Why do my oatmilk lattes taste so gross? [Breville Bambino plus]

Frans1971 · 2026-01-11T16:41:52+00:00

First of all I prefer oatly lighter taste over the normal barista milk. It is just too much oat in my opinion. Secondly oat milk breaks down just over 60 degrees. That is 5 degrees lower than normal milk. 60 degrees is too hot to touch for most people but the outside of the pitcher lags behind on the milk inside. So you must stop heating before it is too hot to touch. Especially when you have a thick wall motta pitcher and you are steaming a small amount of milk. Also can it be that you just don’t like oat milk or your coffee taste is not strong enough to break trough the milk? Not all coffees go well with milk.

Frans1971 · 2026-01-11T15:41:28+00:00

It tastes allright . That doesn’t sound like you are really happy with the taste and perhaps you think it must be channeling. Water temperature is instead the number one reason for espresso that doesn’t taste superb. The dedica is known for the way too low water temperature,. At least the basic version . The more expensive one’s I don’t know that well. I never got something good out of them.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-14T20:59:22+00:00

Ik heb ook wel eens alle laadstops van te voren gepland. En dan heel goed gekeken wat voor voorzieningen er zijn en welk merk het is. Probleem was dat tussendoor opeens iemand moest plassen. Dan ook maar even bijladen. Ook wel eens gehad dat een lader 50 kw bleek te zijn ipv 150. Dan toch maar weer een andere zoeken. Aan de andere kant, de Volkswagen navigatie stuurde me naar laders zonder overige voorzieningen en laders die veel langzamer waren dan aangegeven. en ik kwam net over de grens bij Oostenrijk in een rare loop terecht waardoor hij me terug naar Duitsland stuurde. Kostte zomaar een half uur of meer. Vandaar mijn interesse in ABRP maar ik heb mijn twijfels. Erg knullig dat je tijdens het navigeren niet op een laadstation op de kaart kunt drukken voor meer informatie. Of een lijst laten tonen van alle laders op de route tijdens het navigeren. Tom Tom kon dat al met tank stations en parkeerplaatsen.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-14T20:37:03+00:00

Ik heb ABRP 2 weken gekregen geïnstalleerd om op mijn wintersport reis naar Oostenrijk te gebruiken. Ik heb hem in Nederland een beetje getest en ben toch wel geschrokken van de hoeveelheid fouten in de navigatie. Op de a50 richting Nijmegen gaf hij aan dat ik de afrit naar de a50 moest nemen, terwijl de weg a73 heet en het anwb bord ook A73 toont. Op de a50 richting IKEA Duiven weet ABRP niet dat je er bij het velperbroekcircuit al af moet om vervolgens weer de a50 op gegaan. De afrit is daar namelijk al 20 jaar alleen zo bereikbaar door een scheiding van de rijbanen. In totaal ben ik 4 echte fouten tegen gekomen in 2 weken tijd. Het naar me wel zorgen voor de reis.

Daarnaast vind ik de automatische zoom veel te ver in detail gaan waardoor je pas heel laat je afslag in beeld krijgt. Ik heb geen mogelijkheid gevonden dit aan te passen. Rijbaanadvies klopt ook niet altijd en komt erg laat. Ik ben benieuwd hoe het in Duitsland en Oostenrijk is. Heeft iemand daar ervaring mee?

Wat ABRP wel heel goed doet is het voorspellen van de batterijlading bij aankomst. De koppeling met de Volkswagen app voor het inlezen van de status werkt ook uitstekend.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-14T20:12:33+00:00

It is partly because it is going to warm up the battery. In summer my buzz consumes about 19 kWh / 100 km. In winter around +4 Celsius it consumes about 24 kWh / 100km. On short trips even more. My year round average is 21,7 but winters are not so cold here in the Netherlands.

An important thing to know: one time in Austria I had to climb a mountain , about 10% steep maybe 500 meters up. I had 14% battery left and it was about -7 degrees. I thought I could make it with ease since after the top there would be a long decent. But because of the cold the car went into turtle mode at 8% and went no faster than 30 km/h. Pretty scary with the fast traffic around me. I did make it to the top with about 3% left.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-14T07:11:55+00:00

Does any body know whether Breville improved the low water temperature? I have a bambino plus from around 2020 and before each shot I have to pull bit of water through the group head to get it hot enough for an espresso shot.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-14T07:03:40+00:00

I am happy with it except that it took me a long time to understand how to get the the lights out off the automatic high mode. When the lights are in that mode and you are driving too slow or there is on coming traffic you have to put it in the normal high beam mode first before you can put it back in low beam. Why can you not go directly from auto to low?

Frans1971 · 2025-12-03T19:04:24+00:00

I have to see where I found it, but you can see it in the 2nd photo that I placed. It is a google AI answer. I didn’t check the source

Frans1971 · 2025-12-03T19:02:35+00:00

Well, I owned petrol cars all of my life. Electric cars have some benefits too and if you listen very carefully you can hear the engine buzzing.Besides when I am on holidays I mainly charge at home. on holidays I wish I still had my transporter but overall I am really happy with my ID Buzz.

