Rocket Mozzafiato. It's a no-brainer. One of the most beautiful and temperature stable machines. Does not require flushing or much of anything. Also holds it's value very well

I don't have access to distilled water but I have access to water bottles that are extremely low in mineral contents (in mg/l: Potassium : 0,22 ; Magnesium : 0,44 ; Calcium 1,7 ; Chlorures : 0,44 ; Sulfates : 2,1 ; Nitrates : 5,2 ; Silice : 4,1 so for a total of 14g dry residue, ph 6 and

Hi, I'm searching for resources and tips on how to learn/train to recognize and differentiate tastes in espresso. Do you have any tips to share?

Can't comment on the Acaso Dream PID but I owned a Rocket Mozzafiato R for about 1 year and it was very reliable and made delicious cup of coffees, it also had a PID, I usually changed the temperature when rotating between light and dark roasts and it worked quite well. I recently got a pressure profiling machine, while I

I'm using IMS E&B superfine basket (the ones with the mesh) for light roast. I'm usually using the 18g basket but I get better tasting shots when using the 20g basket which allows me to grind slighlty coarser but I prefer to use less coffee (less waste of expensive coffees, especially when I'm dialing in)

Can you have access to another grinder or buy some freshly ground coffee (for espresso) from a coffee shop? That could help identify if your grinder is the culprit

I've been using my Eureka Mignon ORO XL for about a year now for espresso, I bought it for 650 euros, I can recommend it. I single dose with it and there is a .1 variation in grams, if I put 18g in, I sometimes get 18.1g out or 17.9g out (there is some exchange of grinds inside the grinder)

Interesting, the website I'm looking at buying from states that the white model comes with the new V2 burrs, but maybe they are on "pre-sale" although they usually indicate when things won't be immediate shipped. I'll send a message to the website to enquire

Artisan v1.9!? Never heard of

Could you post your smoothing settings?