DIY Espresso
Free PDFs are available from Make Magazine that guide you through making your own coffee roaster, hydraulic coffee tamper, and more.
If you're absolutely, 100 percent serious about making your own espresso, you'll want to go beyond merely grinding boutique beans in the morning. You'll want to roast the beans, tamp the grounds with perfect pressure, and then make sure your espresso machine's at exactly the right temperature. Fortunately, Make Magazine has free PDFs for doing it yourself: DIY Coffee Roaster, DIY Espresso Tamper, DIY PID Temperature Control. [via Gimme Coffee]
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6 Comments:
What about growing your own beans and generating your own sunlight?
swagv at 11:00AM on 05/26/09
i am a fan of producing my own air and water, also.
Christina at 3:01PM on 05/30/09
more likely what you can do is find a small contract roasting company and work with them to come up with a custom espresso flavor profile and ask them to produce that for you. better make a lot of espresso though.
Christina at 3:03PM on 05/30/09
I would use only artisan well water.
Twinwillow at 1:39PM on 05/31/09
The resource for all things coffee is the forums at http://www.coffeegeek.com
Everything from making a roaster from a popcorn popper to optimal temp settings for espresso extractions is there.
robvious at 1:14PM on 06/01/09
the only thig is the smell i think a lot of people think it is going to smell of fresh ground coffe but no....
i lived a few blocks from a major coffee co. and the whole area for blocks stunk like burnt toast
joejoe at 11:04PM on 06/09/09