Moving away from Nate while clutching new prized toys to chest ......quote:
Originally posted by poison:
Come here so I can knock you over the head with my Maestro and take your stuff!!!
**** nice choices there, excellent!
Getting the grind and tamp right is very hard and takes practice. For the tamp, get a bathroom scale and when you tamp the portafilter, have it on the scale so you can see what 30lb of force looks like. That is the general vicinity you need, depending on the grind.
A good shot should take about 25 seconds for .75-1.25 oz, depending. A .75 would be short, a ristretto. 1-1.25 is normal.
As for coffee, I'd say Code Brown is the best out there right now, but I really want to try www.terroircoffee.com. It is supposed to be very good.
Vivace is well respected, as are Hines and Stumptown (Hairbender Blend).
www.espressovivace.com
Hines website is not up yet
www.stumptown.com
Keep it up! If you try the Code Brown, please write a review here!
Nate
Thanks for the encouragement and the links Nate. Yeah, I'm going to do a bit of tweaking. I'm actually shocked that the local roast is so awesome. Code Brown does seem like my next choice.
Also, the Pulser/Mini seemed very easy to get dialed in. I always pull 3 oz. of water through the portafilter into my cup to stabalize the temps and to get the cup up to temp. Seems to work very well. I was first looking at the Silvia/Rocky, but it was going to be about $750. I got the Pulser/Mini for just over $850 so the incremental price was a no brainer. The Silvia/Rocky combo is just as capable, but the Pulser/Mini may delay the "upgrade fever" that seems to be so easy to catch on CG.
Jack
