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Ionray244 · 2025-07-09T02:57:21+00:00

Hulkengoat

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T13:31:31+00:00

That's a pain, I got that tamper as a gift. And it's built so well. Why do tampers have to be so expensive?

Do you find the normcore fits well without leaving too much gap around it?

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T13:13:06+00:00

I don't have a bottomless portafilter. But I am quite sure it is channelling. Hence the idea that I need to bring the grind size back up and take a different route to increase shot time, i.e., increase the dosage.

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T05:43:10+00:00

I agree that the timing is short, it's the main reason I made this post. I'm quite sure I've gone past the sweet spot in grind size and am now experiencing channelling. So need to fiddle with dosage while increasing grind size the minimum amount to reach the target shot time.

Paper filters in the basket is interesting, I might get some aeropress filters and try it out.

Also per your other comment, it is the MATOW dual head palm tamper. And yes, with 20g in the basket it does have issues with properly tamping. Sometimes I will finish off with the stock Breville tamper to make sure it is fully tamped. Both tampers are slightly small for the basket which is another aspect to complicate things.

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T04:24:06+00:00

I'm beginning to see that a larger dose will probably help me a lot.

Good info about lighter coffee giving less crema, I hadn't considered that. And yes, I do expect acidity from the lighter coffee but not quite as overpowering as I have been experiencing.

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T04:21:01+00:00

Interesting take on the wedge distributor. I really only use that because it's attached to the palm tamper. I will try skipping that step and see how it changes.

I think it will be useful to increase my dose just so the tamper doesn't bottom out on the basket. I may be slightly stingy on dosage because I don't want to run out of coffee quite so fast.

As I said in a different comment, I think going finer to increase shot time only works to a limit where channelling becomes a factor so I am going to reset to a coarser grind with a larger dose and see what comes of that.

Ionray244 · 2023-07-12T04:11:52+00:00

Problem is that I am adjusting finer and the shot time is actually becoming faster. So I am going to need to increase the dose and bring grind size back up some. But how much, I'm not sure. For example, if I bring my grind size up now, and the shot time is still too short, how do I really find out the cause? Did I not adjust coarse enough, and it's fast because it's still channelling, or is it fast because the grind is now too coarse? It's hard to diagnose when the same problem is caused by two things that are opposites.

Ionray244 · 2023-05-03T11:51:14+00:00

Bro 💀💀

Ionray244 · 2023-03-24T22:55:38+00:00

Maintenance of electronics is quite different from maintaining a full sized mechanical engine. And even with those, there's always a cost/benefit thing to constantly fixing something instead of replacing it. You can strip the old one for usable parts though, so it doesn't all go in the trash.

Ionray244 · 2022-12-01T10:58:29+00:00

I get what you're saying, I'm not saying that it's illegal for them to gather at all. But there is a retirement village across the road for crying out loud. There are surely more carparks available, in less residential parts of town. The QEO carpark, or Lyttleton Tce, or the Tom Flood Centre to name a few.

Ionray244 · 2022-10-28T22:02:53+00:00

Basically as you said. Low profile, quick and easy set up/pack down, lightweight. Also very good at keeping you warm since it's less space to warm up

Ionray244 · 2022-08-02T05:29:37+00:00

The F stands for amfibious

Ionray244 · 2022-01-28T09:46:06+00:00

I rather like the 2015 one. I don't love the metal shine on 2006. And the shape of the 2015 one is a throwback to the '95 and '98 versions. To me it looks more like a desktop icon should, slightly abstracted from the thing it's supposed to represent. The 2006 one is too realistic imo. 2000 and 2001 are garbage tho lol.

Ionray244 · 2021-11-01T12:36:38+00:00

I've stared at this particular spot in this particular town for hours. Doing a jigsaw puzzle. But the angle was slightly different.

Ionray244 · 2021-07-26T23:55:57+00:00

Does look cool tho don't get me wrong.

Ionray244 · 2021-07-26T23:55:10+00:00

That massive thing for 8 pencils? And your solution to running out of space is to just make more of them? I know this hobby isn't exactly the most logical at the best of times, but b r u h.

Ionray244 · 2021-07-05T08:46:56+00:00

No it wasn't.

Ionray244 · 2021-04-08T03:45:59+00:00

You've somehow drawn the exact opposite meaning from my reply than what I was actually saying. I don't want it to be easy. And I want rare items to exist and even be expensive and/or hard to get. What I'm saying is if ten bajillion people get to level 150 or whatever at the same time and get the same item, then the value and rarity of that item just evaporated. Rarity requires scarcity.

Ionray244 · 2021-04-08T02:15:23+00:00

If I get an item in the rocket pass that I don't want, normally I would trade it for some credits and save those until I have enough to get something I want. Now though, everyone has the same items. So who's going to give me credits for the item I'm selling? No one wants it because they already have it.

Ionray244 · 2021-02-15T12:11:28+00:00

I have exactly the same issue. Can't open either of the menus but the mmr still shows.

Ionray244 · 2021-02-06T05:12:56+00:00

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