curve Controlled Coffee Roasting
With the newest (soon to be published) version of the free Artisan coffee roast software it is possible to have Artisan do much more than just send a "Ramp Soak" wish list for a profile and then log...
View ArticleTije's fun little hip grinder
Tije picked up a second hand grinder and revamped it to be a wonderful little geeky grinder with a small enough footprint to nicely match his La Pavoni:Youtube version:
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First LEICA Q lever espresso clip
Leica Q video: lever espresso from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.This is a first try at making a little video with my new Leica Q. In most reviews, the camera is considered to be primarily a tool for superb...
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Beans & Grinds up close
A green coffee bean, a roasted one and some of the grinds spread out. Worlds to watch and study up close. Grinds are often thought of as a mix of particles, mostly the same in size but up close it's...
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Amsterdam Coffee Festival, a few impressions
Today the 2016 edition of the Amsterdam Coffee Festival opened and a few friends and I went to see it. In two beautiful halls close to one another, many but not too many companies have presentations. A...
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Stick Charcoal In Your Water
Jan van der Weel brought me a fun gift from London: a piece of Binchotan Charcoal. It promises to purify and balance water and it can be easily recharged by boiling in water every now and then. If it...
View ArticleCOMPAK single / small dose funnel [video]
COMPAK dosing funnel from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.Montse Ibern and Sebastiaan van Pommeren of COMPAK sent me a single / small dose funnel for my E8 grinder with the "Red speed" Lucidate burr set. I...
View ArticleCoffee, Vietnamese style [video]
Vietnamesischer Kaffee from Frans Goddijn on Vimeo.Joschka Hahler zeigt uns wie man richtige Vietnamesischer Kaffee macht. Diesmal hatten wir ziemlich leicht geröstete Costa Rica Bohnen benutzt.On...
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Color Pencil Tamper from Budapest
Gábor and his camera man Attila visited Amsterdam on their way from Budapest to the PROBAT factory in Emmerich and even though it was somewhat late in the evening, we shared some home roasted Uganda...
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Budapest in Amsterdam
The Kávékalmár team, Gábor and Attila, passed through Amsterdam o their way to film a project with PROBAT and they took some time to visit me and try out the LONDINIUM L1-P. Together we visited John, a...
View ArticleTalor Browne (and others) on Roasting
A remarkable quote from Talor Browne on her recent blog post:Even at the top, there is no known knowledge, only trial and error. Everyone, even Tim, is kind of bumbling along in the dark, looking for...
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BachoTeX2016
It's BachoTeX time again in the woods along Bachotek lake. With workshops on Latin calligraphy, batik, long-stitch book binding and the combination of jazz and popular songs, conversations about smart...
View ArticleDutch Masters in Vintage Espresso
This Sunday afternoon I visited Roland Buurman and Arnoud Kruiver in their vintage espresso treasury near Amstelveen. They source the beautiful old machines from Mexico, Italy and other very remote...
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Water for Coffee, glitches in books
When experts tell you about water for coffee, their long presentation usually boils down to this message: "It's terribly complicated but what you should do is buy my filter system." From what I have...
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Extracting Mandheling
I purchased some very nice green beans from fellow roaster Arnoud at vintage-espresso-machines.nl -- I had had some succes with Sumatra Mandheling beans before so I was curious to try these. For a...
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Sudden Coffee
By Jan van der Weel& Frans GoddijnSudden Coffee shipment(This blog is also on http://www.byleew.nl/coffee/sudden-coffee-instant/)Travelling can be tough if you are used to excellent coffee. How...
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