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@mashton @almacenamiento68 underdosing an Italian old school 7 gram?!

Aw, thanks @mashton. Always a pleasure! Even if I can't always chat properly...(also, there's a bag of your requested beans waiting for ya! I'm not in tomorrow, but in the rest of the week!)

Really good to see you @slamm! Soon, soon for sure. Perhaps south's Monday?!

@Cazakstan (+ a crew, sorry guys!) in East Dulwich earlier. I was gonna wave, but was in full bus wanker mode... You guys doing laps or something?

Out tonight, I'm afraid!

Saint espresso is a good bet in Islington.

It was really great to see everyone last night, it's been way too long!

Yup. We all tried them on, an then left them behind the bar so they should be there for you to pick up!

Yesssssssss! Revive souths!

You used to be able to get them in Whittards? Or make your own! Heh.

Me and @hillbilly are planning to drop by tomorrow. It's been way too long!

Yup, we sell Upper Cups at Brooklyn. It's great as it's double walled, so will keep the coffee warmer. However the lid is more like a takeaway lid, with no closure at all, so the dregs problem is worse, if anything.
I've got one of the glass keep cups and don't find leaking to be a problem? I don't know if it's the newer lid design. I wouldn't put a full coffee in my bag, but dregs seem fine, and I use it a lot to transport yogurt/fruit breakfast (on foot, not by bike)

Awww, work-blocked on both counts :( is there something I can sign up to, to find out when the next accreditation sessions are? (Sorry if this is easily findable somewhere...utfs, right?!)

@clefty I too have a Goth golf snap, I'll send it over...

Any more sessions in the pipeline? I really want to have a go! I haz bike/helmet/pads (courtesy of jimbilly!) but I've never ridden bmx track before...

Oh, and cake recipe:
Oven @ 180 degrees. I used an 8x12" tray (would probably do 2 loaf tins?)

Basic sponge:
400g self-raising flour
200g caster sugar
300ml soy milk (I used almond this time, and have used hazelnut in the past)
200ml vegetable oil
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
squeeze lemon juice (I often omit this, doesn't seem to make too much difference!)
1tsp vanilla essence

Sift flour & sugar into a large bowl.
In a measuring jug, mix milk & oil, and add bicarb & lemon juice.
Pour liquids into dry ingredients, mix until smooth.
Pour into tin(s), bake until cooked (usually around 20-30 mins, depending on the tin).

I added chocolate drops & raspberries, but you can customise however you wish. Substitute some flour for dry ingredients (eg: to make chocolate cake use 350g flour, 50g cocoa) and wet ingredients for the milk (I've added a bit of orange juice in the past). It's a pretty forgiving recipe, I usually just chuck in whatever I have on hand! I'm yet to make a bad one (even the time I forgot to add the sugar....)

I went to look up the golf place to send a link to a friend today, and it's not even the only one in London?! There is one in New Malden which looks pretty killer....only 10 miles from Peckham, so if anyone fancies some more dino funtimes, I'm totally in...

in! best day ever!

@clefty I'm not on the forum much outside of pets & coffee... But this sounds like my kind of day, so keep me in the loop please!

http://www.beanhunter.com/united-kingdom/greater-london/london/southwark/flying-coffee-bean-denmark-hill

I've been recommended this: http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/grindz-grinder-cleaner-430g but not used it myself.

There is some water retention by the coffee grounds (something like 2.2g/g coffee I think, but I can't remember off the top of my head) so I imagine trying less coffee? The aeropress is usually only good for one cup for me though, at a precarious push I can fit around 240g water...

Just on my way home from the Barista Guild of Europe's first barista camp, and it was fucking awesome! I volunteered, and it was crazy hard work, but super fun and met so many awesome people. Lots of cool kit. If I never see another cupping bowl, it will be too soon....

I'm assuming it means natural processed coffee vs washed/pulped etc... Sorry if I missed the obvious jokes, blame jet lag...

@Riffraff27 the London coffee app is well worth buying, updates regularly and you can search by proximity. Otherwise, Kaffeine is a good bet, Prufrock, any of the Workshops (my fav is Fitzrovia, but Clerkenwell has a great food menu too), Mother's Milk & either of the Curators are also good... I'm sure I've missed many!