Project:Coffee fix

This is a project to improve our ability to have a decent coffee fix.

Goals

Minimum viable product: a decent cup of espresso.

Real aim: we should be able to get pretty reasonable milk & espresso based drinks.

Achievements

• added a handle to the lid lid on top of the coffee machine - from an old coffee maker so it looks appropriate too

picture of improved lid showing new handle taken from a broken bialetti style coffee maker

picture of improved lid in place on top of coffee machine

Challenges

• the coffee machine isn't so reliable - probably because it gets limescale?
• we don't have a decent tamper for pressing down the coffee
• we don't have a decent grinder
• don't know where to get decent coffee
• not the right gear for doing milk stuff
• cleaning the area and the machine.
• not enough income

Planned ideas

make or acquire a tamper

Coffee tamper's can be bought but that's probably cheating. Here's a design, maybe we can use a lathe?

blender rendered picture of a proposed coffee tamper design

blender rendered picture of a proposed coffee tamper design

make or acquire a grinder

grinders are important so this is where we have a definite challenge. Maybe we can find a cafe that's closing? Actually making a grinder needs very precise machining of two big lumps of metal.

improve coffee machine

We have a nice machine alreadyEquipment/Gaggia Coffee Machine but it maybe has minor problems.

• it's difficult to put water in - need to stick a handle on the top - fixed - see above
• it seemed to get clogged up - probably limescale - need to clean & debug - someone did this.

I have an old machine it might be worth attempting to repair so we have a spare. I'm going to bring it in and see what can be done. Majkl (talk) 09:27, 26 June 2016 (BST)

It looks as shown in the picture

picture of Gaggia Baby Class D which I will bring into space soon

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improve coffee supply

• better instructions for where to buy?
• more visible Chthulu?

Who?

• Michael / majkl / started this

Everyone interested in helping / donating / pledging donations please either add yourself here or contact Michael

Where (to get good coffee)

• the coffee roasters (square mile coffee ?) on Emma Street ? -Recommended from the mailing list
• Neal's yard? - Used to be good.
• locally?

When

• Page created today Majkl (talk) 09:27, 26 June 2016 (BST)
• Things will go slowly but surely
• probably never finish everything.