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PostPosted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:22 pm
by sicinius
Caffe Luxxe.

I love Morrisey's quote about LA.

"LA is a perfectly fine place to live as long as you take great care not to meet anybody."

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:03 am
by mrkyle
kingseven wrote:It does give a very different mouthfeel, no doubt. The guys down at Flat White on Berwick street dose about 22g and though I find the coffee a bit acidic it is intensely syrupy.


We use this same method at my work in New Zealand.
Originally I think it was developed so that one side of a triple basket could be used for a small t/a cup. Of course, people started asking for triples in all their coffee, so now triple is standard for us.
Comparing a triple shot on a La Marzocco to a 16g basket on a San Marco- with the same coffee, they taste completely different. Which I prefer depends on the day! Neither method is startlingly better than the other, it seems to come down to personal preference.
That said, a good single origin medium black, with a beastly, syrupy triple, is unbeatable for me.

PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:32 am
by BazBean
visited flat whites a few weeks back with good friends and had a high dose short pull. had to rate in my top 3 ever .....and i have had quite a few espressos in my time

no trace of high acidity but i believe the supplier is diffrent.

I tried the same coffee in another London site on the same day dosed at lower weights and it was very diffrent experience. good but not as on the money.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:21 am
by CakeBoy
We were getting big mouthfeel out of the SM Autumn Blend too. It was one of my favourite coffee mouthfells of the year :D