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  1. Coffee Accessories
    I use a 1ZPresso JX-Pro manual grinder for 3-4 espressos a day - sometimes the odd Aeropress too - and it's great. Posted a thread about it back in June: https://www.coffeeforums.co.uk/topic/60688-1zpresso-jx-pro-buying-direct/ For me, the extra effort of manual grinding is more than offset...
  2. Sage Forum
    I believe the grind dial and single/double grind selector are essentially a fancy way of adjusting the grind time. Pretty weird if adjusting these genuinely makes no difference - have you tried going from minimum - single grind & lowest on the dial - to maximum, double grind & highest on the...
  3. Coffee Accessories
    Well I'm pretty pleased with this little 300ml jug so far 🙂 Here's a couple of photos comparing it to the Sage jug - pint glass included for scale! As you'd expect from it being smaller, the Ilsa jug is shorter in height and narrower in diameter at the base. This makes it easier to get...
  4. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    It's one of the downsides to going down the speciality coffee rabbit hole... If you're just out and about and want a quick coffee then you're bound to be disappointed! 😂 My preferred drink is the flat white which is a bit more forgiving of poor quality than black coffees, espressos in...
  5. Coffee Accessories
    Just as a follow-up to this, after honestly far too much time researching jugs on the internet (so to speak!) I discovered that Ilsa make a 300ml non-stick version that looks like the perfect compromise. Mine arrived this morning from Maxicoffee - I've only used it so far to warm up a tiny...
  6. Sage Forum
    Thanks @SlightlyCaffinated and @CoffeeTim for your helpful replies! I'm going to try setting the program today & will report back. 🙂 @CoffeeTim - how tricky is it to get at the OPV on these machines? I have been wondering about adjusting it, but a bit nervous as it's still under warranty and...
  7. Coffee Accessories
    Cool! I hope you enjoy it - I'm certainly enjoying mine. 🙂 My wife, who is also from the North - albeit the other side of the Pennines - has similar views on spending that much money on coffee kit. I tried explaining how it's actually very reasonable if you compare it to, say, Weber grinders...
  8. 🔎 Find a Coffeeshop 🔍
    Really enjoyed catching up on all these suggestions, not been into central Manchester for over a year 'cos COVID but looking forward to trying some of them when I can! 🙂 In the meantime further afield I can highly recommend Feed General Store in Heaton Chapel. Had a fantastic flat white from...
  9. 🔎 Find a Coffeeshop 🔍
    Funnily enough I had a flat white from there on Sunday. Pretty good!
  10. Sage Forum
    I'm hoping there might be some other Barista Express users out there who can give me some pointers on custom programming 🙂 Background - I got frustrated a little while ago with the ratio of extraction from the default programming, approx 1:3.3 to give 60ml of coffee from an 18g dose. This was...
  11. Coffee Accessories
    Really easy 🙂 As I mentioned upthread, at first I was a bit confused as wasn't used to such a fine degree of precision and not being able to judge immediately what grind size it was set to. But even then, it only takes a couple of seconds to wind it all the way to fully shut and then back out...
  12. Coffee Accessories
    I knew there would be a good explanation! Thanks. 🙂
  13. Coffee Accessories
    One thing I was wondering about... Does anyone know the reasoning behind the crank arm being angled down? Probably best shown in this photo: This makes it more or less impossible to attach the crank arm to the grinder body for travel - I was trying this out in the travel case to see what...
  14. Coffee Accessories
    I've contemplated trying this just for fun, but honestly for the number of coffees a day I drink I can totally accept a bit of exercise hand grinding 🙂 Plus I don't think my wife would be too happy about my battered DeWalt drill driver taking up permanent residence in the kitchen! 😂
  15. Coffee Accessories
    Thanks for the tips and info on RDT! I've given it a try - using a spoon as I don't have an atomiser - and it's certainly helped. Interestingly my last shot was with a brand new bag of beans and static was much worse - is that normal? As a general update I'm getting there with dialling it in...
  16. Coffee Accessories
    Thanks for this! Yes I guess it must be static - I will give the droplet technique a go. 🙂 Assuming it really should use only a very minimal spray?
  17. Coffee Accessories
    Ok I've now tried a few shots and aeropress brews with the JX Pro. Overall really pleased with it so far 🙂 Actually grinding the beans is quick and easy. I've not previously used a decent hand grinder so not got anything to compare it to, but it's very pleasant to use. I'm still getting to...
  18. Coffee Accessories
    Yes it's just a weird size - a bit frustrating as otherwise it's a nice quality case. Either needs to be a bit bigger for an aeropress, or quite a bit smaller! 🤷‍♂️
  19. Coffee Accessories
    Thanks very much for that information! Hopefully won't be needed but definitely useful if it is. 👍
  20. Coffee Accessories
    Thanks all! I'm going to end up trying both aren't I 😂 @MarkHB - thanks for trying out 100ml, really appreciate that! Motta do make a 250ml jug. Sadly I can't find any Teflon ones that size… Reckon I'll start with the 250ml and see how that goes. 🙂
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