borat123 The Caravel has made a quick 24hr trip from Italy to Dubai. Its still at Fedex but hopefully should be out for delivery tomorrow.
borat123 Jan - It was a pick up from Ebay.. Fedex finally arrived this afternoon. Here's a first look out of the box, wow! It's a work of art! Much smaller than I thought it would be. No damage in transit and I think overall the condition is excellent. With all the stuffing around, delays and communicating via google translate, I thought at one stage I'd done my dough, but it all worked out good in the end.. :thumb: The next job is a clean, replace the seals and then a good polish. (and buy a tamper..) Anyone know if this is single or a double basket? Check out the dinky little portafilter (next to one from the Urania for comparison)
Janlab Stunning! Lucky find indeed. I think a small "from Jan to Jan" present is in order. Will just have to smuggle it into the house! J
galumay Its a good one Stuart, very nice condition and the more desirable model IMO. That is the 'standard' double basket, there is also a smaller single and a very rare, and larger size double.
Brett_H You know I see that coffee shrine and you just have to smile! Top shelf mate and kudos on the resin tamper stand!
borat123 No shot from the Caravel yet. I've still got to do the seals and order a 'mini' tamper. I'm off to Ethiopia in the morning, and back in a week, so will have to pick up where I left off when I'm back. At least I won't be short on good coffee where I'm heading 😉 Might even grab some more beans to add to the stash.
UNM Tamper? Use whatever fits. I started using my caravel with a spice jar as tamper. Shampoo bottles and the like may work. Seals? How do you know they are faulty if you haven't tried it?
Kevohere I received my Caravel from fellow Crema member galumay yesterday and used the "old spice jar" trick for the tamp. It's sitting quite nicely alongside the Witch at the moment, but the "work area" is looking just a little crowded perhaps :question: :coffee: My second shot with the spice jar worked a treat, but, like borat, I will chase up the correct size tamper, just because......... I like to have more coffee stuff :exclaim: :exclaim: :rofl:
UNM My tamper was custom made by my neighbour. Turned to 43.5mm and after polishing came out at 43.4. I reckon you could safely go to 44mm though, unless you dose really low in the basket.
Ol_Grumpy Speaking of 'tamper' and tamper technique, this may stray a touch off topic, but OTH, it may not... Is anyone using/ tried the OE Slap-shot tamping technique? And tamper?
Kevohere Ol Grumpy wrote: Speaking of 'tamper' and tamper technique, this may stray a touch off topic, but OTH, it may not... Is anyone using/ tried the OE Slap-shot tamping technique? And tamper? To quote that well known liked/disliked "want to be politician": "Please explain" :question:
Ol_Grumpy Kevohere wrote: To quote that well known liked/disliked "want to be politician": "Please explain" :question: Ask and you shall receive... http://www.bestcafes.com.au/forum/index.php?topic=5014
borat123 Just ordered a stubby tamper from OE, so won't be needing the spice jar any longer... Also ordered a set of seal removal picks, some Dow 111 and a tube of simichrome (for polishing Bakelite). Off to San Francisco next week.
borat123 Well early this morning I finally got to put the Caravel to good use on camping duty! I had it running off 12V via a 1000W inverter, and it worked a treat. I'm still learning how to use it, but was getting some very nice shots with a slightly coarser grind and just a single pull action with a 3-4second 'pre-infusion'. Here's a couple of pics..
Brett_H Great pics mate! Where is this beach?? :rofl: :stir Seriously good fun by the looks and great coffee too!!
