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The Newbie Introduction to Espresso series of videos was created specifically for those new to making espresso at home. In addition to watching these videos, I strongly urge newbies to spend an evening with the site's Recommended Reading outlined in the FAQs and Favorites Digest...
Well, this is almost embarrassing, since getting a naked PF my confidence in my espresso skills has taken a hit. :oops:
When extracting the shot it's not uncommon for a patchy extraction across the bottom of the PF and none of the espresso porn cone development to occur....
For over a year, I've been dialing my Lelit Elizabeth and Baratza Vario. I'm partial to chocolate bombs and love Blue Bottle's Hayes Valley. I dialed in the grind setting, dose, timing, etc and consistently pulled just the right ristretto. Then a few months ago, the pulls...
So I've been experimenting with espresso for the past two years. I don't know if I made that much progress, but I'm not giving up. I used to have a gaggia classic pro, but I tried adding a PID to it and I had complications. Anyway, I sold it and now I have a Lelit Anna 2 with...
Please advise on how I should correct my espresso making.
Tried grinding between grind size 14 to grind size 4 on my breville smart grinder pro but it didn't seem to slow the shot down at all or help with channeling (worried about clumping).
This will be my first post on this forum as I'm a relatively new member. I just joined in June as I've gone down the home espresso road, and was looking for info on all sorts of topics. I found this site had a wealth of knowledge that helped me along the way.
I am curious how people are using their Lunar. After the last firmware update there are six modes. I use Mode 1 for weighing single doses for my jars, and Mode 4 for my espresso. Curious what others are using in their workflow.
