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Solberg&Hansen Barista Jam session (PDF), Oslo 24-26th of September.

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With the gracious help of Alistair Durie I will soon be moving this blog to another location and change blog software to Nucleus. That will get rid of the advertising banners and give me access to lots of expansion modules. I will probably program some of my own since all development is done with php/mysql.
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“Nescafe Gold decaf, enjoy the supreme waste product of the coffee industry in a convenient 1-portion pack. No caffeine, no aroma, just the trademark bitter swill prepared in just a few seconds.”

They have a whole bucketload of these next to the coffee machine where I work. Kind of reminds me of the dilbert strip where [...]

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I’ve had another super evening roasting coffee with Anders Gulden Olstad. We did both drip and espresso coffees that he could bring home, as well as cup some single origin espressi I had roasted a couple of days ago. The Brazil Natural Cooxupe was particularly nice. No wonder Brazils are widely used as the starting [...]

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Sigh, blogger have inserted some kind of automatic toolbar at the top of my page. It makes a total mess of the css code. I’ve hidden it now and done some quick code editing to make the page at least readable (e.g set the main column to a fixed width), but I need to work [...]

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Have any of you got a copy of the august issue of Fresh Cup Magazine? They contacted me a while ago and asked to use two of my pictures from the WBC in Trieste. I know I’ll get a copy in the (snail)mail soon, but it would be really cool to se a scan, or [...]

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Tim Wendelboe has recieved and installed the custom La Marzocco FB70 he got as a prize when winning this year’s WBC. Congrats! Looks really nice and he tells me the shots are better than ever. Happy days.
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It is actually possible to hear both cracks with the Imex. I only had to get used to the way the fan sounded. Still, it is harder than with a popper, and I would recommend buying a popper if you are a complete beginner. It is cheap and educational. If you live in Norway, you [...]

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Well, the Imex Cr-100 is in da house and has been through its two first roasts.
First impressions:
Bad:
- quite noisy so it is very hard to hear the cracks. The thick transparent glass lid also muffles the sound of beans cracking. A popper is a better learning tool in that respect. With this one you’ve got [...]

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I’ve been away all weekend helping my brother to move to his new apartment. A lot of hard labour and a heatwave going on to boot. Tomorrow I’ll pick up the Imex CR-100 roaster at the post office. Looking forward to it.

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