Thanks. Yes, it was pretty bad and scary for quite a while. The cardiologists gave up after 9 days of in the hospital and said it likely was a virus. They said it likely was not the Pfizer COVID vaccine that I last had 9 months earlier. IMO, the vaccine does have strong possibilities of being

No. Non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and not related to coffee, caffeine, cholesterol or anything else the medical industry knows can cause this. They simply do not know what caused my issue. BTW, it wasn't COVID either. But they applied a standard cocktail of medications, improved my diet slightly and g...

A little under two years ago I had a medical problem that stopped all my coffee consumption until recently. At the time I stopped, I could have experienced headaches. But I had other issues which masked any/all minor symptoms that I could blame on lack of caffeine. As a year past, I really did not n...

I'd love to help, but I think Gary would be MUCH closer to work with. I'm over in Massachusetts

Very cool thread. Thankyou Gary and Esteve for doing and sharing all this. If I didn't already have a bunch of projects, I might get myself some of the sensors you are using and rig them up to my North 1K drum roaster. It runs on propane, where the gas exhaust does go through the beans and

Is LF the Espresso Parts LF1460101? If so, the photos on espresso parts website are confusing. Several look to be deeper with steeper walls like the old style LM, but there is one photo that shows a profile like the new style LM. I ordered a VST-7 and a Tidaka medium funnel (thanks to google transla...

Thanks! I'm quite sure I had enough coffee to prevent my 58mm tamper from touching down on tapered walls. I have a convex 58mm tamper that I can try. Maybe with a few different dose experiments it will dial in closer to a 15-18gm basket taste. This post is almost 3 years ago. Do you think

Recently I ordered a precision Marzocco single basket from Marzocco website and got the new style (F.3.053) which my 41mm tamper does not work with. I intended to get the older style that is deeper with straighter walls, but failed to review "7 gram single shot?? Mission impossible!". Note: the phot...

GDM528, I tend to be a looker and analyzer as well. Below are my observations: I found Chert (post #8) profile very close to Michael (#14) profile throughout the roast. But Chert/Michael, Andrews(#20) and Gary's(#33) are quite different. Probably the most significant is the change in BT across devel...

Can you put your basket on a scale when tamping with both to determine any differences in force?