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Egan · 02-16-12, 05:31 PM

I haven't had a single cup of coffee today..

I use a Gaggia grinder myself. Simple on-off switch, nothing else. For finer coffee grind it longer. It simply doesn't need any other settings. I sometimes use it to further grind Lavazza for my espresso machine if I haven't been able to get any thing better, but I've still got two packs of Seggafreda and Kimbo that I brought back from the last time I was in Italy so I'm sorted for a little while yet. Prefer Illy over most everything else, but I've only occasionally been able to make an espresso like I would buy in Italy. I've put a serious amount of time into trying but I'm rarely successful. I believe it may be a combination of too much pressure from my machine (it needs to be 9 bar, apprently, mine is 14,) and the fact that the water here is very soft. I'm convinced the hardness of the water helps a lot.

I used to use a hand grinder, but that gets old really quickly. The Gaggia is great. You really don't need anything else.

Coffee making - now there's a way to geek out in style. Currently, aside from my Cafietiere (Sp?) I have my grinder, another much older one that is wonderful but is waiting for the opportunity to kill me with an electric shock, my Gaggia Classic espresso machine, a regular 8 cup Moka, a Neopolitan moka (which has to be turned upside down before you can pour it - never got used to it though) and a tiny stove-top two cup espresso thing that I bought in Florence last year, and an even smaller one for using on a camping stove.

And yes, I have drunk that weasel crap coffee - and it was awesome!

02-16-12, 05:31 PM	#10
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I haven't had a single cup of coffee today.. I use a Gaggia grinder myself. Simple on-off switch, nothing else. For finer coffee grind it longer. It simply doesn't need any other settings. I sometimes use it to further grind Lavazza for my espresso machine if I haven't been able to get any thing better, but I've still got two packs of Seggafreda and Kimbo that I brought back from the last time I was in Italy so I'm sorted for a little while yet. Prefer Illy over most everything else, but I've only occasionally been able to make an espresso like I would buy in Italy. I've put a serious amount of time into trying but I'm rarely successful. I believe it may be a combination of too much pressure from my machine (it needs to be 9 bar, apprently, mine is 14,) and the fact that the water here is very soft. I'm convinced the hardness of the water helps a lot. I used to use a hand grinder, but that gets old really quickly. The Gaggia is great. You really don't need anything else. Coffee making - now there's a way to geek out in style. Currently, aside from my Cafietiere (Sp?) I have my grinder, another much older one that is wonderful but is waiting for the opportunity to kill me with an electric shock, my Gaggia Classic espresso machine, a regular 8 cup Moka, a Neopolitan moka (which has to be turned upside down before you can pour it - never got used to it though) and a tiny stove-top two cup espresso thing that I bought in Florence last year, and an even smaller one for using on a camping stove. And yes, I have drunk that weasel crap coffee - and it was awesome!