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  1. #10611
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    just had my second coffee actually. very good, and will be going on to new beans now. delivered last week so will have settled down now
    I didn't know coffee beans needed a settling down period. Shows what I know. Can you not buy beans that have been pre-settled at the factory?
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    I didn't know coffee beans needed a settling down period. Shows what I know. Can you not buy beans that have been pre-settled at the factory?
    you can; they are called supermarket shite you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
    a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

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  3. #10613
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    made a cup of tea, standing there in the kitchen waiting for to to brew I notice that the bin (actually just a bucket with a carrier bag in, but it does the job) needed emptying. So did that. came back in, put some more music on.

    Ten minutes later reach for my cup of tea but it's not there. It's still sat on the side in the kitchen, stewing away.

    Obviously I'll drink it anyway.
    No point wasting a perfectly good tea bag. On the other hand you've just binned a 5p carrier bag. Stewed tea is ok up to a point, but don't be making my brew the night before, I'll call you ten minutes before I land, to put t'kettle on
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  4. #10614
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    On the other hand you've just binned a 5p carrier bag.
    Nope it was from the era when they were free. My stash of carrier bags dates back to the late 1990s.

    Plus I get a free supply delivered by those 'charity' people who give you a bag to put old clothes in which they then never come back to collect. I don't get enough of those to cover my total use but it does slow down the depletion of my vintage stockpile.
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    you can; they are called supermarket shite you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
    a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
    Why don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?

  6. #10616
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    Why don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?
    since someone discovered about twenty years ago now that people will pay a fiver for a paper cup of not very good coffee I don't think there's been much pressure on them to deliver even more profits.
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  7. #10617
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Nope it was from the era when they were free. My stash of carrier bags dates back to the late 1990s.

    Plus I get a free supply delivered by those 'charity' people who give you a bag to put old clothes in which they then never come back to collect. I don't get enough of those to cover my total use but it does slow down the depletion of my vintage stockpile.
    I miss the good old days! One day you might too
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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  8. #10618
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    you can; they are called supermarket shite you dont 'have' to but its advisable to help dissipate the co2 that comes out after roasting. fresh roasted can be used but its better to give them a few days. i usually do a week. you can see the build up in bag as it inflates a bit, even with a valve on bag. after a week or so they will steady up. still be super fresh too.
    a kilo is about £30 or so delivered;; that does about 40+ coffees
    Works out quite pricey, but still way cheaper than Costa et al. I look forward to enjoying one of your posh coffees one day
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

    T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
    Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables

    T'other system:
    Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
    A/V:
    LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.


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  9. #10619
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    Why don't the coffee makers add some margin by offering a settling in service, same as cable manufacturers burning them in for you for a fee?
    Not exactly arduous taking your newly arrived coffee and letting it sit for a few days. You don't have to of course and many dont
    Regards,
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    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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  10. #10620
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    used the self service thing in the supermarket today.

    Just no option, was in a hurry, only two tills open and both with long queues. Profiling of the queuing punters suggested that I'd be in for about a 20 minute wait regardless of which line I joined.

    Self service and I was done in sixty seconds. I feel dirty but needs must.
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