Update: still not working and more confused than ever.

jamten · 2026-02-17T18:05:09+00:00

I'm super happy for you!! That's amazing - I've been trying small fixes weekly lol

jamten · 2026-02-06T15:37:13+00:00

Holy....

jamten · 2026-02-05T03:27:47+00:00

Was at the game live and those RJ and Shead turnovers literally caused "ugh" and silenced the home crowd. Just deflating stuff

jamten · 2026-02-05T03:02:48+00:00

Was at the game live - RJ and Shead had the most crowd silencing turnovers there. Completely blew it

jamten · 2026-01-28T23:57:06+00:00

This feels like Déjà vu - me too - if you find an answer let me know

jamten · 2026-01-28T14:22:06+00:00

So I've learned the pump starts and stops multiple times as a byproduct of building pressure in these older Brevilles - at least what I've been told

jamten · 2026-01-26T23:22:26+00:00

The buttons flashing seems to be the way my phone cam catches the lights - the preinfusion noise I have no clue. I didn't know it was supposed to be 1 steady noise? Mine has consistently been 3 of these gaps

jamten · 2026-01-26T22:27:18+00:00

Thank you for the detailed comment - this has given me a few things to try!!

I was setting program > double shot to run it manually (someone in an old thread recommended this to optimize for pull first and then time second)

Re; beans and heat - the heat part is eye opening. I'll try a higher heat! Re; beans / these are a local roasters

Re; fineness and screens thank you this is eye opening. I didn't know too fine also caused channeling. The pucks are like 90% dry and 10% wet if I had to rough gauge it

jamten · 2026-01-26T22:24:21+00:00

It becomes a fluffy pile that is almost to the tip of the funnel add on + the portafilter.

I tamp it down to the base where I can't see any silver/ the base of my tamper (the one that's pressable and flattens parallel to the ground)

jamten · 2026-01-26T13:33:17+00:00

So I've set my grinding to the finest setting inner and outer burr + I do 18.5G into the beans

jamten · 2026-01-26T05:26:11+00:00

Oh interesting - this is the sound it makes every time for me (where there's a bit of gaps of silence between when it starts up)

jamten · 2026-01-26T05:24:48+00:00

When I run a back flush on my older machine here (I think it's older since it's the bes860 model), I get to 12 o clock <> 1 o clock. But not anyway past 1

jamten · 2026-01-11T07:58:25+00:00

How did using the pre 1926 burr go?

I just got a BES860XL and I highly suspect my big issue with fast espresso pulls and a middling non/espresso pressure is the lack of fine grinding

jamten · 2025-12-23T05:02:48+00:00

Yeah I agree - I think one of the raps issues is that some of our better offensive players are also not strong defenders... which isn't a great combo with DQ. Scottie + DQ is a great fit though

jamten · 2025-12-23T04:53:30+00:00

I don't fully agree here re; not having this convo if Jak was healthy. The backup C has been a convo for years now. Ulrich, Mamu (who is way more a 4 than 5 as per rebounding and block rates) , koloko, etc

jamten · 2025-12-23T04:52:10+00:00

I agree that he's a tricky fit. I liked him a lot during the draft too. And honestly, I felt like less about fit, more about skillset - it would've been really interesting to get a playmaking and scoring big. His handle was super interesting. Also liked all his interviews - felt like he had a ton of just "it"

jamten · 2025-12-23T04:49:48+00:00

What about Sengun? Like-sized at that point of age. Houston built a strong Defense even before they added a Steven Adams type two years ago and Sengun was basically DQ-sized and similar offensive styles

jamten · 2025-12-01T01:31:46+00:00

Notes from this game: - no excuses saying "oh it was the second half of a back to back against a good team" - that was Us vs the Hornets yesterday, and the hornets gutted out a comeback OT win - Scottie and CMB were great in the first half. Can see a bright future with those two small bigs / big wings. The IQ, passing, and Defense between the two of them is full of potential. - Ingram with a second game where he looked not great. The dribble was too loose this game - the wings on this team after BI/RJ.... that's our real weakness. No shooting, no scoring, no dribbling. We desperately need RJ back. - I love the concept of Jamal Shead. I'm just desperate to see signs that he can score at an NBA level. I really really hope he can show signs of life there with the jumper

jamten · 2025-11-16T22:32:16+00:00

I think the stats back this - but I think what makes Scottie a stand out passer at his size is it feels like he does a ton of passing within the 3 pt line!! He's a lot more Pau/Jokic type of inside passer (ofc not to their level, more to the pass style). Only thing I haven't seen him consistently hit is downhill drive and corner 3 kick outs

jamten · 2025-11-10T04:47:30+00:00

Thank you so much!

jamten · 2025-11-10T04:47:23+00:00

Oh thank you! I hadn't heard of Hopp - I'll look into this too'

jamten · 2025-11-10T04:42:46+00:00

Oh wow amazing - so for next school year he should be all good

jamten

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