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polyester concept posted:i have a breville espresso machine and a burr grinder but i never know how much grounds to use or how hard to tamp it. i do the finest grind setting (turkish), and somewhere I was told that the compressed puck should be almost solid when done but it never is even if i really put my body weight into pressing it. i can usually just rinse it out with water. the tamper it came with is garbage too. am I doing something wrong or is my machine not strong enough or what. what about the tamper is garbage? if it bugs you you can definitely buy a different one; just make sure it matches the diameter of your portafilter. anyway how much coffee are you putting into the portafilter? classic double shot is probably going to be 19 gramsish. typically for grind size one might start by going forward until the espresso machine chokes on them then dial it back until you’re getting a consistent shot in x amount of time. which baskets are you using? it may have come with both pressurized and unpressurized versions (the former have a single hole visible in the bottom) while you should manage some solidish pucks at some point, you’ll always be able to break up any potential pucks with water; you shouldn’t really dump a lot of coffee grounds down your sink.
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espresso grind is pretty dang fine and not all grinders will be able to achieve it (even with a "turkish" setting). the puck should be pretty dang firm after tamping but it's not a rock. iirc the typical advice is around 15-20lbs of pressure which is substantial but on the very edge of really "putting your weight into it" what problem are you actually experiencing? quick/gushing flow? no flow?
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Oneiros posted:espresso grind is pretty dang fine and not all grinders will be able to achieve it (even with a "turkish" setting). agree with this and tbh it sounds like it’s the biggest problem. the finest setting should be able to block your espresso machine. if the grounds aren’t fine enough your puck definitely won’t have any cohesion (it should be firm enough to knock out in mostly one piece but you could easily break it up).
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Jan 15, 2022 08:57
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puck for espresso should basically be one of these (maybe a little less frangible)
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Jan 15, 2022 10:31
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cinci zoo sniper posted:that said, i have special snowflake taste according to modern sensibilities, so ive been ordering everything vaguely hopeful i can find. basically, i hate sour coffee but can perfectly tolerate a bitter cup, which is precisely the opposite of what 3rd wave coffee people value. we have some genuinely good local roasters here in latvia, but all they sell is yigracheffe, acacia, and geisha, and my coffee taste is like “hungover italian on a wednesday morning, 1974, colourised” i feel like you need to get on naturally processed santos and kill it with 100C water in an aeropress. that would probably bring out all the bitterness, and santos has no acidity at all, especially not from an aeropress.
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Anne Frank Funk posted:i feel like you need to get on naturally processed santos and kill it with 100C water in an aeropress. that would probably bring out all the bitterness, and santos has no acidity at all, especially not from an aeropress. that's my plan already, to get some pupled natural brazilian. for reference, my top coffies of last year were 7/10: https://en.neroscurocoffee.com/products/yes-blend-specialty?variant=23703013490746 9/10: https://eightouncecoffee.ca/collections/colombia/products/koppi-espresso-colombia-finca-el-porvenir-caturra-washed-250g-8-8oz
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Jan 15, 2022 11:02
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come to think of it, wet hulled indonesian devil beans have probably the greatest potential to overload you with bitterness.
