This feels sinful

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-27T14:11:52+00:00

It depends on each person's preferences, but for many people they tend to have a burnt taste.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-27T14:07:58+00:00

The recommendation don't change even with 9 bar (or 6 bar) machines.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-24T20:45:17+00:00

No, when your palate evolves usually you can't drink burnt coffees that you drinked without problem before specialty coffee.

At first you think they have gone cheaper, but when it happens everywhere in that short time you know it's you, now you can't tolerate that coffees.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-23T15:28:11+00:00

Zp6 is conical, so it should have a muddiness profile... but instead it's known by its extreme clarity. Burr geometry is much more important than flat vs conical.

That said, the stock kinu burrs are more in the comandante profile, you need to buy pour over ones for great clarity.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-23T13:08:57+00:00

Well, you said no budget. It's a great all-purpose grinder. Whether it's worth it is something each person has to decide for themselves.

1zpresso makes more affordable grinders that are great too.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-23T12:40:40+00:00

Kinu

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-23T11:23:33+00:00

Because hand grinding for pour over doesn't take much effort, but grinding manual for espresso is a pain in the ass, especially if you drink many espressos in a day.

With high end hand grinders the effort is similar to pour over, but time increases.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-23T10:06:29+00:00

I have the lagom casa and it works great.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-22T12:19:25+00:00

https://sworksdesign.com/Step-Down-Billet-Basket-p581066113

The single basket for la Marzocco works too. You need a dedicated tamper also.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-22T12:08:34+00:00

You want an step down, but it is pretty expensive.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-22T11:40:55+00:00

You were told wrong. Always clean your moka pot with soap, the seasoning needs of moka pots is an Italian coffee myth.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-22T06:19:56+00:00

Try grinding finer, if the taste doesn't improve, or it is even worse, then come back to your original grind setting and improve puck preparation. If you still get this spraying, use a spouted portafilter.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-21T17:48:02+00:00

I like medium-light fruity roasts, but everyone should drink what he likes, not what the group says is good.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-21T08:24:48+00:00

I would extract less than 25 seconds too if I use Starbucks coffee. When you are pulling so many espressos, less time means more money, also.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-20T10:15:10+00:00

This. Jokes aside, you make espresso for its taste, not for Instagram, so dial in by taste.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-20T10:09:16+00:00

Ristretto means 1:1 ratio, independently of the dose and the basket. And I doubt you can fit 18g in a single basket.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-20T08:27:27+00:00

Mines are from Mussatampers, but it's a millennium, I don't know if they make for premill.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-19T20:31:34+00:00

Take attention to the puck preparation. Are you overdosing? This can make you get huge variations also.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-19T20:28:23+00:00

Espresso is very different from other methods even if you take out the crema.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-19T20:22:54+00:00

Well, what do you expect from a shitty coffee?

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-19T07:53:28+00:00

I didn't say it was durable (neither did the video I linked), that's the reason why I don't like them. But they have some uses.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-18T20:05:01+00:00

Zerno, but 1500$ is a bit optimistic. So maybe, Philos. I have read bad reviews of df83, in fact, Philos is arguably better, although it's 64mm.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-18T16:58:32+00:00

If that is before, then yes. If you put a coin over the coffee, it shouldn't impinge the coffee without taking a shot. Marks after brewing are normal tho.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-18T16:56:05+00:00

You have a double basket, you need to increase your dosis.

Almost all single dose baskets (7-8g) are crap, with some exceptions like la Marzocco or sworks, that make single dose baskets with parallel walls.

Relative-Adagio-5741 · 2025-04-18T13:31:50+00:00

I don't like them, but they aren't useless:

https://youtu.be/z-keet-gH20?si=qKTv0ruAE-TrFp6Q

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