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- 40 minutes ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
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7g VST/LM Single Shot Basket Tips
Hope you're enjoying yourself. I go with 15 grams (2:1 ratio) out unless the roast is very light. I'm less worried about shot time than making sure the stream is really transparent by the time I get to 15 grams -- I want maximal extraction
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
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First Upgrade: Breville Dual Boiler, Lelit Elizabeth, Profitec Pro 300 or Lelit Mara X (Europe)?
Hi. Im in the exact same situation as you - wanting to upgrade my Barista Pro to a dual boiler machine. I have been looking at Elizabeth and BDB. Really like the look of Elizabeth over the BDB, but the price is almost 20%higher here. Did you make a choice? What did you go for?
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 29
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Turin DF83 V2 Drifting Zero
@ Jeff - See OP. This thread is about drifting zero point on DF83. My post is a short term solution to this. Interestingly even Mythos commercial grinder has this issue. {link} A painful read but insightful --- {link}
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
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Green Coffee Exchange
If you're sending a message, please don't clutter this thread with an announcement "I've sent a message to you." Thanks
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Turin DF83 V2 Drifting Zero
never mind
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
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Mobile or hotel room brewing?
None of other things in your hotel room goes into your digestive tract unless you have poor hand hygiene, the problem I think your missing is that there heat resistance bacteria and spores, there some that can handle 120 degrees C bacteria that are found in peoples under garments. Electric kettles aren't made to sterilise meaning you can get potential
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
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Dull, flat flavour with V60 and 1Zpresso SP6
A quick update after putting into practice all the suggestions received. I brewed some Geisha beans, very light roasted (2/5 roast level), and other Ethiopian ones, also light roast. Water temperature 92 *C (197.6 F) soft water, grinding as fine as 3.4 to 3.6 on the SP, following Hoffman's 1 Cup V60 recipe. And indeed the results were
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34
7g VST/LM Single Shot Basket Tips
this is a good read if you haven't seen it already. "What's the best single basket."
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 14
- Views: 369
Olympia Cremina lever questions after group gasket replacement
Thanks! I'll absolutely pick up some fresh beans as you suggest for future efforts, this is encouraging!
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 29
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Turin DF83 V2 Drifting Zero
Maybe I missed something. Why are you intentionally heating up your grinder? Not only isn't it a commercial duty machine, but heating up burrs is known to be a problem