I find the added variability of dynamic weather patterns (in a 4-season locale) + atmospheric changes to be even more intriguing. Both affect the fineness of grind and shot yield in my ~10 years of mucking around with this stuff

Can you tell us more about the taste? Is it bitter, sour, weak? What is it you don't like? That'll help with suggestions

I have an old Bezzera Strega. Recently, when I make the first espresso shot everything goes fine. However, when I make a second shot the water does not come out of the group head, but instead goes to the drip tray. This happens even if the second shot is an empty basket (e.g. with no resistance). Once the machine cools

That makes it sound like a great option for me. I would rather have a grinder that is good for espresso and just ok for pour over. I am more willing to compromise my pour over than my espresso. I would even be willing to grind a bunch for pour over at home before leaving on a trip and only

I'm also in LA and have the parts to fix the most common problem, the power supply dying. PM me if you want

The Skywalker seems to be the best alternative, even though it takes some effort to get it working with Artisan

Right out of the box the dial was perfect for the Flair, I had to go a notch or two finer for the Profitec. I didn't have any problems with the steps, especially when at the price I expected a fair amount of compromise

100% is 5, 75% is 4, etc. down to 0% is 1. I am running 12 oz at 100% and monitoring the temperature to keep from having it shut off at 330, so any time it hits 320 I drop to 75%. I run two batches back to back, since my coffee tin holds the results nicely

But the resolution of each click worked well for making espresso?

I picked up a Chestnut C3 esp for use with a flair for travel. I've only used it about 10 times at home trying out the kit. I must say I was rather impressed with it. I pulled a few shots on my Pro 700 and they were quite good but the shots from it on the