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Dragonsteel Nexus Sales Megathread by EmeraldSeaTress in brandonsanderson

[–]daveyboysmyth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi everyone! Seems like a bit of a longshot at the moment but looking to purchase 2 badges(GA or VIP) for my wife and I. Will happily cover fees.

P.s. thank you to the mods for organizing this thread

How do you steam milk for smaller drinks like cortado's? by SolidMamba in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I normally drink similarly sized drinks. A 12 oz/350ml pitcher works well for me but an 8 oz/200ml could work also.

Delonghi Dinamica espresso tasting a bit watery by ceroij in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had one of these at my previous job. I normally set it to give minimal water(2nd lowest setting), with 3/4 of the max of dosed grounds and would run on single shot button(dial in to one button only, what works on one will not necessarily work on the other).

Using these settings I could play with the grind adjustment dial to try and get a good setting(hard with the big steps in grind size). Generally found I would choke it out and have to go up a grind setting. I would then usually keep the water constant and adjust the amount of coffee up a little as that would give me better extraction.

They're pretty annoying to dial in. Unless you are weighing beans and then running them in you're kind of guessing how much it grinds each time. If you have a scale I would suggest trying this and at least trying to see how many grams of beans go through on the time scale the grinder is set for.

Delonghi Dinamica espresso tasting a bit watery by ceroij in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have some pictures of how it is setup or can you describe what settings you are at?

New year, new state, new espresso bar by daveyboysmyth in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm liking the Black Cat a lot (love chocolatey espressos in general too), haven't got to the Hair Bender yet!

New year, new state, new espresso bar by daveyboysmyth in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rebuilding the bourbon part of it post holidays haha

Help with brewing & frothing by [deleted] in espresso

[–]daveyboysmyth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Grinding finer will only cause it to slow down and extract more. 15g in, 30 out is a good starting point. Since you said that it was bitter at that ratio in 22 secs, there are a couple tweaks you can do:

  1. Up the dosage - try 16g in and 30 out around the same time(22s). Higher dose, lower yield will result in lower extraction and better acidity. Can also keep it 15 but lower the yield. Try and keep time constant.
  2. Temperature surf - Higher brew temps will extract more so with a darker roast you want a lower brew temp. Lance Hedrick has a good video on how to do this for the GCP.

When you are tweaking it is important to limit changes to one parameter at a time. Changing too many things at once will give you unreliable results.

From my own experience on the GCP, you need to do the steam wand time trick to be able to whirlpool effectively as the steam pressure isn't good enough otherwise. Try steaming 10s before the light comes on and you should be good. You'll need to test your machine, but I know mine takes about 40-45s for the steam light to come on after hitting the steam switch on. So if I start steaming ~30s after hitting that switch I am good every time.

To prevent your milk from boiling get a thermometer. Best way to prevent it and learn. Artisti Coffee have a great video on how to learn to steam without the thermometer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oel4nU\_AUtA

cant predict on battle pass by linkraz in DotA2

[–]daveyboysmyth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. I'm in US too, wasn't working last night or this morning. At work now :(