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====== Coffee ====== | ====== Coffee ====== | ||
- | {{ : | + | The lab currently has a DeLonghi Magnifica ESAM 4200.S bean to cup espresso machine. |
- | + | Coffee from this machines costs 50p. | |
- | The lab currently has two bean to cup espresso machines: a delonghi, and a recently recycled from a skip Jura. The Jura makes significantly better coffee and is expected to deprecate the DeLonghi. | + | |
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- | Coffee from these machines costs 50p. | + | |
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- | There is also instant coffee in a jar labelled antea, so that you know it's not tea. | + | |
===== Beans ===== | ===== Beans ===== | ||
- | The coffee being put in the machines at the moment is the cheapest thing from amazon, which happens to be Lavazza Rossa. | + | The coffee being put in the machines at the moment is Lavazza Rossa. |
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- | It is possible to put your own pre-ground coffee in the Jura. Put it down the chute at the top and then press the brew button as normal. | + | |
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- | ===== Using the Jura ===== | + | |
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- | The machine has been dialled in by River, to the extent that this is possible. Do not adjust the settings unless you really know what you are doing. | + | |
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- | There are three buttons for shot size, and behind them two buttons for dose. The dose ones have symbols of one and three coffee beans. Leave this on three. | + | |
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- | The smallest shot will give espresso / ristretto. The middle is a slightly longer espresso. The last one yields about 200ml of bitter, dilute coffee. If you want a less bitter long coffee, I recommend pulling an espresso and diluting it with water from the kettle. | + | |
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- | ===== Using the DeLonghi ===== | + | |
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- | River recommends you don't. The only thing this could possibly do better than the Jura is steam milk, which the Jura doesn' | + | |
===== Bottled Coffee ===== | ===== Bottled Coffee ===== |
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