What am I doing wrong? [videos] - Page 9

by **cannonfodder** on Sun May 06, 2007 8:51 pm

You cant really damage the burrs by having them touch. The cutting edges are recessed and never come in contact with each other. When I had my Jr grinder apart, I reset the number color so zero was zero, or very close to it. It really does not matter; the scale is just a reference mark for making adjustments.

Those burrs do look a bit battered and your improved results do suggest that was part of your problem.

Here is what the adapter looks like when it is put together.

by **ozzyymclaren** on Mon May 07, 2007 3:32 am

Thanks again Cannonfolder. I unscrew the spouts from my portafilter and see that... there is no way to screw a gauge...
thanks anyway...

by **roadman** on Mon May 07, 2007 6:08 am

ozzyymclaren wrote:I've ordered espresso clasico blend from Paradise Roasters. But the shipment took 80 $, because the shipment method. They have only one shipment method available for me right now, maybe the other shipment methods will be available soon and they will be cheaper. I'll order some beans from Has Bean today. Thanks DC for your bean advice, I will put them on my shopping bag today.

Hasbean has some great beans, they ship promptly and shipping is much cheaper. The same goes for HB sponsor Caffe Fresco. I've ordered from both and been very pleased with the product, price, attention to detail and customer service.

When everything lines up the beans arrive 4-5 days after roast. The only glitch is getting the beans through customs. When things get screwed up at customs the beans can sit there as long as 3 1/2 weeks before they're delivered, at which point the only thing they're good for is compost. Hopefully that will not be your experience but I thought you ought to be alerted to that possibility.

Good luck with coffee adventure. The initial learning curve can be steep, but stick with it, it will get better.
Jon

by **cannonfodder** on Mon May 07, 2007 10:49 am

ozzyymclaren wrote:I unscrew the spouts from my portafilter and see that... there is no way to screw a gauge...

Drag.

by **ozzyymclaren** on Mon May 07, 2007 11:12 am

cannonfodder wrote:Drag.

sorry ı can't understand what you want to mean...
:roll:

by **hgs** on Mon May 07, 2007 12:11 pm

ozzyymclaren wrote:sorry ı can't understand what you want to mean...

here's one i know i can get right

from the urban dictionary

An unwelcome situation; a hardship;

You have to drive all the way uptown to get him? Man, that's a drag.

by HB on Mon May 07, 2007 12:35 pm

ozzyymclaren wrote:I've ordered espresso classico blend from Paradise Roasters. But the shipment took 80 $, because the shipment method.

$80?!? If USPS doesn't ship to your town, then I you're out of luck for reasonable shipment prices from US roasters. UPS will happily charge you an arm and a leg. When in doubt, contact the roaster. They'll confirm the shipping prices (Miguel at Paradise Roasters said he handles lots of overseas orders).

ozzyymclaren wrote:I unscrew the spouts from my portafilter and see that... there is no way to screw a gauge...

You can install a permanent gauge similar to the temporary one I posted a couple pages back, or get a male coupler to adapt your portafilter. A plumbing supply store would have the necessary bits to connect point A to point B.

by **Jasonian** on Wed May 09, 2007 7:36 pm

ozzyymclaren wrote:I know there are some problems with this extraction, there is some channeling, shot took a little bit longer, I must cut a bit earlier. But this is the best thing I had these days. Tiger striping can be more. And it tastes good. Not so bitter, not so acidic. Not best but it's a good starting point I think.

[gvideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7876884043170285960[/gvideo]

I would have cut that a lot earlier than you did. Somewhere around 22seconds.

by **cannonfodder** on Wed May 09, 2007 8:55 pm

ozzyymclaren wrote:sorry ı can't understand what you want to mean...

Sorry.

How about, that is a very unfortunate circumstance.

Like that feeling you get when you unscrew the spouts from your portafilter just to find out that you don't have a threaded end to put a gauge on.

by **jesawdy** on Wed May 09, 2007 10:08 pm

HB wrote:.... or get a male coupler to adapt your portafilter.

Dan, I don't follow? The standard Cimbali PF has no threads... male or female. I've considered making some terrible contraption out of a spare basket that I can use in my bottomless portafilter, epoxying all the holes shut and mounting a threaded adapter and gauge, etc, similar to construction of the Scace (version 1) device. You might could do something similar with standard Cimbali PF (not bottomless), but it would have to be pretty small outside diameter tubing and a pain to adapt a bunch fittings, etc.

You CAN purchase the Cimbali pressure reading portafilter (ouch, $, if you're friendly with your Cimbali rep you might borrow one?)... and you CAN purchase a more traditional portafilter that will fit La Cimbali and has male threads.

Teeing in a temporary (or permanent) gauge as Dan suggested previously, looks better all the time.


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