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  1. Eureka Grinders
    yes, in the sense that there's a cap for the funnel (2nd photo) but there is no weight on the beans
  2. Eureka Grinders
    The Salters are utterly useless under a portafilter because they will flood if you look at them - hence the silver £20 eBay/Amazon budget set in the right of the photo which are great due to the clear plastic drip-catcher(!) that sits on top. But, simply for (dry) bean/grind weights, the...
  3. Eureka Grinders
    Received this, frankly unjustifiable mod today - in terms of both cost and air miles - but so far (2 espressos!) I'm liking it. The solid plastic pieces are 3D printed but the finishing is good. And the bellows seem v. good quality. I had thought I was already getting low retention, but the...
  4. 🪛🔧 Technical | Faults | How-to's ❓ℹ
    Thanks for the recommendation on test kit. I'm getting: "Cooking" Water (salt filter): pH 9.0 KH 180-240 GH 0 Drinking Water (carbon filter): pH 7.0 KH 180 GH 180
  5. 🪛🔧 Technical | Faults | How-to's ❓ℹ
    Hi Team, This is a recurring topic and I've tried to interpret the threads but I need someone to talk to me as if I were a Labrador or a child of 5... I have a whole-of-house Harveys (2 salt block) and, by-passing the latter, a drinking water feed to a 2-way kitchen tap (let's call them...
  6. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks. I am reasonably confident on the PID temps now having tested that I am getting a puff of steam up at 100 degrees. I just pulled a couple of 1:3 shots and things are looking up ☀️ - neither sour nor bitter, just a bit lacking on flavour - but I feel like I have something new to work off...
  7. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    OK - I'm back - and 1.5kg of beans lighter. Still need your help team 😕 Two images here. The big one is my journey of discovery with Craft House Development Blend. My process definitely left a lot to be desired at times here - I got some unusual timings and I will admit that I ended up...
  8. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks. I'm getting those steam puffs at 100 so I think the PID is on-point and eliminated from my enquiries ;)
  9. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks for the fill height tip - I'll try that 2moro (bit late for coffee experiments now 😳) I can't be far off 1kg of beans having gone through this puppy now but I have some leftover supermarket beans so some extra "running in" is worth a try too. There is a 3D printed single-dose mod for...
  10. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks - turns out there is a typo on my spreadsheet/screenshot 🙄. Sadly (because I thought you had found the silver bullet) the Psb is set to -08.0 (correctly).
  11. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    What's your expectation/guideline for a 1:3 shot? "...flip-flop..." I started very methodically, bringing brew-time gradually down from 51 secs to 21. I think apparent 'flip flopping' in the latter tests arises because I began experimenting with other variables - OPV spring, water source...
  12. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks Rob. When I said I'd eliminated water, I meant that I'd tried the softened mains that runs through the softener (salt blocks) AND the separate feed for drinking water that bypasses those blocks and runs to a (3-way) kitchen tap via a separate cylinder filter. So, for sure, it is easy...
  13. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    OK, I'm back but sadly no further forward. Beans still need a bit of de-gas time but longer ratios have not helped. One theory I had was that we have a (whole house) water softener so I did some tests with the (filtered) hard water that bypasses the salt blocks. That made no difference. Next...
  14. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Thanks. I will certainly do that but, frankly, it's moot right now because I am stuck at a 2. One thing I have not mentioned is that, post-shot, there is a small amount of puddling on top of the puck. Are we expecting the puck to be dry? I am going to whack the 6.5bar spring in and give...
  15. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Damn! You pulled the rug from under me before I even got to try it (once the day is past a certain time I have to suspend testing else risk bouncing off the walls with caffeine overload 😮 )
  16. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Ah - you cunning fox - good idea - that might help prove/disprove my hunch about the end-of-shot crema....🦊
  17. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    I'm so jealous that you got a drinkable shot! 😫😭🤣
  18. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Ah, interesting you say that because it is coming out a bit "fizzy". I will give it some time. I will also persevere with some more lower-temperature testing and 'longer' ratios, since I've only tried one shot at 91 degrees and only one or two longer ratios to-date. In terms of comparisons...
  19. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Resurrecting this thread. I have improved a few parts of my 'process' (incl. new scales to weigh dose/yield, distribution tool) but not seeing improved results and not sure what variable to focus on next? I am no longer 'single-dosing' through the Specialita and have the hopper half-filled...
  20. Barista Skills for the home enthusiast
    Quick Q @Deegee: Do you have a PID? I thought the PID negated the need to temperature surf like you describe. Plus, the brew light never goes off - it keeps flashing - because my PID is battling hard to regulate and keeps 'pulsing' (I think)
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