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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I’ll preface them by saying this is me being critical of it, it is otherwise very good:

    • the bellows don’t stay attached, everytime I take the lid off to put beans in I have to reattach them in place
    • grind adjustment dial is obscured by the indicator such that you can’t read what it’s set to easily
    • adjustment indicator can itself be moved without changing grind size
    • bellows tend to blow the fresh grounds everywhere, especially the fines at the end
    • as a leftie, the switch is in an irritating position














  • Most welcome, and really enjoying this thread for recommendations myself. Others I’ve been to in person in the last 12 months now I’ve had to think about it:

    • Origin coffee, Cornwall - fantastic roastery café, very friendly staff.
    • Buxton coffee roasters, Peak District - generally seem to be darker roasts but have some interesting ideas. Sadly doesn’t have a café
    • Foundation coffee, Manchester - used to have a lot more in store than is currently online, not sure what’s going on. Two very nice cafés though
    • ManCoCo, Manchester - white lie, didn’t go myself in person, but friend I was with did to get me a surprise gift as we were <5 mins away. Was a tasty coffee but can’t comment further.

    Places I personally avoid from experience:

    • Chatsworth house restaurant blend - had this in a Christmas hamper for the past few years, goes straight in the bin as it is undrinkably dark for my taste
    • Pippas London - a front for a huge white label coffee distribution warehouse. Coffee was nice enough, but prefer to support small batch roasters.

    Personally I really enjoy the whole going to the roastery and seeing what they have, trying a few things out etc, so I’m heavily biased towards what’s available to me locally. I’ve got The Nocturn to try when I next run out of Kickback, but as I’ve never tried any I can’t pass any judgement.