Links to Coffee information

Links to searches of eBay for specific items or class of items:

Links to forums dedicated to good coffee:

  • Coffee Geek, a somewhat uptight, moderated web site.
  • The site owner of Coffee Geek has a personal page about coffee, Coffee Kid, of some interest to the coffee enthusiast.
  • Google supports an archival of Usenet newsgroup, alt.coffee, a free-wheeling, & somewhat anarchist, site for the coffee enthusiast.
  • Espresso! My Espresso!, a site by Randy Glass that is loaded with deep insight into improving the coffee making processes.

Links to retail sites that offer excellent value plus free advice:

Coffee roasting the one area where alterations to your dialed-in variables don't have to result in problems. The different single origin coffees from Central & South America, Asia, Africa, Hawaii, Caribbean Islands, and elsewhere, have distinguishing qualities that make each regions coffee beans truly unique and even within countries there is a huge difference between individual farms. Sweet Maria's offer the best quality green beans available and at very reasonable prices. Their site also has tons of reviews, opinions, how-to guides, and other useful information.

Jim Gallt didn't start the PID craze for espresso machines, and he's not the only vendor putting together PID kits for the DIY'er. What MLG Properties, LLC, offers are complete kits - wiring, fittings, electronics, etc. - and excellent directions, enabling the wrench-head in all of us to succeed in putting a PID conversion in out machine. From the simple to the sublime, Jim offers a kit for every level of obsession.

In every machine's useful life the need for parts sends the owners searching for a supplier. In addition to their well-stocked supply of parts for commercial & home machines, Espresso Parts has an excellent section of tutorials covering everything from a glossary of terms to how to handle water filter maintenance.

Of all the parts suppliers I use, the one most often relied on is Parts Guru. Edward Harris is knowledgeable about every aspect of espresso; machines, grinders, coffee, parts, etc. And Edward is always ready to impart that knowledge to the patient & respectful inquirer.

For commercial machine parts I rely on Cafe Parts. Their prices are the lowest to be found of any of the internet espresso parts suppliers.

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