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I've mostly been quietly reading up here, and have built out a really wonderful kit based on a Cafelat Robot, a LIDO-E hand grinder, and now a just-arrived Niche Zero grinder. I'm overall still fairly new to espresso brewing, and wanted an easier way to keep an eye on...
I invested a lot of time and effort in the last few weeks to film a video tutorial showing in detail the modification of an inexpensive Air Fryer with a drum into an Artisan-controlled Coffee roaster. I filmed this in german as it was for the mostly german...
I have read the sticky over thread in this forum, what the newbie videos (all featuring very precious informations ! Thanks for that ! :D ), made some research, but there is something I have found but should be quite basic.
When the flow is a bit too fast (and you don't want to...
For a given espresso, what would be the expected difference in taste if an espresso is brewed at 1:1 (or 1:2 or whatever) over 18 seconds vs the same recipe over 45 seconds? Is this really down to the taste differences only of how finely coffee is ground?
I have compiled a list of specs from some vintage machines.
I am unsure if they are the same specs as were fitted as original equipment...but I know that they all work well.*
*I haven't used the Club yet. It is still in pieces awaiting metal polishing.
I have had my rocket appartamento for almost 2 months. I am able to get 18g in an about 40g out by timing the shot. If I go by flow color, 18g yields about 54g out. Is this normal? I want to get the technical aspects down so that I can start fine tuning by taste.
