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Trying to refine my technique and seem to be steadily improving with BDB and Sette 270. Overall, I am pretty happy with results, but always room to improve.
One thing I have noticed is that my second shot consistently runs faster (6-8...

Hi All,

Hoping you can help me with some quality control...I'm using a BDB and sette wi (setting anywhere from 4-6 with 1 shim installed) and lately, my shots have had an intense bitterness that rushes to the back of my tongue/mouth that...

I have only been making espresso for a couple weeks...so I know very little except that I want to get it right eventually. :-)
However, my espresso changed...it was good and now it's bitter and I changed nothing. So I ran water through the...

We're in Paris finishing dinner right this minute. Having dessert in fact, and ordered up a couple of espressos. We're no strangers to this game. We've been to Paris and Nice dozens (and dozens) of times. We were not and never have...

In my travels looking for ways to clean my clogged portafilter basket, I came across this post and tried it. It worked, but I'm wondering, are there any long-term consequences to this approach?

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Hello everyone,

I was hoping to post this a little bit later, but my last try to fix my espresso didn't work and now I need help :oops:

This text will be a little bit longer, so the short version is:
Too much coffee,
Too much...

Hello! Looking for some help with adding texture into my milk. I'm currently using the Breville BES840XL/A the Infuser and I get almost exclusively hot, thin milk.

I've been watching howto videos on youtube and have tried quite a few...