The WELL: pre.vue.10: Coffee Shop Philosophy

#233: fluted pan (satyr) Sat 20 May 06 10:52

Sat, 20 May 2006 10:52:00 PDT

Come the revolution, first shoot the idiots that come out of nowhere to presume to lead it. [Read entire topic]

#232: waxen pedant (satyr) Tue 19 Jul 05 08:20

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:20:00 PDT

So much comes down to whether one perceives a distinction between cleverness and wisdom. [Read entire topic]

#231: waxen pedant (satyr) Sun 17 Jul 05 14:21

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:21:00 PDT

This made me shake my head and wonder if I were still in Boulder...

> If God hadn't meant people to eat animals, > why did he make them out of meat? [Read entire topic]

#230: John Payne (satyr) Sun 17 Jul 05 14:20

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 14:20:00 PDT

<scribbled by satyr Sun 17 Jul 05 14:20> [Read entire topic]

#229: Philip Butler Smith (pbs) Wed 22 Jun 05 00:38

Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:38:00 PDT

I've bashed out a lot of grounds from the espresso machine and I've neve seen piping. I don't think it would happen in an espresso machine. The grounds are fine and compacted when you press them after you put them in the basket.

Not at all the same kind of physics that occur in a drip coffee experience in a Melita or a Chemex. [Read entire topic]

#228: John Payne (satyr) Tue 21 Jun 05 11:48

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:48:00 PDT

"piping"! That's useful; I like it!

Of course, properly compacted grounds shouldn't be displaced much by water, even water under pressure, but gluing them together first sure couldn't hurt. [Read entire topic]

#227: If gopod's on our side s/he'll stop the next war (karish) Tue 21 Jun 05 10:31

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 10:31:00 PDT

More likely it moistens the grounds so they stick together and resist piping - water eroding a channel and running straight through without steeping in the ground coffee. [Read entire topic]

#226: John Payne (satyr) Mon 20 Jun 05 12:03

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:03:00 PDT

Evenso I think it might have the same effect, to soften the resins in the grounds so that they're more easily leached out by the water that follows. [Read entire topic]

#225: Gail Williams (gail) Mon 20 Jun 05 10:58

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:58:00 PDT

(But you asked about espresso, not filtered coffee. My mistake.) [Read entire topic]

#224: Gail Williams (gail) Mon 20 Jun 05 10:01

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:01:00 PDT

The first melita filter package I ever read, years ago, suggested pouring an eighth to a quarter cup of water through first to "burst the flavor" before the rest of the water was added. Is that the same process? [Read entire topic]