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A photo taken from underneath where the espresso comes out of my espresso machine. The whole bottom of the basket is open and the espresso itself is almost curling itself along the underside towards the middle where it flows down into a stream into a mug.

Shout-out to @SeaFury for getting me onto bottomless portafilters for my espresso machine! Now that I can see what's going on with the extraction I've been able to adjust the grind size and shot volume and it's noticeably improved now, especially my single-origin straight shots first thing in the morning. 👌🏻

Posted on 22 January 2025, 13:32

A photo of a handsome-looking stainless steel portafilter for an espresso machine. The handle is made of a reddish wood.

Upping my coffee game with a bottomless portafilter, thanks to @SeaFury. 😁

I also have a better basket on the way, but it's taking longer to arrive.

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Posted on 15 November 2024, 12:52

A photo of a compact Breville Bambino Plus espresso machine in black and silver, a tall-ish and narrow black Eureka Mignon Specialita grinder, and a rather long but short black Nespresso machine, all sitting side-by-side on our kitchen benchtop.

@yayKM bought herself a Nespresso machine because she is not REMOTELY awake enough in the morning to use the full espresso setup and wanted something with minimal steps that was not instant coffee.

So now we can do:

Espresso
Nespresso
Moka pot
V60 pour over
Cold brew

I think we're probably good for coffee-making methods at this point. 😅

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Posted on 30 May 2024, 12:36

A photo of a Moka Pot, which is essentially a metal jug with a handle and lid and a wide base that you put on the stove. It pressurises the water in the base which forces it up through the coffee grounds in the middle, and the resulting espresso comes out a spout into the top section, and you then pour it out into your mug.

When I was living with my roommate prior to @yayKM moving over to Australia, he introduced me to Bialetti's Moka Pot for making coffee. I bought one and loved it, but unfortunately it was one of the very few casualties of our move to an induction cooktop when we had our kitchen redone in 2017.

We were in Victoria's Basement today and it turns out they make an induction-specific model now! 🎉

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Posted on 24 June 2023, 12:40

A photo of an espresso machine portafilter with wooden ring around the top of it, sitting behind the WDT which is essentially a wooden handle with a bunch of long, very narrow, almost needles coming out of the bottom of it.

I ordered some espresso machine goodies from Etsy at the start of this month, a dosing funnel for the portafilter and a WDT tool. They arrived today and are very handsome, looking forward to seeing the difference with my coffee tomorrow!

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Posted on 26 April 2023, 15:06

The box of a small metal stove-top kettle that has a very thin curved neck that the water comes out from. The neck is attached to the kettle towards the bottom of the kettle body.

@yayKM was making pour-over coffee with a V60 setup for a while and it made the house smell absolutely AMAZING, but pouring coffee slowly and carefully out of the regular large kettle was a bit tricky (and also she's stopped making pour-overs anyway). I wanted to expand my coffee horizons a touch so I ordered a gooseneck kettle from the same people that make the V60 itself so I can start making some!

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Posted on 27 January 2023, 10:50

A photo of a fancy double-walled round espresso glass about half-way full. The bottom half is a layer of sweetened condensed milk, and the top half is espresso.

We very rarely have sweetened condensed milk in the house, but when we do, I make a café bombón. 👌🏻

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Posted on 10 December 2022, 13:52

A photo of a tall plastic cup of iced mocha sitting on a benchtop.

It's 22˚C and 13% humidity and totally sunny outside, I've done all the laundry, mowed and whippersnipped and fertilised the front and back lawns, cleaned the shower, and now it's time for the first iced mocha of the season. 👌🏻

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Posted on 11 September 2022, 14:51

I also bought a spring-loaded coffee tamper for the espresso machine which arrived today. Fits the portafilter like a GLOVE, and first impressions of the improvement are very positive. I'm keen to see how it goes with my single-origin straight espresso tomorrow morning.

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Posted on 31 August 2022, 14:30

A photo looking down at a the top of a mug of coffee, the foam in the top has what looks like a stylised ghost that looks like it's in motion.

I made a ghost in my coffee! Much better than my previous attempt at coffee art, though that's a very low bar.

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Posted on 4 July 2022, 16:14