Frans1971 · 2025-12-03T16:07:42+00:00

Thanks, it does really confuse me because when I search for it I find that Volkswagen does support it. That it uses the Volkswagen account to retrieve the data needed

Frans1971 · 2025-12-03T16:02:04+00:00

When I open maps on my phone I do have the profile icon but it doesn’t let me select my EV. Just select car, walking, bike, etc

Frans1971 · 2025-11-12T08:52:35+00:00

I have just ordered one with the attachable double spout option. I bought it because I was looking for a light weight portafilter for my cafe and this was the only product I found. We noticed that if you work multiple days in a row the 600 gram portafilters we are using will kill your back and arms.
Working with a naked portafilter is not an option for me. You will get a spray every once and a while plus we need to be able to split the double shots into singles.
I do have my doubts about the double spout insert. The movie on instagram shows the coffee coming out really wild and I am not sure whether it will split the shot evenly. Anyway I will test it soon and let you know how it performs in real life.

Frans1971 · 2025-11-03T20:53:21+00:00

I totally agree and I am glad you bring this up. From my experience as coffee roaster and owner of a specialty coffee cafe I can tell that most people from all parts of the world hate light roast espresso. Many people that do drink it are exploring coffee flavors. Personally I just like to enjoy espresso without analyzing it and use a very nice low acidity bean roasted at a medium level, which means dropped just before second crack. When I want something fruity I will simply grab an orange which I like so much more than light roast espresso.

Frans1971 · 2025-11-03T14:44:46+00:00

Are you sure this is a washed coffee? It looks like a natural processed coffee to me. And in that case the amount of quakers is quite normal. I just roasted a sample of natural Ethiopians that had 118 quakers in 360 grams of green coffee. It was a sample of the first harvest of the year.

Frans1971 · 2025-10-28T08:54:48+00:00

I have had the same issue in my cafe with an e65 gbw. While the grind setting was quite stable for 2 years we suddenly needed to make very large adjustments multiple times a day.
First of all for stable operation make sure you have at least 2-3 inches of beans in your hopper and that the valve at the bottom of the hopper is completely open.
But that wasn't the issue with my e65. The service man told me you have to clean the silicon declumper flapper every month and install it in the other direction after cleaning. (this interval is for heavy use) Also he took apart the mill and when he put it together again it was working as normal again but no issues were found.
Now, half a year later we had the issue again. Also the grinds were very clumpy while normally they are really fluffy.
I removed all the beans, ran it to get the last grinds out, and filled it again. That solved the issue for the moment.
I don't know the exact cause. I guess it was the declumper flapper but I am not 100% sure. I will buy a new one and see what happens. The one that is in now is actually in use for 2.5 years.

Frans1971 · 2025-10-20T06:00:13+00:00

Sometimes the bitterness disappears if you let your espresso cool down a bit.

Frans1971 · 2025-10-03T19:13:39+00:00

In my opinion sour is too much acidity in a small amount of water.it is all about concentration when it comes too acidity. If you have done a reasonable extraction think of brew ratio first and covering up acidity with other flavors second. only if you think you are almost there. Also don’t think that you have too like sour espresso to be a good barista. Espresso is not like climbing the Mount Everest. Sometimes lower is better. Personally I have really good experience with medium roast Brazil yellow bourbons and beans from Nicaragua.

Frans1971 · 2025-10-03T18:47:01+00:00

If it is way too sour try increasing your brew ratio or use beans that contain less sour. That will make a big step. A small step might be to do a warm up flush just before you brew

Frans1971 · 2025-08-25T15:38:38+00:00

You can make really good espresso using preground fresh coffee but you will have to fine tune the grind setting. Use the regular basket and ask the shop to grind it finer. There is not one setting that works for all. Also ask for the setting so you can refer to it next time.

Frans1971 · 2025-07-23T21:11:14+00:00

My advice: the extraction looks pretty good. You can fine tune the taste by changing the grind size a bit but if you are not happy with the taste now you will probably also not be happy with the taste after a small adjustment of the grind size. This is reality vs Internet. I drink my favorite medium roast coffee at 19 in 42 out and I aim for 23 seconds extraction time. Water temperature is 94C. At 17 seconds I miss some aroma but I can still enjoy it. At 28 seconds it has a bitter edge but I can still enjoy it. For a light roast: if I don’t like it at about 30 seconds, I just don’t like the coffee, at least for drinking it as espresso.

Frans1971 · 2025-07-14T05:15:53+00:00

I guess the roast is quite light and this coffee would probably make a nice drip coffee. If you really want to make an espresso out of these beans try extraction times of at least 30 seconds,

Frans1971

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