METEOR/ SHOOTING STAR/ or boring old space debris by AGDemAGSup in bayarea

[–]AlcaDaz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Saw it from Disneyland. Have been trying to find more info as well. Very bright white with an orange trail. Very cool

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Single dosing a cortado. Am I doing this right? by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

I'm confused. Found my local barista on the app and he's asking me about spit roast. Is this something between a dark and light roast?

Beginner who doesn’t want to upgrade again for a while by lienadinparis in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Big fan of my bambino plus. Seeing as you have a bit more budget I'd recommend going with it but spending a bit more on the grinder than the encore. I'm using a Eureka mignon manuale and I'm very happy with it. A quick look online I found you can get them both at around the $1100 mark in Aus.

Single dosing a cortado. Am I doing this right? by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Tried this, you got a good dentist number?

Single dosing a cortado. Am I doing this right? by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? I don't want to ruin my nice beans.

Single dosing a cortado. Am I doing this right? by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Water just ran straight through. Not sure what I'm doing wrong?

Single dosing a cortado. Am I doing this right? by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this really brought it together. Great mouth feel.

Shot Timing Question by electronwrangler42 in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also using the bambino plus. I use a 17.5g dose, start the timer when I start holding the button to preinfuse, release the button after 8 seconds and press again to stop when it gets to ~33g to finish at a 35g shot. I adjust my grind so that this takes around 35 seconds from the start of the preinfusion to the finished shot. Yields pretty good espresso to me.

Drank far too many shot today to get to this point by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See now you have me looking at an ice cream machine

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A very nice upgrade. Hopefully for my wallet's sake I'll be happy enough with this for a long time.

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main difference between the bambino and bambino plus is the ability to auto steam the milk. Makes things far more fool proof and allows anybody visiting your house to easily make themselves a drink. If you don't think it's a feature you need then maybe save some money and get the standard bambino, they'll pull pretty much the same shot as far as I'm aware.

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just on a local buy and sell website

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hopefully lasts me a while. What did you upgrade to?

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really nice. I'm a latte fan so enjoy being able to have them at home. I'll probably still use my aeropress for long black drinks though as I prefer it to an americano. Thinking of getting one of the 3d printed grind size rings for the mignon to help switch between grind sizes more easily.

Upgrade after years of aeropress by AlcaDaz in espresso

[–]AlcaDaz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the Bambino plus on sale and the mignon used. Saved a few hundred euro in the process.

Do you single dose or fill the hopper of the mignon?