March 5, 20224 yr On 3/4/2022 at 2:13 AM, EdipisReks1 said: Pic is after dosing with the Weber Blind shaker. I used my knock off OCD, but I could have gone straight to tamp. That is a very HC image - almost two of everything...
March 5, 20224 yr I’m going to be roasting that rwandan coffee for sale. It’ll be $40 for 2 pounds shipped in the us.
March 5, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, mikeymad said: That is a very HC image - almost two of everything... Almost?! I have like five of some! Normcore portafilter fixes my issue with the stock portafilter being too light. Edited March 5, 20224 yr by EdipisReks1
March 6, 20224 yr 18 hours ago, grawk said: I’m going to be roasting that rwandan coffee for sale. It’ll be $40 for 2 pounds shipped in the us. In for 2lbs here. How are you planning to roast, Dan?
March 6, 20224 yr It will be a light/medium roast. I'll experiment with a few roasts to figure out how dark I want to go
March 6, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, HemiSam said: If you're going light / medium, I am in, Sir. HS Fixed it for you.
March 7, 20224 yr Made that steamed iced americano thing. It’s super good! The texture really is like a nitro coffee, but it doesn’t taste bad because it’s not cold brew crap. I think I’d go a little shorter on the water/espresso ratio next time. But it’s super good! Edited March 7, 20224 yr by EdipisReks1
March 7, 20224 yr Normcore portafilter is great. It feels wonderful in the hand, and is super well machined, so it locks into the group easily but also solid as a rock. Also also it’s a big ol’ chunk of metal: who wouldn’t like that? The basket it came with is not, however. It’s a perfectly fine precision basket, but the shape doesn’t let dosing funnels sit securely if they aren’t magnetic funnels. I have a magnetic funnel, and it’s fine, but I prefer to use the Weber blind shaker, which is not (at least not in that way: the magnetic bit is in the base of whatever you call the thingie that you remove to dose the coffee; it sticks to the neodymium magnet I put in the base of the Niche, but doesn’t stick to a basket). So I bought an IMS baristapro 18g. Of course the Normcore basket was part of how I convinced myself to get the portafilter, but I didn’t buy that this week so it’s okay: new week new shit! Edited March 7, 20224 yr by EdipisReks1
March 8, 20224 yr Single best pull I’ve ever done, I think, and this is what I do with it. It is admittedly very good. Edited March 8, 20224 yr by EdipisReks1
March 10, 20224 yr On 3/8/2022 at 8:04 AM, grawk said: That looks great. Which beans did you use if I may ask?
March 10, 20224 yr good question. Whatever the beans I roasted before the rwandan beans. Probably ethiopian Limu
March 11, 20224 yr this might be relevant to someone: https://www.odysseyespresso.com/argos-lever-espresso-machine
March 11, 20224 yr add the bluetooth and analog pressure gauges and it seems like a fantastic manual spring lever machine.
March 12, 20224 yr Too bad I wasted this on a cafe mocha. It was, admittedly, a very good mocha (I make a vegan/sugar free cocoa syrup).
March 12, 20224 yr On 3/11/2022 at 8:12 AM, grawk said: this might be relevant to someone: https://www.odysseyespresso.com/argos-lever-espresso-machine That should really have an analog gauge for that price. It is a good looking machine and I’m sure it pulls good espresso, but you can’t profile without a general idea of the pressure, which defeats the point of a lever. I also think a straight lever on a 58 is… a decision. You lose a lot of mechanical advantage. Straight lever works great on a smaller portafilter; taller column changes the pressure distribution. You can pull a shot on the Flair 58 with your chin.* Less mechanical advantage is going to mean less precision. This is assuming the full manual has the same arm geometry as the spring version. *the Flair is hardly perfect, but the curved lever is not one of its many flaws. Edited March 12, 20224 yr by EdipisReks1
March 12, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, EdipisReks1 said: Too bad I wasted this on a cafe mocha. It was, admittedly, a very good mocha (I make a vegan/sugar free cocoa syrup). Ahem, nothing is wasted on cafe mocha.
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now