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- April 16th, 2024, 5:44 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 10
- Views: 414
Any Benefit to Slow Grind Speed
Hope you are enjoying your new grinder! But 10000rpm and 10s? Just to set the record straight: the "Sette" runs at 650 rpm and (in my kitchen) grinds an espresso dose in 4-5s
- April 15th, 2024, 5:32 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 5
- Views: 227
War or No War, Ukrainians Aren't Giving Up Their Coffee
Thanks Craig, forgot about the paywall
- April 15th, 2024, 1:59 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 5
- Views: 227
- April 15th, 2024, 11:04 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 176
Inconsistent extractions on Breville Bambino Plus
Hi Vince, and welcome to H-B. Consistency is important in espresso. It's worth some time and effort finding out why your extractions are so variable. "Here" is a simple test that might help you diagnose the problem. Like the previous posters, let me encourage you to get a 0.1g scale. In addition, 18...
- April 14th, 2024, 3:35 pm
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 12
- Views: 260
Help with spritzers- puck prep
What beans and what basket? Same results if you change these?
- April 8th, 2024, 11:34 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 3
- Views: 163
Running a Decent DE1PRO on a 15amp Circuit
I'm sure you can find plenty of good reasons not to buy a DE1. But this is not one of them
- April 8th, 2024, 1:00 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 18
- Views: 455
To plumb or not to plumb, THAT is the question!
This is clearly your decision but... is there a reason why you're choosing the Mini over the Micra? The Micra is $2K less expensive, more kitchen friendly (lighter, smaller footprint), fast warmup time, and overall seems a better fit. You can run it from the water reservoir and then plumb later if n...
- April 2nd, 2024, 10:54 am
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Unripe fruit taste/feeling
Could also be astringency
- March 31st, 2024, 7:55 pm
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 31
- Views: 726
Water, no scale? no corrosion? For reservoir espresso machines
Well, everything is optional. But a bit of bicarbonate buffer is a good idea, to keep pH within reasonable bounds. Tastewise, "Scott Rao" suggests that "Alkalinity is - by far - the single most important factor in how water chemistry will affect coffee flavor." I've been using sodium bicarb (baking ...
- March 31st, 2024, 5:26 pm
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 31
- Views: 726
Water, no scale? no corrosion? For reservoir espresso machines
To their credit, "TWW" has been forthcoming about packet makeup:{table}Most recipes use potassium or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) for the bicarbonate buffer, and magnesium sulfate (epsom salt) for magnesium. I haven't seen magnesium bicarbonate but it probably could be used