Cut & paste from Skype chat:

Jonathan Goldsworthy 29/05/2011 22:09 

thanks again for the coffee, i am on to the yellow bourbon which is delicious. its really good some of the best that i have had of late for sure 

31/05/2011 22:02 

you were so right about tamping as well. i am getting a much better and more consistant coffee now by measuring the amount of coffee that goes in and hardly tamping at all