Hmmm. I am not knowledgeable about baskets...if that is not the stock basket, I would try the one that came with the machine. I believe some of the aftermarket baskets are high flow and more prone to channeling

Another option is to pre-portion beans into either fancy bean tubes or simple centrifuge tubes. They can even be kept in the freezer and ground cold

Its my first machine, its a Profitec Go. So I tried making the grind more course first, and that made the extraction much more bitter, which led me to suspect channeling. Looking at the next extraction with naked portafilter, it had 3 streams of flow and turned very blond on the left of the portafilter and

OP you and I seem to have a similar dilemma. I have a LM Micra. It's been fantastic. I had used a Salvatore for many years, very much like driving an old manual 911, but made great coffee. The LM makes it so much easier to be consistent. Like you, i want push button go and

Last time I checked, the thread asks about philosophy, and when a lever isn't a lever. Last time i checked, function was as much part of philosophy (or science, or any kind of knowledge) as form. Simple definitions, on the other hand, are either just preparatory, or hidden attempts to exercise a specious and unreasoned authority. Let me

Meant to ask...what is the new machine?

Why do you think it's channeling? When my shots are too bitter, it is usually over extraction, so I think grinding finer might hurt instead of helping. Or, the brew water might be too hot. If the machine is new to you, playing with temperature is easy. There is no reason to think

Short backstory: I have a Niche Zero, and up until recently had an HG-1 Prime. I liked to try coffees on both grinders, as sometimes one or the other would really make it shine. The HG-1 is great, but takes up a bit of horizontal space, and has to be near the front of the setup. Also, I really prefer

I had a quick first hand experience with the Philos prototype about a year ago, at the local distributor's lab. They were part of a worldwide testing/feedback group. I was told back then the grinder is to come in 2 months, however it hasn't until now. I have to be honest what I saw back then was a little clunky

So my new espresso machine arrived yesterday afternoon and I have been trying to dial it in, but I am having a hard time. I am working with an 18 gram dose in an IMS Barista Pro 18 gram basket. When my grind size is set such that my 36 gram extraction takes 30 seconds, I get very