This is a list of "some" of the others sites/projects we have at Has Bean we like to call the "Has Bean Empire" please take a look give us some feedback on the other things we do.
A few weeks ago I was on Wine Library TV, drinking and talking wine with Gary Vaynerchuk
I take an in-depth look into all the elements that go into making espresso blends
I went down to see Willie Harcourt-Cooze and see how he roasts his cocoa and we drank some coffee
Getting away from work and down to Penrith for the UK's most talked about festival
Colin Harmon and I decide to create our own coffee fuelled internet video sensation
After an evening of playing with video I came up with this. A bit of fun but I hope you enjoy
Water Never Tasted so Good from Stephen Leighton
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Hello, my name is Stephen Leighton and I am the owner of Has Bean Coffee. My hobbies are coffee, coffee, coffee and occasionally Sunderland football club.
I'm happily married to Sarah and we have a son, who both help in the world called Has Bean Coffee
Every week I review and taste a new coffee, you can watch the videos here or at www.inmmug.com, we also do a subscription so you can taste them with me too
If you are looking for something in particular use our search facility below
Longer written pieces about big events, news and things to come
Read about our new coffees where they come from and how they taste
The day to day of Hasbean and the coffee world
My opinions thoughts and general darkness from my mind
Read about my trips out to origin to meet the farmers who grow our coffee
A chance to sit back and watch rather than reading
The videos I record just for the blog can be watched here, some product reviews, a few features and best of all interviews with great coffee people
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So four minutes seems unusually long for siphon in my experience. Why the long steep time? And, just as important, which pot is that? It’s very nice and a bit more mod looking than the hario or yamas.
It’s the time I’ve always used, it seems to work ok for me. Its a Hario pot, that I’ve really grown to like.
With regards to steep time, there are other considerations to be taken in to account as well such as grind size and dose. Only once you have decided on these can you really start to play with steep times. So for some 3 minutes is fine others 3.30, its all a matter of what tastes best for you and after all Im sure anyone thats reading this will agree taste is the overriding factor.
Anyhows, nice video.
Bang on Gary, the steep was for three mins really when I started to drop, and it completed on four mins.
But your right it comes down to taste. As I say in episode 29 of in my mug, its what works for me. I may do some experimenting with times and grind over the weekend.
Might wanna tighten the screw holding the bottom bulb
On a completely non-steep-time related note, nice choice for the soundtrack. Stripes rock!