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Jan 15, 2022 11:06
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Anne Frank Funk posted:come to think of it, wet hulled indonesian devil beans have probably the greatest potential to overload you with bitterness. i still remember how my boss decided to open her bag of cat poop coffee from work trip when i had a day off (i was responsible for coffee at our office)
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Jan 15, 2022 11:15
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cinci zoo sniper posted:i still remember how my boss decided to open her bag of cat poop coffee from work trip when i had a day off (i was responsible for coffee at our office)
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Jan 15, 2022 13:47
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mystes posted:Like she thought you wouldn't approve and didn't want you to know or you're unhappy you missed out? the latter - i even explicitly mentioned kopi luwak to her before she went to indonesia, where we had offices she paid me a ton though so it’s a shallow wound
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Jan 15, 2022 14:00
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moka pot makes a perfectly serviceable short coffee, my kitchen isn’t big enough to justify an espresso machine on the counter and even if it was id probably not bother
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Jan 15, 2022 14:06
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imo anyone can fit a bambino but there’s also nothing wrong with just wanting a cuppa
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Jan 15, 2022 18:58
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only mod I wanna do on my espresso machine is to backlight the water container so I can see the level easier. been thinking about it for a while but just never get around to buying the parts lol
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Jan 15, 2022 19:02
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mediaphage posted:imo anyone can fit a bambino but there’s also nothing wrong with just wanting a cuppa can physically fit vs want an extra thing on limited counter space is two different things
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Jan 15, 2022 19:04
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hey. HEY! I just drunk a cof
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jesus WEP posted:can physically fit vs want an extra thing on limited counter space is two different things no poo poo
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Jan 15, 2022 19:13
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may i introduce you to https://www.mieleusa.com/e/built-in-coffee-machine-cva-6405-clean-touch-steel-9676910-p no counter space used and stebe’s favorite appliance brand too boot
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Jan 15, 2022 20:55
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while i have immense respect for miele hardware, no  you may absolutely not
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Jan 15, 2022 20:59
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i don’t know who would want to buy a loving built in espresso machine. especially a super automatic! what a nightmare to do maintenance or repairs on
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Jan 15, 2022 21:49
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What if you had one in the wall in every room though
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mystes posted:What if you had one in the wall in every room though the pucks would stay in because you’d never remember to empty them without a full notification. you won’t get that because you cad about from room to room making espresso then your house will be full of mouldering coffee
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Jan 15, 2022 22:23
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drop em down the frame like the razor blade disposals
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Jan 15, 2022 23:19
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giant machine in the basement with pipelines to every room
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pneumatic tubes to carry your coffee to any part of your domicile
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russians just had maids
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to their credit, samovars are fully sick
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dioxazine posted:to their credit, samovars are fully sick samovars are great, i miss the ornate samovars of my childhood
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dioxazine posted:to their credit, samovars are fully sick
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Neophyte posted:giant machine in the basement with pipelines to every room just inject it right into my body
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Jan 16, 2022 02:18
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thread has got me wondering if I need a "proper" espresso machine instead of the Melitta B2C
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Shaggar posted:coffee time
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anyone know of a good book about coffee production? not a huge textbook, but cool and good. about the different processes, maybe some coffee history etc
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Zam Wesell posted:anyone know of a good book about coffee production? not a huge textbook, but cool and good. about the different processes, maybe some coffee history etc world atlas of coffee by james hoffman
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knox_harrington posted:thread has got me wondering if I need a "proper" espresso machine instead of the Melitta B2C nah, melitta’s good. clean it before the mold kicks in and you’re good to go.
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accidentally broke my bodum pourover chemex-alike while washing it  now I have the oxo brew 8-cup maker and it’s pretty needs-suiting.  I had a good time fussing over the old one but it’s nice to push a button and get good coffee, especially first thing in the morning. given recent experience, the thermal carafe is extremely nice
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Went to a drip brewer with thermal carafe this weekend as well and was f'real surprised at how nice it is to get a warm cuppa 2 hrs later
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i need to get an insulated carafe. i always just let it get cold and microwave I but it would be nice to keep it hot without using the warmer that makes it taste burnt
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PokeJoe posted:i need to get an insulated carafe. i always just let it get cold and microwave I but it would be nice to keep it hot without using the warmer that makes it taste burnt pro tip when you do run hot water through it first. coffe stays hot for hours
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https://twitter.com/lilyslynch/status/1483093057037901824
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it’s wild how differently people’s bodies react to caffeine. my partner drinks one cola a day and that’s their only caffeine. but if they can’t get it, whanging headaches ensue. meanwhile I spent decades ingesting tons of caffeine instead of getting actual ADD meds and if I don’t have caffeine for a day or two it’s nbd at least it was last time I tried. I should probably see if that’s still true
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