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A Better Minipresso GR

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  https://shp.ee/pjdz6up The Minipresso that I bought from Shopee at Chiwawa Asia is a better version that is described. The description in the site and all the sites that I searched are for the Wacaco Minipresso. Wacaco Minipresso  Improved Minipresso Basket, 42 mm Can store 15 g of Coffee. Adding Paper Filter on Top to remove Channelling  From experience with Espresso machine, Dessini CM-14, a paper filter is sufficient to remove channelling. A metallic puck screen should be better and more consistent but is thick. We need to find a 42 mm puck screen and tanpa. The plastic  tanpa and dispenser is too small because it is for the Wacaco Minipresso. Mini espresso after brewing with paper filter No evidence of channelling but not even. The shape of the topcover. This is the finest setting of that electric grinder. Frequently stopping every few seconds. At least it finished grinding 16 g which appears to overfill the Minipresso basket. Tamping increases its capacity but...

COFFEES OF THE WORLD OVERVIEW

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COFFEES OF THE WORLD OVERVI If you like an Ethiopian Harrar, are you likely to enjoy a Costa Rican Tarrazu? Are you trying to choose a coffee gift for a friend but unsure about whether she would prefer a Brazil Santos or a Tanzanian Peaberry? A little basic knowledge about the major coffee-growing regions and the coffees that come from them can help you make top-level choices about particular coffees to savor. WHERE COFFEE GROWS BEST https://www.blackoutcoffee.com/blogs/the-reading-room/coffees-of-the-world-overview The coffee Arabica plant has some very specific likes and dislikes when it comes to growing conditions. Its preferences include abundant rainfall, ambient temperatures in the 60-75 F (15-24 C) range and nutrient-rich soil. Those conditions are most common within 10 degrees north and south of the equator, in an area that has become known as the Coffee Belt— including parts of Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America and the Asian Pacific—and in particular at altitude...