How do you all serve a french press during busy retail operations
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I am opening a coffee house in August and I want to get customers to order a French press serving of whatever fresh roast is available. Do you use a small grinder set aside just for the French pres...

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Started by Bwynn in . Last reply by Carrie 10 minutes ago.

What really bad coffee / espresso beverage did you used to swear by, but now can't even think about drinking?
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And furthermore, what are you drinking now? For example, I used to down 3 or 4 (to lapse into Starbuckease) a quad tall 4 pump vanilla breve with whip lattes nearly every day when I worked there f...

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Started by Aaron Duckworth in . Last reply by Bj Davis 1 hour ago.

Tampers
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As I'm relatively new to the industry i want to get my own tamperkit. Can anybody tell me what to get and where to get it considering i'm from Belgium. Greets Djaya

Started by Djaya in . Last reply by Stephen Schulman 1 hour ago.

Looking for job in Burlington, VT
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Hey all, I recently relocated to Burlington and am looking for a barista job. Have 1 year of experience at a cafe in St. Louis. If anyone has any leads or is looking for someone let me know. Thanks!

Started by Macky Otto in 1 hour ago.

How long do you keep your coffee after its roasted?
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I have found a rule of a 7 day peak and like it no older than 10 days. What's your rule of thumb?

Started by Mike in . Last reply by Jason Haeger 3 hours ago.

Spam upticks since CoffeeFest...
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In the last week or so I have been getting a lot of spam from "coffee" related companies who picked up my e-mail from CoffeeFest reg (I assume)... Anyone else experiencing this? Kind of annoying an...

Started by Colin Newell in . Last reply by Mike Spence 3 hours ago.

Who's here from Seattle?
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Anyone? Anyone? Let's hear it. Since we have Vivace, Lighthouse, Stumptown and of course Vita and Starbucks... I imagine that there are a number of Seattleites here?

Started by Liberty in . Last reply by judy f mccabe 5 hours ago.

S-O What? Single Origin Espresso Article
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Imbibe magazine came out with a very cool article about Single Origin espresso and if it is the Zenith of specialty coffee, or justa flash in the demitasse. Interesting to read and some cool quot...

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Started by Matt Milletto in . Last reply by Arno Kamphuis 13 hours ago.

Pre infusion for espresso... your thoughts?
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Just got back from the Chi town Spro down hosted by intelligentsia and played around with a synesso and was introduced to the concept of pre infusion for espresso ... I'm curious to hear from peo...

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Started by Chris/Dale in . Last reply by Kayakman 13 hours ago.

espresso with lemon
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could someone please explain where this tradition came from and why?

Started by jessica rufo in . Last reply by Jonathan wesley White 14 hours ago.