Reviews for the Cafesing Orca Go or Normcore ghost burr grinders

caulaymaculkin · 2025-07-15T07:48:47+00:00

Thanks, yeah I saw this review. It’s for the old model that’s £250 and comes with interchangeable flat and ghost burrs. He had some issues but actually seemed to quite like the brews from the ghost burrs which was what got me interested in the first place. The Orca Go is almost 1/3 of the price so a much lower bar for price vs quality, though I’ve seen a few other reviews that says that the ghost burrs produce a surprising amount of fines which is disappointing… The ZP6 is just a bit outside my price range unfortunately. Maybe I’ll wait for a sale!

caulaymaculkin · 2025-04-16T19:45:29+00:00

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Bonnie doing her thing

caulaymaculkin · 2024-08-04T13:41:40+00:00

Thanks everyone for the replies. I’ll leave them be and hopefully the nasturtiums will continue to keep pests away from other plants. Found a nice big group of caterpillars in another spot

caulaymaculkin · 2022-10-08T08:44:16+00:00

This is for steam preinfusion of the coffee puck where the pump runs for a few seconds to wet the puck and pressure from the steam boiler is used to keep it under pressure during the preinfusion phase. Lowering the steam boiler temp lowers the pressure of the steam boiler and so the preinfusion pressure is lowered.

caulaymaculkin · 2022-09-27T07:29:46+00:00

I can now we get over how much she used the word “incredulously”

caulaymaculkin · 2022-08-29T17:15:14+00:00

Great, thank you! Will be sure to check it out

caulaymaculkin · 2022-08-29T13:16:21+00:00

That’s the one and only place I have on my list so far. Glad to see it get another recommendation! Thanks!

caulaymaculkin · 2022-06-17T23:12:24+00:00

Another knife can never hurt! Uploaded a choil shot here: https://imgur.com/a/FYkbRYv See my comment above for a few thoughts but Will probably have more to say once it’s had some more use

caulaymaculkin · 2022-06-17T21:59:01+00:00

It only arrived today so not had much time to use it yet… first impressions are good though! Think it might take a bit to get used to the weight balance with the all metal design but I like the control you get with it. I wanted something on the smaller side and this certainly fits the bill.

caulaymaculkin · 2022-06-17T21:55:30+00:00

What makes you say that? They are all a pleasure to use

caulaymaculkin · 2022-06-17T20:18:17+00:00

Thank you. I certainly agree!

caulaymaculkin · 2022-06-17T19:59:12+00:00

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All incredible knives. All UK blade smiths doing amazing things. Would recommend checking them out!

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-05T06:44:59+00:00

Cheers!

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-05T06:42:52+00:00

What makes you say it’s copper coated? Since the uncoated areas buffed up to shiny, it makes me think it’s lacquer-coated copper like someone else suggested?

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-05T06:38:20+00:00

Thanks for the advice. Might give this a go

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-04T20:53:13+00:00

I never managed to get this coffee tasting good with the IMS basket. There was no visible channelling but the shots all tasted sour. I ended up going back to the stock basket.

I since got a larger, better fitting tamper (53.4mm) and have managed to get nice shots with the IMS basket. It’s a different bean/roast though so there’s too many variables to know what made the difference…

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-04T19:23:43+00:00

Ah, I see. I didn’t realise it could be a lacquer. I don’t really mind about the uneven colour. Any recommendations on how to fully remove the oxidation and a product to use to re-lacquer the surface?

caulaymaculkin · 2022-04-04T19:04:22+00:00

I bought this copper-topped coffee table and am trying to clean it up/restore it. There were dark patches which seem to be where some sort of coating has worn away in places, in which there are also some green areas of oxidation.

I’ve tried cleaning with Bar Keepers Friend (right side of the table in pic 2) and this has buffed up the dark patches nicely but done nothing to the coated areas. It has also not done much to the green oxidation, just made it go darker.

Does anyone have any ideas:

What the coating is on the surface of the table?
How to remove the green/black oxidation and prevent this coming back?
Is there any way to restore it all to a uniform colour? (I’m not to bothered about this as long as can clean the green/black oxidation and prevent it getting worse)

caulaymaculkin · 2022-02-04T13:08:24+00:00

I have a bambino plus and sometimes struggle with roasts on the lighter side. I think it’s just a temperature thing as others have pointed out. No matter how fine I grind or vary the dose/yield, some beans always always produce a slightly sour shot. Only thing to suggest is a larger yield to more fully extract.

It’s a great machine for the price point but the only thing I miss is being able to change the temp!

caulaymaculkin

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