Basic Routine Questions - Page 3

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#21: Post by OK31 »

lancealot wrote:Mostly, I do a double shot for each drink. 30-40 grams.

I use a 5oz cup for caps and an 8oz cup for lattes. I use the Lino cups from Notnuetral. They cost too much. It took some convincing but I bought them and I am very very happy. I bought the ones from inteligencia. They are the same price and I like the red stripes.

Most people around here say that when people get used to consuming these drinks, in traditional portions, in nice porcelain, in the comfort of your home, they like them better than the larger milk to espresso ratios we are used to being served in many shops. My wife and I agree. My friends and family say it is great and ask about how I got the heart on top.

Every once in a while, I got to wake up at 5 and drive for 2 hours. In that case make a quad shot (2 double shots) latte with 12 oz milk in my 16oz Yeti to-go cup. This morning I was groggy. Quad shot americano with about 10oz of water in the same Yeti came to work with me.
Awesome and thanks for the cups tip. Will check them out. I have 8oz but they aren't your traditional cap/latte shape more conforming throughout but I'm sure the experience changes. The 8oz is perfect I can probably go up to 10 but 12 your just drinking milk if not enough of a shot and then to get enough your diluting so all around blah. Quad shot too much effort ha.

Thanks again!

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TreCime wrote:New Year's resolution meant that I've added WDT to my routine. Previously, I had been getting a visibly good grind distribution, hand tap to level, and tamp. Results were good. However, since adding WDT, I've had to coarsen my grind a bit and am getting noticeably sweeter, more complex shots. Dosing ring makes a vigorous stir easy and clean.

For a typical morning, I purge the grinder and make a small cap. Knock out the puck, quick flush to clean the screen, enjoy the drink. Then, because I like variety, pull an espresso. Eric's thermometer makes temperature management on the e61 HX simple. Again, clean and back flush, then head out the door. Although I purge, I still like to start with a cap (to be on the safe side, so to speak). This keeps up my latte art training and I really like the variety of milk drinks and straight espresso.

When hosting, I'll still WDT (adds little time), but I'll probably leave the scale out of the equation. It's just a bit cumbersome, and the value added is pretty negligible to my routine, since the Ceado is dosing consistently and I end up pulling to the same volume with the same cups using the scale.
Which dosing ring did you get? I'm considering the 30mm tall tidaka. I've got the breville SGP and 30mm would almost completely be contained in the chamber so cleanup of over grind should be non existent. Then I'd need to set timed dosing because the weighing is a bit annoying but I find negligible to overall time.

Which caedo?

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#23: Post by lancealot »

I use the Decent Espresso funnel. It works well. I had to mod it a bit with a Dremel to get it to work with the portafilter holder on my grinder. I don't know if it would work too well with your SGP.

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#24: Post by OK31 replying to lancealot »

Why do you think the SGP would be problematic with it? Height depth?

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OK31 wrote:Which dosing ring did you get? I'm considering the 30mm tall tidaka. I've got the breville SGP and 30mm would almost completely be contained in the chamber so cleanup of over grind should be non existent. Then I'd need to set timed dosing because the weighing is a bit annoying but I find negligible to overall time.

Which caedo?
I'm using the decent espresso dosing ring and am happy with it. The Ceado is the e37s, the edition where you could still adjust the flapper. It makes my mornings very happy.

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#26: Post by lancealot »

Why do you think the SGP would be problematic with it? Height depth?
I think it would interfere with the portafilter cradle - the part of the grinder that holds the portafilter and lets you go handsfree while it grinds. This is just speculation, i might be wrong. If it does interfere, I guess you could just detach and not use the cradle, just hold the portafilter there while it grinds.

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#27: Post by OK31 replying to lancealot »

If I got any of them I believe you are correct it would interfere but if I got the 30mm tidaka if I'm not mistaken there will be just enough room to slip the whole PF and funnel under and the funnel should provide leverage when everything wants to tip out. I may be wrong but like you said worst case I hold it. Decent espresso may be too short to accomplish that. OR I just get a funnel from OE then does into container, mix and transfer to PF. Extra step but a little more controllable?

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#28: Post by OK31 »

So I finally received my 30mm Tidaka ring. WOW it is a beauty, I got the polished inside/out one and the quality is flawless. It fits my BDB 58mm PF nicely. As I was warned it does NOT fit my PF holder on the Breville SGP BUT at 30mm if leaned on something there is just enough space to see the coffee pour yet contain it. Have not used it yet but so excited to try it out.

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