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crema is a bit bland on its own i found. produces great base crema, and lives up to its name. im down to about 20% now in the mix, so its only giving the extra creama and not dulling flavour by much.. Everything in life is a trade off after all.

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Originally Posted by Marco

Sure, but that's because you had it on its own, and are used to the more intense and defined flavour of beans from specialist suppliers:)

Used as a 'base blend', however, C e E works well, as do beans from any decent manufacturer, labelled as 'Espresso'.

Marco.

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Nope. It had a chemical taste I could not come to terms with.

In practice I have had a lot of hybrids. Every time a bean bag comes to an end it gets mixed in with the new bag for a cup or two i.e. remnants the hopper with the new beans. Always interesting.

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Nope. It had a chemical taste I could not come to terms with.

In practice I have had a lot of hybrids. Every time a bean bag comes to an end it gets mixed in with the new bag for a cup or two i.e. remnants the hopper with the new beans. Always interesting.

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Indeed... In terms of first bit, if that's what you taste, then fair enough. But part of it will be due to the simple fact of them being lower-quality beans, and which haven't been roasted with the same care, and/or aren't very fresh. Fast roasting-to-shipping times is one of the advantages of using small, specialist coffee suppliers:)

Nothing you can buy from mainstream sources or supermarkets comes close!

Marco.

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Better, but the lighting's still not right [not your fault though, if it's dark].

Marco.

You can over do the grind /tamp too making it run a bit slow which with beans with robusta in can give that. I find grinding a bit rougher makes a big difference as does lowering tamp weight to nearer 20lbs

Good morning coffee.
Nice sunny morning toohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...94963bd070.jpg

Picture-wise [as your coffee is always great], *now* you're talking!:)

Don't let your standards drop again:spank:;)

Or more like it, check your camera settings are optimised for taking coffee pics, before doing so:eyebrows:

Marco.

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Picture-wise [as your coffee is always great], *now* you're talking!:)

Don't let your standards drop again:spank:;)

Or more like it, check your camera settings are optimised for taking coffee pics, before doing so:eyebrows:

Marco.

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Says he who has absolutely no right to criticise!

I dunno Grant, don't listen to it;)

Spank his botty!:)

always get it looking decent when sun is shining through window in morning. Was a georgous morning, alas its clouded a bit now