A lovely morning at Doma

Went to Doma coffee roasters this morning to play around their new espresso machine.  It was pretty rad and slightly intimidating.  Here are a couple of pictures.

La Marzocco - Strada

Latte from Doma

First Latte at Java this morning.

Coffee from Java Jo's, Day Dreams blend

I recently received, from my good friend Travis Lehman, a fresh pound of coffee from the coffee house that he works at.  Travis works at Java Jo's which is in Berlin, Ohio.  I would like to add that Java Jo's is a lovely establishment that has a desire to make a great cup of coffee which I can attest to.  Upon receiving receiving the coffee, I instantly fired up the LaPavoni and prepped everything for this great opportunity.  The time had finally arrived to try out my recently handcrafted naked portafilter.  (Which I just realized I have not yet posted).  That is to come, so without further to do, here is a small series of pictures displaying the workings of the naked portafilter.

Water is being infused into the coffee

The extraction has started

All the drips have finally clumped together, creating one unison pour, which is what is desired.

The nice color and even flow of the shot, shows the true beauty of the naked  portafilter

The end product which resulted into a latte, of course.  It tasted rather delicious.

Two Lattes for this day.

So today, I got super pumped when about my latte heart at Java, this afternoon.  The customer loved it and later said the drink tasted as lovely as it looked.  What more could I ask for.  So when I came home I cut out the bottom of my portafilter, the processo which might be posted tomorrow.  Anyways the latte that came out of the that experience was gorgeous so I had to post it as well!

First latte poured from the naked portafilter.

LaPavoni meets Java.

Today was a big day for my little espresso maker.  It went to a real coffee shop and made some lattes!  However, none of the lattes where served to any of the customers.  I'm pretty sure that the fist shot pulled was the best shot ever pulled on that machine.  It came out awesome, dark and thick, and it tasted so good.  The only tricky part was timing.  Since we were on the clock, we would sometimes have everything ready to go then a customer would walk in.  Sadly, there was nothing beautiful poured with the little machine that day, but here is one of the cappuccinos that I made.

First Customer of the Day!

Thanks to java and the first customer that i served today. He recieved this beautifully crafted Cappuccino! A little weird looking next to standard latte art, but not half bad.

Check It!

Can you see the Rosetta?!  

Yeah, thanks Java, and whatever customer ordered the latte.

Ya, that's right! two days in a row, can I keep this going?  If anyone is reading this, come in tomorrow for some delicious tastiness!!

Back on the saddle!

Back on the saddle with this mocha I made for my mother

Pulled all the Latte making stuff out!

Ya!!  I can still make some sort of a Rosetta!