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Hope you all are enjoying your morning coffee. Wish I could say the same. Sigh...
My upgrade from the Rocky & Silvia kiddie pool has been challenging. I have a new Lucca M58 machine and a new Mahlkonig K30 Vario grinder. After a week the brewing switch on the Lucca...
Did you ever feel that:
Why can't i get the perfect shot every time by following the golden rule ?
That's because the coffee formula was incomplete.
We need to find all the brewing factors.
Combine them to make the formula complete.
Then we will get good espresso every time....
I don't hang out here too much except when I need a new toy. :) But I had been working against the 2 oz in 25 - 30 seconds thing for a double. But now I read a double is about 32 grams out of 18 grams of coffee. The brew chart here:
I have been reading on this great forum for a while now and I finally decided to join the community. I am looking forward for any and all additional knowledge. I have a Silvia M and Vairo grinder combination. My question is once a grinder is dialed in, will...
It seems like every week I have a different problem. :cry:
I recently noticed that my shots were blonding faster than normal on a Profitec 700. Depending on the coffee and dose I never see any sign of blonding till about 27-30 seconds into the extraction. The first part of the...
So, starting with a clean grinder and a known good, properly working espresso machine at 9 bar and 93c (200f) brewing temperature, properly mineralized water, dosing and grinding that will pull a double shot measured by weight in 25-30 seconds, can the *quality* of the grind...