I’m still mostly playing with my espresso machine, but I did do a couple pour overs too. I’ve got new beans from a roaster in Quebec, they’re a lot darker and more oily than I was expecting but they’re pretty good for espresso. My pour overs are with a bean from a New Brunswick roaster and are more of a medium roast.

For equipment, I’ve been thinking a lot about grinders lately. My current grinder really is barely fine enough for espresso and I want to get a proper espresso grinder but we’ll see. I’m leaning towards a DF54 at the moment. dfgrinders.ca sells them with an upgraded red titanium burr set that seem well reviewed but I don’t know who makes the burrs.

I was thinking DF64 so I had the option for SSP in the future, but I don’t know if I really want to spend an extra $250 for the thought that I might spend another $250 after that for something I’m not even sure I’ll appreciate the difference with. The DF54 is really attractive due to the price, and while the DF64 is a really good price for 64mm flat burrs, I’m not sure it’s worth the extra cost for the extra 10mm. We’ll see though, I’ve still got lots of research to do yet.