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Postby mborkow on Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:04 am

16.5 on a Cremina double basket
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Postby yakster on Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:51 pm

14 g for a La Peppina spring lever 45 mm double (7 g for the single basket)

18 g for a MyPressi Twist gas 58 mm double. I'm considering trending down towards 16 g, but the 18 g shots are really tasty.

I've yet to determine a standard dose for the 51 mm Gaggia Factory manual lever that I just picked up, but I'll probably start at 14 g.
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Postby entropyembrace on Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:03 pm

12-14g on my Pre-Millenium La Pavoni....I can't lock the portafilter in with anything higher.
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Postby malachi on Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:43 pm

whatever results in the shot tasting the best to me.
"Taste is the only morality." -- John Ruskin
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Postby samster on Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:24 pm

EDIT: never mind.
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Postby malachi on Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:31 am

then don't dose 14g
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Postby samster on Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:55 pm

malachi wrote:then don't dose 14g

perhaps i wasn't clear. i don't dose 14g.
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Postby michaelbenis on Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:21 am

entropyembrace wrote:12-14g on my Pre-Millenium La Pavoni....I can't lock the portafilter in with anything higher.


You can always get an Elektra Microcasa a Leva double basket, which takes quite a bit more, up to around 17g. It's an old trick and an effective one, assuming you like higher doses.

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Postby entropyembrace on Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:56 pm

Do I need a bottomless portafilter to use the Elektra double basket?
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Postby homac on Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:30 am

I have often wondered this too. I have been dosing to 18-19 g for a while now and pleased with the results:

Black Cat Espresso 18.5g +/- 94C Quick Mill Alexia & Mini Mazzer E
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