Friday, August 20, 2004
The taste of great coffee
As many of you know, I am somewhat of a coffee drinker. I love the taste of fresh brewed coffee.
So, after learning to drive my coffee machine for 18months, I thought it was time to have some training.
A mate found a Barista Basics course in Artarmon which was great.
The two brothers, Matt and David Gee, spent 3 hours with us and some very shmick espresso machines that are definitely "canoe class".
My little Quaha machine was feeling a tad inadequate, but the espresso's from mine were just as good as what the $10K machines were producing : )
Milk frothing or "stretching" was more tricky with my home version, but after a bit of practice it was producing smooth, creamy milk for cap's and latte's.
The guys even produced a video of the coffee menu to remind us how to do it right.
A great night out..............
So, after learning to drive my coffee machine for 18months, I thought it was time to have some training.
A mate found a Barista Basics course in Artarmon which was great.
The two brothers, Matt and David Gee, spent 3 hours with us and some very shmick espresso machines that are definitely "canoe class".
My little Quaha machine was feeling a tad inadequate, but the espresso's from mine were just as good as what the $10K machines were producing : )
Milk frothing or "stretching" was more tricky with my home version, but after a bit of practice it was producing smooth, creamy milk for cap's and latte's.
The guys even produced a video of the coffee menu to remind us how to do it right.
A great night out..............
# posted by Peter Hinton @ 8:06 pm 
