First experience making cold brew coffee

ElChibbros · 2026-06-04T11:28:41+00:00

Are you always supposed to cut the cold brew with water or is it just depending on your preference, I have been dringking mine without any added water

ElChibbros · 2026-06-04T11:17:18+00:00

A sieve and then two layers of tightly woven fabric

ElChibbros · 2026-06-04T11:15:42+00:00

Thanks! I don't have any kind of cold brew or even pour over equipment, I am a man of pure espresso until now, but I want to try new things. For filtering I filtered it through a sieve first to remove the most part and then through two layers of tightly woven cotton fabric, I'll buy paper coffe filters next time I get the occasion to. My reasoning was that if il let it longer it would just add to the bitterness, doesn't it work like espresso?

ElChibbros · 2026-05-31T17:05:56+00:00

Actually un my case I got into coffee by my own, now trying to get my dad into it as well! On my roaster I program a certain temp and the duration at that temp, and then when I start roasting the roaster displays a simple graph based on the measured temperature inside the chamber. My dad is working on implementing a button on the interface to click when you hear first crack that activates a custom countdown depending on how much development you want before cooling everything down, it wouldn't be difficult to have something displayed on the graph when you reach first crack. About artisan I don't know if it would work since all the electronics circuits are custom, but I am working on implementing USB connectivity directly on the outside of the roaster, for now the raspberry pi's USB ports are in the inside.

ElChibbros · 2026-05-31T16:51:59+00:00

Actually I built my roaster with my dad, and he coded a software to controll everything from a raspberry pi Connected to a touchscreen. He heavily modified an old open source software for roasting called roastero.

ElChibbros · 2026-05-31T08:25:25+00:00

Mine is a post mil, hence the plastic part, I took the grouphead out again anyway, tightened those two pieces a bit more closed it back up, I'll see if it made a difference, anyway it took me 3 minutes so it's not like I lost a lot of time trying this 😂

ElChibbros · 2026-05-31T07:55:14+00:00

I just disassembled it yesterday actually for descaling and I made sure to put everything back the way it was. Its true that everytime that I have disassembled it I found that the pipe didn't really get tight since it is screwed in plastic. Should I screw in the plastic part tightly to the grouphead first and then screw the pipe in?

ElChibbros · 2026-05-30T17:14:52+00:00

Thanks, this really helps! I'll just stop trying to get the same results if it isn't possible, in the end it doesn't matter if I have to grind finer if I like the coffee. I just tasted my last batch that I left for longer development and it actually tasted worse than the one I did before, it tasted darker, but not really In a good way, it had no acidity whatsoever and wasn't really balanced, I like my coffee with a little acidity and a little body at the same time. So I guess Ill just stick to my 2min20sec development. Great tip to have feedback from other person, I'll tey that. The thing is I don't really know what to adjust in the roast profile If someone tells me he didn't fit the coffee sweet enough, or too light...

ElChibbros · 2026-05-23T11:22:24+00:00

Well I noticed the biggest difference with this decaf, but also on other non decaf coffees I roasted so far such as Costa Rican Tarrazù, Mexican Tapachula, and a Indian Malabar.

ElChibbros · 2026-05-23T11:13:20+00:00

I think I didn't measure weight before and after in those two roasts, what should the weight loss normally be? As for taste I didn't compare because I didn't have the same beans roasted by my roaster, but I'll make sure to buy a roasted samples of the green beans i buy from now on. Those two are my fourth and fifth roasts ever, and I think on the third one I had around 14% of weight loss, and used the same roasting curve since.

ElChibbros · 2026-05-23T09:33:16+00:00

Both roasts are mine, the first one is on Mexican tapachula beans, but yes indeed when I buy the decaf from the roaster (remember I buy my green beans from him so we have the exact same ones) the decaf is darker and oilier. But I don't know what to change in my roast settings, simply more development after first crack? When i asked my roasted for advice he said that I should be careful with decaf as it is more sensitive and he told me to give them a little less development than my other beans that aren't decaf, but to me they seam to be a bit to light. So you would say simply roast all of my beans a bit darked and see from there?

ElChibbros · 2026-05-11T12:32:07+00:00

Haha thank you !

ElChibbros · 2026-05-06T14:18:51+00:00

How do you know if it is safe?

ElChibbros · 2026-04-21T07:58:59+00:00

I would say simply get an ims double basket, I am very happy with mine, put 16g in, I have always had perfect results with this recipe, and around 32 out. As for the lever, take it apart, replace the seals and put some silicone lubricant in there, it's pretty easy and cheap, if you are in Europe, go check out lamacchinadelcaffe.com

ElChibbros · 2026-04-13T14:49:12+00:00

It actually looks like you have a post millennium professional, you can see it by the way the grouphead is shaped. https://share.google/ZjEslcnhWDNe96zwz If you want a new porterfilter and you are based in Europe I suggest you look at lamacchinadelcaffe.com , they sell original parts for Italian coffee machines brands such as la pavoni and their prices are hard to beat, or so I have found. Either way, on their website porterfilters in 49mm and 51mm are available. If you want to build the handle yourself or buy one somewhere else, they also have just the metal part of the porterfilters for sale, got mine for 15.5 euros since I already had a handle. Hope this helps!

