Beginner's experience with Flair - Page 2

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SunSurfH2o
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#11: Post by SunSurfH2o »

mjosephm08 wrote:Hey! I bought the Flair about two months ago and have been wondering the same thing...tamper provided is pretty cheesy and not great, but I also get sputtering from time to time, not sure if it's from over tamping (I feel like I put a lot of pressure on it). But then if I don't tamp that hard I feel like the pressure is very little and the pull gives me a less thick style espresso.
I have the steel tamper and use it exclusively but when I was filming my review I stuck with the plastic tamper and had no trouble achieving great results. You might consider, though, making a base as I have to help stabilize the PF while you apply more tamp pressure
Andrew

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