espresso-aficionados / website

Welcome to the GitHub Pages repo for the Espresso Aficionados website

You can find the website here.

You can use the editor on GitHub to maintain and preview the content for this website in Markdown files. Be aware that GitHub's preview isn't always accurate to the formatting used on the website, check out existing pages to see how things are done.

Whenever you commit to this repository, GitHub Pages will run Jekyll to rebuild the pages in your site, from the content in your Markdown files.

This website uses the Just the Docs theme - you can view its documentation here.

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To install the necessary software and run a version of the page locally, navigate to this folder on your local disk and execute the following commands:

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

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Just changing a bit of text here to tease Lund.

4realz paddles are the superior control system.

website's Issues

maintenance

Guide to buying used machines

basic get started guide

freezing beans

water

entry Grinder Reccs

add the grinder recommendations

Guide to using various refractometers

A page about using brix and digital refractometers and how to measure and calculate EY.

shot profile guide

espresso accessories explainer guide?

expand the machine types document

machine types needs information about levers from people who know more about them.

midrange machine reccs

add breville page about thermoblocks and thermojets

Puck Prep explainer article

entry machine reccomendations

storage

midrange grinder recs

credits at the end of each page (where feasible)

We could do both real names or usernames, based on contributor preference.

short wdt explainer page

Upload photos for wiki here!

photo is in #Breville-Sage pins

Blurb about effect of grinder RPM (especially for hand grinders in entry level)

Grinder RPM has an effect: https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/coffee-grinder-rpm/

Starting out in espresso is frustrating enough, and this seems to be a thing that isn't mentioned enough but adds enough inconsistency to make learning more frustrating. Slower and consistent speed will generally give better grind quality and make things more repeatable.