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Ye gads, sounds genuinely awful. Time to see if you like a high roast methinks. Oh, blooming. That's great, thanks. I'll keep an eye on it to see if it fades with time. Yeah it's audible from several feet away and if you're up close you can see all the little fizzbubbles jumping about 2cm above the surface.

Please tell me if anyone else has experienced this and explain to me why it happens. With some of the best coffees I use from Algerian Coffee Stores, in the Aeropress, they fizz for a few seconds after pressing. A real effervescent fizz that is both visible and audible. I can't imagine why this would happen, but it does.

I don't see Yigracheffe.

ROSSA!

You can move all you want before the start as long as you haven't crossed the sensor and aren't moving when the lights go out.

Ah yes, I see it's the filter paper holder now. I doubt it has another use, apart from being annoying.

Oh, and I also recommend getting a TDS meter @HarryBizzle to find out just how hard your water is and to compare it post whatever filtration system you opt for.

@morcs What's the oddly annoying white stuff over your coffee funnel and why is it there?

Researching water quality factors, what constitutes healthy water, which water is best for coffee and the plethora of filtration systems available is quite the rabbit hole. I spent a few weeks on it and enjoyed it. I'll be interested to hear what you decide. Whilst I wouldn't presume to offer any advice on what systems to look at, I can recommend you start by looking at what your local tap water has in it. I was readily able to find this data online (Scotland).

Leaving Formula Rossa here for future reference.

You know, campachincos

Ha, well I'm very appreciative that you did and some nice links to check out, thank you. Hmm, I'm definitely going to keep the possibility of getting a proper machine on the agenda. Trouble is, the Aeropress seems to make a coffee plenty good enough for me if I use nice coffee and is quick and easy ... but I'm definitely tempted. I kinda like the idea of the ritual of it all.

And because he wasn't moving when the lights went out.

Looks nice in the video I watched. I'm always tempted by one of these type and I'm sure the coffee will be better than through the Aeropress, naturally, but not sure I can handle the extra faff. Do they take a fair bit of cleaning/maintaining?