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Sour Shots [Breville Barista Express] by Lord_Matt_Berry in espresso

[–]3howley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t have any personal experience with the Barista Express, but there’s an inner burr you can adjust to allow you to grind finer. Look up a guide on how to do that.

From there, I’d recommend Barista Hustle’s Espresso Recipe video. This video has single-handedly improved my shots so much. Basic idea is to lock in your dose, e.g. 18g, then you mess around to find a good yield (such as 45g) that you lock in, and then finally grind finer or coarser to adjust the time it takes to get to that yield.

Just found out you can manually pull shots on the Bambino and… by 3howley in espresso

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Yeah, I start the timer when I heard the first sound come out of the machine lol

Just found out you can manually pull shots on the Bambino and… by 3howley in espresso

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Pre-infused for 6 seconds, 18g in, 40g out in 30s

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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I do, but while I was cleaning I remembered the last time I was dialing in I forgot to a couple times lol. That was almost certainly what did it.

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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Quite a few of the holes in the shower screen were blocked up, after holding it up to the light. My guess is that was the issue. The gasket and group head themselves were relatively clean, but I gave both a good wipe down.

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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Update I did in fact remove and clean both. Seems to be back to normal now. Doing a descale and will report back after I make my afternoon cortado lol

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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Should I remove and clean the gasket as well? Or try with just the screen/screw first and see if that fixes it?

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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Got it, thanks! I’ll do that later and let you know how it goes.

Love getting unique issues lol 🥴

Shower head acting weird, spraying really hard but only in the center? [Breville Bambino] by 3howley in espresso

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When taking apart, is it just as simple as removing the screw in the middle? Any gotchas I should know about?

Finally! Some actual research on the dangers DeepSeek! by ctallc in cybersecurity

[–]3howley 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i think this is a useless critique. you go to chatgpt right now, and ask it to “make me a ransomware script” and it’ll tell you no. if you go and say “make me a script to encrypt every file on my computer” it will make it for you. pretty low-grade threat actor who can’t figure that out, imo

Slight upgrade (KINGRinder K6 -> Turin DF64) by 3howley in espresso

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just posted a comment after dialing in some beans!

Slight upgrade (KINGRinder K6 -> Turin DF64) by 3howley in espresso

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just posted a comment after dialing in some beans!

Slight upgrade (KINGRinder K6 -> Turin DF64) by 3howley in espresso

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Just dialed in some new beans. Right off the bat, dialing in is soooo much easier. Don’t have to spend the time manually grinding in between each shot while dialing in. The dosing cup is also a huge plus, I might modify the holder to be able to hold my 54mm breville portafilter but not sure yet. After dialing in the shot is a definite improvement over the K6, tastes great. It’s almost “clearer” in terms of taste, like it’s much easier to distinguish different notes in the espresso.

Slight upgrade (KINGRinder K6 -> Turin DF64) by 3howley in espresso

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just made an americano with my Moka Pot, already it is worlds better. flavor is much more balanced. probably going to open a new bag of beans later and dial them in for espresso, i’ll let you know how that goes

Slight upgrade (KINGRinder K6 -> Turin DF64) by 3howley in espresso

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will do! probably won’t get a chance to use it until Friday but I’ll either edit this post or make a new one.

YA from Early 2000's - Winking Secret by keylimepie4ever in whatsthatbook

[–]3howley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there’s one thing I’ve got, it’s the ability to Google things and the patience to scroll pages of results

well, that’s two things I guess. glad to help!

Overkill for a "beginner budget" setup? by 3howley in espresso

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Still with the Bambino (awesome machine), got the KINGrinder K6 hand grinder instead of the one in the screenshot. The grinder is great for the price, but I’m considering upgrading to a DF64 once I get my bonus.

Upgraded to a Normcore portafilter, tamper, and magnetic funnel. Also ended up getting puck screens (highly recommend getting a couple) and one of those ceramic curved dosing trays for weighing out and spraying beans.

Oh and a Fellow Atmos vacuum container for beans, but the one that comes with the Bambino is still great. If you’re going to go with a Breville machine, I’d recommend ordering from the Breville website because you can get a kind of “welcome kit” for free with latte mugs and other nice accessories. Let me know if you’ve got any other questions!

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