Not a great shot, but its a starter for ten, for the worlds second most traded commodity - View attachment 295808
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Good idea. Picture is kind of abstract but coffee tasted good, anyhow. (21g Finca El Paraiso, Nicaragua)
{} Hallelujah! Or: a close facsimile of how I see my Little Eagle grinder (sitting ready & waiting on top of the fridge) at 5:30 of a morning. {} Blessed be the Coffeepot Or: my battered old (and kind of greasy, it seems) pot on a jury-rigged trivet
21g!! I do 25 in my french press. You must have a lot space in your portafilter...do you still pass the nickel test? {} {}
Disclaimer: This is the one & only non-m43 image that I'll post on this site. It was made sometime about when M43 was but a twinkle in an engineer's eye. I used Fuji 200 colour print film and an MC Rokkor PG 50/1.4 (wide open) on a Minolta XE-1 body. {}
Yes, I use a big 21g ECM filter in a bottomless portafilter. Don't know if it would fit into my standard portafilter. I only use bottomless now: it is a good exercise to make the espresso deligently, if you don't make it right you will spoil half the kitchen with espresso I find 7 or 14g is not enough, Arabica beens only have 30% coffeine compared to Robusta, so 21g is a good equivalent to 7g robusta beans
I'm using this thread as the basis of a "project". The inspiration for this came from a photo I saw in a cafe yesterday. The original used a coffee mug & I thought, why not a glass? Because of the ugly grease marks left by the beans on the glass, thats why! Its a work in progress. Critique is very welcome. {} made with an PG Rokkor 50/1.4 set at about f/4 (wide open results were 'orrible). ISO800 because I was too lazy to get the tripod out. Must do better. Oh, and all this was on the E-M5 using ambient light.
I like the composition. Though you should know that the beans only leave oils on glass like that for two reasons: either they're too old or roasted way too dark. Fresh coffee at good roast level is actually quite dry.
