I have a decent espresso machine and roast my own beans. I'd always bought from hasbean where the quality is excellent but the prices started to go up significantly. I found Rave, who are local to me and much cheaper. I'm currently drinking their Colombian Suarez single origin coffee and it's excellent.
It's just under £10/kg and free delivery if you spend £25.2016 Skoda Octavia VRS Estate
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17th Jan 2018 10:21 pm
mick_n3
Member Since: 19 May 2017
Location: Kettering
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I still have one that I leave in my client's office but have moved on to Jura B2C for my office at home
18th Jan 2018 4:58 pm
Grianaig
Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Tyne and Wear
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Have a Gaggia espresso machine and use beans ground in a Gaggia burr grinder. There are something like 44 settings for ground size. Beans are bought by the kilo and stored in old Illy cans, taped and in the freezer without loss of flavour. It's useful to change the blend every so often as palate gets a bit stale with same. I do the same with malt whiskies but that’s for other reasons Provided you descale the machine regularly and clean the portafilter and brewhead then you get great espressos. No need for a bean to cup machine. If the Gaggia stops working you can strip and repair it. Plenty of Youtube videos and spare parts available. Exploded diagrams on the inter web. Can’t do that with many machines. I’ve recently stripped ours and replaced the thermal fuses and stripped and reassembled the solenoid valve. Should appeal to LandRover owners. most modern machines are throw away when they go wrong IMHO.
Oh, just one small thing. I don’t actually make the coffee. SWMBO does that. I tell her that she is the expert and I couldn’t compare. 2014 MY Discovery XS Indus Silver. Sadly gone. Second last LR of forty eight years continuous ownership.
18th Jan 2018 5:21 pm
MikeO
Member Since: 15 Jan 2014
Location: The Cotswolds
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Opinion seems to be that storing in the freezer is not good for the beans. I haven't tried it myself but just keeping them cool and dark and away from fridges and freezers seems to be the best way to go. So that's what I do; although mine are green so generally keep better than roasted.
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18th Jan 2018 5:47 pm
chopcat
Member Since: 08 Apr 2013
Location: Pembrokeshire
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dubbs wrote:
I took delivery of a Sage Oracle a couple of weeks back. It is fabulous!
Has relegated these to ornaments for now...
Make sure you descale every 6 weeks and dont wait for the reminder to come up.mine is awaiting the Sage ambulance to make it better after 12 months . They told me to descale regardless.
Oh and coffee. Decadent Decaf top beansmay the odds be ever in your favor
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Provided you descale the machine regularly and clean the portafilter and brewhead then you get great espressos. No need for a bean to cup machine. If the Gaggia stops working you can strip and repair it. Plenty of Youtube videos and spare parts available. Exploded diagrams on the inter web. Can’t do that with many machines. I’ve recently stripped ours and replaced the thermal fuses and stripped and reassembled the solenoid valve. Should appeal to LandRover owners. 
