the local producer
the coffee expert
Jane Somper
The co-founder of Goldhill Organics. They deliver
fresh veg and local artisan produce right across
Dorset in their award-winning box scheme.
www.goldhillorganics.co.uk
The GroCycle Mushroom Kit
28
The Sourdough Bread
Making Kit
Emmanuel Hadjiandreou is one of
the best known names in bread
making. And his book How To Make
Sourdough takes you on a journey from mixing your first sourdough
starter through to becoming a sourdough expert. In this Sourdough
Bread Making Kit (£39.50), packaged together are some key bread
making tools: a scoring blade for the perfect cut and a beautifully risen
loaf, a cane banneton to make your loaf beautiful, and a dough scraper
to work with the dough itself. Plus, of course, a Le Parfait jar to keep
your starter happy.
www.souschef.co.uk
Simply place some butter in the coddler
(£8.95), break an egg, add to your taste:
cheese, smoked salmon, cream, ham. Cook
in a water bath in the oven and minutes later
you have a lightly cooked egg. Typically,
the egg is served in the coddler. Made of
porcelain with a metal lid.
www.divertimenti.co.uk
Giles, the founder of Reads Coffee Roasters,
has worked with large café operators like Pret A
Manger and now roasts some of the world’s finest
coffee beans in his beloved Probat machine.
www.readscoffee.co.uk
Single Cup Filter Cone and Papers
Grow your own gourmet oyster mushrooms at home from recycled
coffee grounds with the super-easy Mushroom Grow Kit (£16).
GroCycle start the process off at Urban Mushroom Farm by mixing
recycled coffee grounds with oyster mushroom spawn under ideal
conditions. They then ship a kit out to you for the fun part! All you have
to do is cut a hole in the bag, spray it with water, then harvest two
weeks after opening.
www.grocycle.com
The Egg Coddler
Giles Dick-Read
In any form, be it plastic or china. Plastic
actually wins for me as it's unbreakable and
doesn't take too much heat out of the brew.
This is the purest and simplest way to brew
a fantastic cup, wherever there's hot water!
I would put the Bialetti moka pot in as a
close second 'essential' for when I want a
heavy hit.
Scales
A set of simple, digital, kitchen scales.
For weighing out the correct coffee
dose. Essential for consistency and, once in
the habit, much simpler than forgetting how
many scoops, how full etc.
Grinder
Lastly, a good grinder. Whether a hand
grinder for £20 or a top-of-the-range electric burr grinder for £200,
there is no substitute for freshly ground beans. Beans keep much
better than ground coffee, and freeze well too. Getting the grind right
for the method of brew is essential – coarse for cafetière, mid-fine for
filter and fine for espresso or moka pot.
We'll be offering a couple of 'Perfect Coffee Kit' Christmas gift packs.
The first with Bialetti Single Cup Filter and papers, a set of scales and
a ceramic burr hand grinder, with beans, of course. Second, with a
Bialetti moka pot and associated scales/grinder. We can also make up
gift packs to order, including a range of coffee brewing paraphernalia.
Go to www.readscoffee.co.uk for more details.
www.menu-dorset.co.uk