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I'm getting into the habit of making a good siphon/syphon brew with my Cona 'science' tubes and all I can say is that it's a learning curve and getting it to the right strength and temperature is an art but an interesting method of brewing. Have you tried it [you]?
What Syphon equipment do you have? ...

After some years in the making (2012), and a Kickstarter event, UniTerra have finally launched the UniTerra Nomad Espresso Machine to the masses. It features a double action pump, 9 bars of pressure ( no pressurized filter basket involved!), and takes 17 grams of freshly roasted 'fine' ground coffee.
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The basket size in Nomad is the same as the La Pavoni Europiccola 49mm two cup filter basket ...

On my recent trip to Hong Kong at the beginning of December 2017, I met up with the former World Barista Champion, Chan Chak Sum, who truly impressed me with 3 versions of his intricate works of Latte Art I've seen to date; it took around a minute or so to produce, but well worth the wait, with such smooth micro foam to savour gently down; enjoy:

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Just arrived back from Chicago, and was thrilled to find a decent café and coffee roaster: Intelligentsia Coffeebar

I made it a regular stop during my 10 days there, and the Black Cat Organic Espresso served was bright, sweet, and dark, and cut through milk perfectly!

Flavor Notes: Caramel, Honeydew Melon, Dark Chocolate.

On my last day there, it was either my good looks , or just good luck, but the chap who was serving, ...

I just wanted to share with you all a little modification that I made to my Delonghi Dedica 680, which involved replacing the standard issue panarello in favour of a Rancilio Silvia wand. I also spent some time to document the steps I took to achieve the result and I published a tutorial online for anyone to use should they wish. ...