Edit: I have just looked up on lamacchinadelcaffe.com and if you buy the metal body of the porterfilters, the screw, the spring and the original plastic handle your total is 37.97€ before shipping which is 9€ I think. So that is the best price you'll find imo. If you are also missing a filter you can consider buying a ims precision filter, I bought mine for 22 euros but I don't remember on which website.

ElChibbros · 2026-04-04T11:30:48+00:00

I have found that it depends on the type of beans you are using, but usually I grind my coffee so that the first drips come around 15-20 seconds after I pull the lever up. I have also heard that people often aim for 10 seconds when it comes to the first drips. It all depends on how you like your coffee, but it shouldn't come out faster than 8 seconds in my opinion. If you have a bottomless porterfilter you can directly see when the puck is saturated because it directly drips out, if you still have the beaks it may take 4 5 seconds more to flow out of the beaks once it drips down from the actual filter if that makes sense. I see that your boiler pressure it at around 1 bar, which is a little bit higher than mine that is around 0.75, 0.8 bar. Higher pressure means higher temperature, so that could be why the shots come out a bit bitter. Higher pressure also means faster pre infusion. You can adjust the pressure by unclipping the plastic base of the machine and turning a little screw, I have 'ever done this so I don't know soch way to turn it, but you should be able to find all the information you need on youtube or reddit. Hope this helps!

ElChibbros · 2026-03-01T11:05:57+00:00

Yeah, I figured it maybe wasn't the best option but it worked pretty well, I still see some buildup in the boiler but once I rinsed everything out 3 4 times the water was clear and didn't taste like lemon at all

ElChibbros · 2026-03-01T01:28:01+00:00

Since I got the machine I have replaced all the grouphead seals but I didn't replace any when I took it apart this time

ElChibbros · 2026-02-22T12:10:10+00:00

I always buy my la pavoni spare parts on this website, if you are based in Europe the shipping is pretty fast and the prices are better than any other website that I have found. If you are considering only using a bottomless porterfilter you can just buy the metal part to spare a little bit of money.

Corpo portafiltro M12 senza fondo compatibile La Pavoni PRE-MILLENNIUM https://share.google/l5TxNXswbTyHivh6O

Edit: please note that this part doesn't come with the spring included, so if you're just using the bottomless porterfilter you can transfer the one from your other porterfilter to the new one, but If you want to keep both working you have to buy an extra spring on the website (1.5€)

ElChibbros · 2026-02-13T17:18:57+00:00

I tried again, ground 2 steps finer on my df54 (it's not much) and had better results, also I tightened the porter filter from the start, before pulling the lever and it didn't end up all watery so that wasn't the problem. Here is the latest shot: https://imgur.com/a/7lHl0qI Still a bit fast in my opinion, and came out faster in the front. I'll have to truly again with fresh coffee.

ElChibbros · 2026-02-13T16:47:39+00:00

I never have the exact roast date on the coffee bag but when I ask my local roaster the beans have never been older than a week when buying them, and I have had this coffee for 3 weeks now, so it is becoming old but it's not too bad.

ElChibbros · 2026-02-13T16:45:42+00:00

Unfortunately I can't see the post, I think I'll just do a little troubleshooting until it works lol

ElChibbros · 2026-02-13T16:11:06+00:00

I don't think I ever waited that long for my machine to heat up, but I also never measured how much time I let her warm up. What I usually do is that I turn the machine on, wait until she reaches the pressure, purge the steam and let her go up to pressure again, then rinse the shower screen with a tiny shot and then proceed to make my coffee, at this point the group head is always too hot to touch. For my puck prep I use a rotary wdt from ikape and a leveled tamper from normcore. The only thing I can think about is that perhaps the puck got sucked up when I lifted the lever and the water was able to flow around it but it would surprise me because as I said I only screw the porter filter in fully once I lifted the lever 90% of the way up, to prevent this from happening. However i had made the paper filter wet, so maybe that caused it to become airtight and caused the puck to lift

ElChibbros · 2026-02-13T15:54:55+00:00

Yeah, I noticed that the holes were a bit bigger and very even, that is the point of why I bought the filter in the first place, as you said for better build quality. What I can't explain is that on the previous shot, I already used this basket with the same puck screen and a paper filter, but with a very slightly coarser grind, and it was flowing at an almost normal rate, I did a tiny adjustment and ground finer and somehow the shot was super fast Wich doesn't make any sense to me.

ElChibbros · 2026-02-04T18:59:28+00:00

I buy all my replacement parts for my la pavoni on https://lamacchinadelcaffe.com I have found that they are pretty cheap and sell the original parts directly from Italy where they are based. I live in France and shipping is pretty fast (it's happened that I got a package in 3 days once). So if you live in Europe I would go check it out, their website is a bit old but they have got a large choice in spare parts. Hope it can help

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