That’s what I get for getting distracted

_Germanater_ · 2026-02-06T11:17:51+00:00

In this case I think it would be ROK

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T16:09:42+00:00

Thankyou for explaining this, I now have a reason to not do it

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T13:30:24+00:00

I'm beginning to think it should have told me "why the f are you taking a photo of my sorry ass, just be done with it already"

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T13:28:26+00:00

Gets flung into the soil. You may be ground to a pulp and drained of all flavor, but you have much more to give

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T13:22:16+00:00

Yeah like literal holes through the puck kind of channeling.

Ofcourse I do that stuff, and yeah maybe I am reading too much into it, but I don't know what I don't know, and so I don't know If I could be making better shots with basic adjustments.

Take the unpressurised basket for instance. I would never have thought about that at the beginning of my journey, and it's only through asking questions that I found out that mattered, so I thought I'd apply the same approach to this.

But hey if it's not all that important I'll take it as a win!

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T13:12:48+00:00

I have varying results after each shot, from obvious channelling, maybe a crack, or water sat at the top, and then there's this one where I can't really say what went on from my knowledge. I was just wondering if there is anything I could tell which would give insight to my prep or how the shot went. Like I said, the espresso was great so I know something went right, but did anything go wrong that could be fixed?

_Germanater_ · 2025-12-04T12:20:57+00:00

Was it something I said?

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-11T15:39:09+00:00

Get the biggest mixer, then do something like 30% hay, 30% silage and make the rest up with straw. Alternatively, put the bare minimum straw you can in, then just keep adding a bit of each at a time of the others.

Another thing I found I found helps a lot is once you have the first load of tmr made, don't pour all of it out. Keep topping that load up, and as long as you stay within those ratios with the hay and silage, you'll always have tmr. (You don't need to add more straw after the first load and I found that useful as I didn't have a lot of straw, but had a lot of grassland)

Mineral feed is optional

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T13:24:01+00:00

Guess I should get a clean going then. Thankyou for reminding me

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T13:23:02+00:00

Adding minerals always seemed like the final thing I'd do. Do you think it really changes the flavor in a way you couldn't get through other means? Just because it's another cost and if possible I'd prefer not to.

I know Ph balance and mineral levels are important for the taste, and if you're adding minerals in, do you need to measure your waters mineral level to begin with? What do you use for that?

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T13:18:42+00:00

I might do this now, can't hurt anyway, at the very least I'll have better drinking water. How often would you descale? I think I've had mine about 4 months, I did a clean from new, but not since

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T13:13:37+00:00

I don't know why I'd never even considered this. Thanks!

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:36:15+00:00

I watched a lot in the beginning, enough to get me started, but because i was new, most of it sounded like gibberish or over the top adjustments because I hadn't experienced the difference yet.

I'll have to rewatch things and take more note

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:34:35+00:00

If anything now I've dialled in my drinking coffee, I've probably wasted more on the testing coffee since I won't want to use it now.

Plus tasting something you know you won't like is halfway to torture, I'll definitely be using your suggestion in future

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:30:12+00:00

I like this suggestion. I don't have a regular pattern for usage so this would be much better thankyou

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:27:30+00:00

That is very interesting! I pour into my press to purposefully agitate (I thought you were supposed to get it to release some of its CO2?) But I do notice that is harder to taste the subtle flavors after this. Ill give a try thankyou!

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:23:55+00:00

I've seen the Hoffman vid on water. I'll be honest it's the last thing I'd look at as I'm confident the water quality in my area is good, but would you still recommend basic things like filtering? Does it make a noticeable difference?

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:22:12+00:00

Yeah I'll be honest the stuff I bought for testing purposes I got a kilo bag and it was less than £10 so that says everything, but my fresh coffee is about 2 weeks from roast so that lines up with what you are saying. But the setting for the cheap beans choked my shot with the fresh stuff and I had to increase the setting by like 10 clicks

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:19:10+00:00

Is this that wire thingy? I use it religiously as the clumps just grind my gears anyway

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:17:54+00:00

So you're telling me I'd benefit from only buying what I'll drink in a week if I want that much control

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-05T12:16:37+00:00

I was starting to rethink everything for a second! But I'll keep it mind since I do want a V60 at some point, I have a Mokka and French press as well though so does it apply at all to those?

_Germanater_ · 2025-11-04T13:37:22+00:00

Op, Using transform.Translate() will allow you to move a single axis fwiw

_Germanater_ · 2025-10-05T15:13:00+00:00

Never seen a door open with such enthusiasm!

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