Ah, so it's supposed to be soggy? This makes sense as I don't know what else I could do! Also changed my output to 16g, thanks for weighing in

Copy that. I am having fun! I adjusted my weight to 16g this morning based on your encouragement. Took about 5-7s for the first drops then a nice stream by 15s if I remember and done by 25s. Tasted great but I'll watch the stream closer. I was focused on the fact someone in my family took the last of

Good morning! After another almost perfect pull with my Cremina, I felt the need to muse about your problems. First, you're in Washington State? Could you locate someone who owns a Cremina for a demonstration of proper technique. When I started I was tutored by a couple of HBers in the Chicago are to get that special touch for

They are going to be very similar but it is easier to pull a higher pressure shot on the flare so if you are typically doing higher like over 9 bar shots they may run slightly different as I would typically run my robot shots 7 or 8 bar well on the f-58 more often I would do 9bar

My LM quite often seems to turn off at what I assume is the "power saving" timeout despite me either being mid-use or just after I have finished. Is this intended behaviour? I assumed that if I interacted with the machine at all it would reset that timeout

Personally I pay no attention to having to reach a certain time, volume or yield. No form of measurement will trump taste/texture and with espresso the variables are really constantly changing, so don't overthink it

Does someone else here has a lot of connectivity problems with the La Marzocco Lunar scale? Every 2-3 days when I put my Linea Mini out of stand by modus (with the app) the scale will not connect anymore with my machine. To connect the scale again it's also trial and error. Sometimes it's helping to shut down my

But if I simply adjust the grind finer, I will end up with too little yield at the end (my quantity is ok 18g in, 36g out, in 30 seconds). So therefore I am guessing I need to probably try grinding finer and also putting less than 18g in the portafilter. I will have a play today and see the

So my scales arrived today... broken! Guess I'll have to wait a little longer Meanwhile, my DeLonghi beans just finished and I'm looking for a new batch. I know the taste is up to personal preference, but in regards to freshness: what should I be looking out for? Should I avoid big name branded bags?

Traditional Italian coffees tend to be very easy to extract and often don't taste their best even at a 1:2 ratio. If you extract at over that, you're potentially getting more bitter and nasty than a well balanced shot would have. Using a 7 g basket doesn't change this. Pucks are always soggy during extraction. A soggy puck mainly