The first time I looked at that picture I thought of a Guiness.
How is decaf espresso? I get decaf espresso drinks all the time; however, they are usually milk based so I don’t really appreciate the facets of the coffee flavor.
Don’t know….I’ve never tried decaf through the Giotto. I wouldn’t hold much hope for it being outstanding; I tried an organic coffee, Puroast, I think was the process. The flavor was weak, and it just never looked like I got a good extraction from it.
Ok, now you’ve got me thinking of Guiness. Brilliant!
It’s funny, when brewing, the bubbles do look very much like the bubbles in Guiness, except they are moving up. ;-) (http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/guinness/)
I’ve got a really nice Gaggia machine that I love.
Decaf is very unlikely to turn out as nice.. mostly because you really need to get quality beans and grind them properly in order to get the best effect.
I think of decaf along the lines of non-alcoholic beer. =P
November 27th, 2006 at 6:02 am
The first time I looked at that picture I thought of a Guiness.
How is decaf espresso? I get decaf espresso drinks all the time; however, they are usually milk based so I don’t really appreciate the facets of the coffee flavor.
November 27th, 2006 at 10:47 am
Don’t know….I’ve never tried decaf through the Giotto. I wouldn’t hold much hope for it being outstanding; I tried an organic coffee, Puroast, I think was the process. The flavor was weak, and it just never looked like I got a good extraction from it.
I’ll grab some decaf the next time I’m at Coffee Roastery (Map: http://www.shopmalls.com/categories.cfm?mall=16&cats=7)
November 27th, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Ok, now you’ve got me thinking of Guiness. Brilliant!
It’s funny, when brewing, the bubbles do look very much like the bubbles in Guiness, except they are moving up. ;-) (http://www.chem.ed.ac.uk/guinness/)
November 27th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
I’ve got a really nice Gaggia machine that I love.
Decaf is very unlikely to turn out as nice.. mostly because you really need to get quality beans and grind them properly in order to get the best effect.
I think of decaf along the lines of non-alcoholic beer. =P
November 28th, 2006 at 10:51 am
Ahhh, I was afraid of that. I am still exploring all the various decaf versions of the different coffee beans for my morning coffee now.
Luckily I have found that decaf coffee / non-etOH beer analogy is not very accurate. However, espresso may be a completely different story.