Chicago HB Get Together XII -- Saturday November 15 - Page 2
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Jim,
Thanks for hosting and providing the salmon and sausage. As before I learned alot with respect to espresso.
Thanks for hosting and providing the salmon and sausage. As before I learned alot with respect to espresso.
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My thanks to everyone who came. Joel had a great time.
Jim Schulman
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Me too.another_jim wrote:Joel had a great time.
I had a coffee that I had dialed in nicely on my E-61, and at the gathering, I could taste it pulled on an unmodified Strega, AND a PID'd Strega. Setting the PID to the roaster recommended temp zapped the resulting pull seemingly into instant balance. I was impressed.
Finally, while John Oliver may be "hostus mostus" on HBO, Jim is hostus mostus for our corner HB.
Trust your taste. Don't trust your perception.
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Hi guys, could you post some meeting notes for the unlucky ones who couldn't attend?
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Allen brought his Strega with a PIDed group heater to compare head to head with my stock one. I had helped a little set it up, and it seemed setting it to the same temperature as the thermostat, 199F, gave the best results, For the get together, I roasted some very light coffees (Esmeralda and Perci Red), pulled at the end of the first crack and meant for brewing, as a work out. The DP Perci Red pulled well on pulled well on both machines, but the Esmeralda only pulled well on Allen;'s with the group was set to 205F. At 199F, it did a better job with a chocolate bomb blend that Gary brought.
The data are too few to be conclusive; but it sure seems that stabilizing and controlling the group temperature may give an edge on performance.
Sherman took time off from his new job to come; he pulled more shots on Allen's machine.
The data are too few to be conclusive; but it sure seems that stabilizing and controlling the group temperature may give an edge on performance.
Sherman took time off from his new job to come; he pulled more shots on Allen's machine.
Jim Schulman