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Whilst we have some ideas of how we would like to take Coffee Forums UK forward, we would like to involve the community in any decisions that are made. What features would you like to see introduced on Coffee Forums UK? Please post your suggestions below and at the end of March a poll will be made from the suggestions. The user who suggests the most popular feature will win a CupKozy. All suggestions will be considered but not all can be developed.

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I've been thinking that rather than bore everyone on here with my daily successes, failures and learnings over the coming months, I'm going to stick it in a blog. Day 1 is up now, with an overview of my aims. Feel free to Read/Follow/Share/Comment any time http://haggieslab.blogspot.com/

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to all my friends and fellow coffee drinkers from Coffee Forums. I have just switched my machine ready for the first coffee of the day. I hope everyone has a great day and for those travelling, safe driving.

During October 2010 we anticipate welcoming our 1000th member to Coffee Forums UK a remarkable feat considering we are only just over 2 years old To celebrate we are giving away an Aeropress All registered members who have posted at least once will be entered into a random draw to win this prize Thankyou to everyone who has posted so far! If you've been following Coffee Forums UK for some time but have not yet posted, you'll notice that we are a friendly bunch who like to share our knowledge, and would love to welcome you onboard Posts in the introduction section will count towards entry into the prize draw There is no cash prize or alternative If the prize remains unclaimed after 28 days another members name will be drawn It's as easy as that! Thanks for being such fantastic members of Coffee Forums UK You can help spread the word by pointing your coffee drinking friends and work colleagues to Coffee Forums UK, by tweeting about us, or simply talking about Coffee Forums on Facebook

Hello everyone Am Portia and am new in the group, looking forward to learning and sharing........

I know we have a good number of cycling fans and cyclists on Coffee Forums UK, along with a healthy level of visitors from cycling forums too I'm sure a fair few of us will be watching the ITV4 #tdf highlight show each evening that racing takes place - whether sat on a turbo trainer or in the comfort of the sofa or your favourite chair Maybe you'll be enjoying it over a coffee Today started with a number of surprises so this thread is to talk about #tdf13 My wife and I support different teams - for me it's about Team Sky's performance, whilst she whoops and hollers when Orica Greenedge is in the action (or mentioned) So, who do you support, and who would you like to ride with (or have ridden with) Are you a recent convert or have you been following since Eddie Mercx days (or even before)?

Hi folks After lurking for a bit I wanted to jump in and start posting myself. It's great to find a passionate UK community and I'm looking forward to learn a lot - both for personal enjoyment and to help develop what my partner are hoping to start off as a weekend / hobby coffee business into something full time. See you in the threads! -Henry

Christmas is a time for reflection and this year I thought it might be nice for members to nominate or thank a fellow forum member who has helped them enjoy coffee this year, through their time, advice or generosity. We have some really lovely members on Coffee Forums UK and constantly get messages from new members saying how friendly everyone on here is, and how welcome they are made to feel. I look forward to seeing which names pop up over the next few days. I will kick this off by nominating RobD - Super Supporter and 2012 Sponsor who hand delivered a pressure measurement naked filter basket to me. I know several members have benefitted from using this to calibrate their espresso machine.

We're giving away 2 Limited Edition Coffee Forums UK KeepCups To enter; Nominate a member who has helped you out over the past couple of months Please briefly describe why you have nominated that person. I will draw a winner (and may check on the likes tallies for each as well ) and both parties will receive a KeepCup Deadline for entries is 31 January 2014

Hi all, Im fairly new to the world of coffee. Loved drinking it for years but after a visit to a friends house am now looking at my own home set-up. Joined here to check out opinions and advice before spending my hard earned cash. Looking forward to reading everyones views. Cheers

Hello all, I have to be honest and say that the main reason that I joined this forum is to sell my coffee making gear as it was not getting used enough and the other half got bought a pod type machine. The pod machine is clearly not as good, but the convenience does it for me at the moment as we have also got a 5 month old son. Cheers!

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I know you installed Tapulous which is brilliant on the iPhone. However, there is no iPad app for Tapulous. But I found Forum Runner which is really super and runs very well on the iPad. You need to register and download a plug-in to activate it. Any chance? TIA David

We are pleased to announce that member 'MatthewCosta' is the lucky recipient of a CupKozy. To claim, please PM me with your address so that I can send this out to you as soon as possible. Thanks for joining Coffee Forums UK during May! We'll be announcing another winner of a CupKozy in the second week of July.

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We're constantly striving to improve your browsing and interactive experience What new features would you like to see on Coffee Forums UK? Are there other forums that you visit that have something funky that keeps you returning time after time or a feature that adds to your enjoyment? We are open to all suggestions and will consider each option put forward. Please leave your suggestions below, or PM Glenn if you wish to remain anonymous We will not be introducing karma, betting or instant chat mods - but may look at holding scheduled chat sessions in the future, on specific topics - which can be recorded for later viewing.

You may have noticed a few new badges have popped up next to some peoples names in the past few hours. The badges we have introduced are; Admin, Moderator, YYYY Supporter and Super Supporter The Admin and Moderator buttons are assigned by Admin to those who help maintain Coffee Forums UK and keep the site free of spammers The Advertiser and Supporter buttons are in recognition of supporting Coffee Forums UK financially. Advertisers will have their status displayed for the period in which they contribute towards the running costs through banner advertising. Details of advertising rates can be found here Supporter status can be obtained using the Donate link at the top of most forum pages Donations are completely voluntary, yet help to keep the forum free of intrusive adverts. Once a donation has been validated the badge will be assigned. (There is also an option not to display the badge if you wish) Thank you to those who have advertised with Coffee Forums UK or donated over the past few months. We are now reaching a wider audience than ever, and hope to continue to enhance the website month-by-month.

We're always trying to improve your browsing and interactive experience. What new features would you like to see on Coffee Forums UK? We have some ideas we are working on but would like to hear what you would like. If it's feasible gains enough support then there's a good likelihood it will get done. Simply reply with your ideas. The best one submitted and implemented will win a prize too!

A new version of Tapatalk has been installed This brings us up to the latest version, making browsing Coffee Forums UK from mobiles even easier

John from Rugby, just learning the ropes

You can view the page at http://coffeeforums.co.uk/content.php?130-Coffee-Forums-UK-upgraded-to-4.0.6

Phil Wain has reached part four of his fascinating history of speciality coffee in London. It's 2009 and Glenn and the Forum get a well-deserved acknowledgement. The whole article is here, and well worth a read, wherever you live, as the previous parts, but this is the sentence about the mighty Glenn and CFUK: 'This was a time when new coffee enthusiasts used mostly word of mouth, or occasionally my map or Young & Foodish’s top ten coffee list to find new places to explore. Another source was Coffee Forums UK which had been founded in 2008 by Glenn Watson and was beginning to grow.'

Im currently enthused, erm ok, obsessed (!) with watching extractions through my Bottomless portafilter, from the first provocative drips of the rich-dark-honey ..teasing me until they join together to create a flow .....through to the tiger stripping and cone and then the climax of blonding. I find if it looked good then its likely to taste good....most of the time. I keep meaning to get some of these video'd (along with the whole process prior to flicking the switch). Anybody else care to post a few up? This isnt just an excuse for some blatent coffee-p0rn, im hoping it will start conversations going about what a good shot looks like and maybe helps others to improve or refine techniques...nothing like looking up the skirt of a gaggia classic non-bottomless extractions are also encouraged!