What's On

What's On

 Intermediate Home Barista Workshop May 29th 3:30pm-7:0pm
with Hazel De Los Reyes

Rare opportunity to dive into the intricacies of espresso making. Is it an art or a science? fine tuning both your routine and appreciation with this workshop held only every 6 months for the more advanced Home Baristas. Few spots are still available! to find out more or enroll, click here....

Monthly Lucky Draw for new subscribers, win $30 online voucher!

Each month we will draw one name out of all new subscribers that had agreed to receive our Newsletter. The lucky winner for February, who won $30 voucher to spend on any products from our online shop, is Patricia Roche! congratulation Patricia! To sign up as a subscriber and enter  our lucky draw, please click here.

Shop Roaster’s Name Announcement – The ‘Bambino’

Thanks for all of you who sent us fantastic names for the new member of our team, our orange shop roster. The decision was hard! We've finally settled on 'Bambino', considering its size and the strong affection we have for it...Rad Funiok is the happy winner of our Roaster’s name draw. Don’t forget Rad to pick up the first kg Roasted by the 'Bambino'! 

Buy in Di Bartoli and get more frequent flyer points with your Amex!

We now accept American Express online! Have your next espresso machine upgrade purchased with your Amex card and top up your Qantas Frequesnt Flyer points for your next holiday! 

 

 

Otto Coffee Maker Road Test Review

 Di Bartoli has teamed up with Craig from OTTO to put the OTTO to the test, examining whether OTTO as a stove top can produce espresso style coffee? Can it generate Crema? Does it bring out a balanced flavour and significant body in cup? The result was quite surprising! Operating the Atomic Reproduction, the La Sorrentina for quite some time now, I’ve come to expect a relatively thin Crema, mild body, and a better flavour from single origin bean than from any rich espresso blend. We’ve compared coffee from OTTO and Rancilio Silvia, using Ethiopian Limmu single origin, same grinder, and same grind. We were expecting significant difference in aroma, taste, body and after taste.

The results were as follows: it took couple of shots from both makers to fine tune grind and get decent extraction, however at the 3rd trial, we’ve experienced flat Aroma, medium to light body with woody-chocolate like notes and bitter finish in the Silvia, while with the OTTO we’ve came across a grass-like / fruity aroma, similarly light body and a much cleaner finish. None has presented the well known strong aroma and full body of the Limmu, yet none had disappointed with the delivery of aroma and after-taste. Examining milk steam and pressure, we have used full cream milk with 400ml jug for both makers. Both have generated great silky, smooth textured microfoam. Overall, our Latte with the Silvia was a dash stronger, as the heavier body cut more successfully through the milk, although the espresso with the OTTO seemed to have produced a more distinctive aroma and extracted more delicate flavors in the coffee. Being less ‘muddy’, it had a cleaner finish that left a slightly more pleasant aftertaste in our mouths.

It may not be as fast as the Silvia (7-8 min on the stove vs. 15 min heat up time and 1-1.5min espresso making time), but the OTTO certainly presents a much longer-lived, lower-maintenance and more esthetically appealing contestant to the Silvia or any other traditional-head, commercially oriented single boiler machine in the market today, particularly if you enjoy only 1-2 cups of coffee per day.