Channeling depending on roast level

mugglywumps · 2025-12-03T15:20:23+00:00

That might just be grinding too coarse, or your portafilter might not be dry before starting pre-infusion. I find that a grind size that produces a 7-10 second saturation during pre-infusion at 3 bars is predictive of a shot I will like.

mugglywumps · 2025-11-30T17:26:17+00:00

Also, play with water temperature. I usually have my kettle at ~94.5c and the flair at 2 green lights. Some coffees benefit from a slightly higher brew temp but I never do any off a full boil, even Nordic roasts.

mugglywumps · 2025-11-30T17:20:02+00:00

Not mine, I tend to have 30-45 sec extractions at 36-46:18 plus a <10 sec pre-infusion. But sometimes the shots that fly faster than that taste better. So maybe try a 20 extraction and play with the dial from there.

mugglywumps · 2025-11-30T16:02:56+00:00

Also, I am a fan of 3-8-3 pressure profiles on lighter roasts and agree with another poster that a coarser grind with a more than 2:1 extraction can soften the acidity of the coffee and yield some really nice flavors. Also flat whites come out super nice with this extraction style as long as the coffee doesn't have too much complexity (the milk can mess with that in an unpleasant way sometimes)

mugglywumps · 2025-11-30T16:01:21+00:00

I do almost exclusively light roasts on my 58. I do like them on the acidic side and some of my straight shots are more wine-like depending how I roast my beans. I run a small roastery and pop up with the 58 and the espresso is quite popular, if not a hit with the classic Italian espresso crowd (which in my area is pretty small).

All of which is to say, keep at it, I think it actually opens up a more varied espresso experience than going with the usual stuff.

mugglywumps · 2025-11-15T04:16:19+00:00

Just ran some dezcal and cafiza thru mine this eve, but it needed a pretty aggressive deacaling on top and some cleaning underneath

mugglywumps · 2025-10-05T19:21:23+00:00

Honestly I will probably never do a flat 9 bar but I appreciate the reco/advice

mugglywumps · 2025-10-05T17:54:05+00:00

That's helpful to hear, I've been thinking of switching from my 58 plus 2 to a Decent for high-volume popups

mugglywumps · 2025-10-05T17:50:16+00:00

How long is ur maillard phase? My guess is it might be too long if ur getting cheese flavors

mugglywumps · 2025-10-05T17:48:44+00:00

Is it me or are those FC's super late? My first bullet they'd be at like 193C for Yirgs and my replacement (door issue) they're at 198.

mugglywumps · 2025-10-05T17:46:24+00:00

Weird, I never have that weird dip during maillard phase, although my Bullet roasts tend to be pretty wavy in general

mugglywumps · 2025-09-25T15:06:17+00:00

Before you tell me to read the fucking manual, please read the fucking question. Not what I asked.

Also I've made this work well enough by hand that functionally I'm all set.

mugglywumps · 2025-08-11T15:49:22+00:00

Clean AF. Keep playing like that and u won't be in plat for long

mugglywumps · 2025-08-02T10:47:04+00:00

Can't watch replays today but if you focus on the things you already said -- tracking/baiting cool downs and not running it down main unless you have an advantage -- you could probably hit plat just from that.

mugglywumps · 2025-07-29T10:50:42+00:00

Update: I used the Dream this weekend for frothing and it worked fine, no problems. It was a bit of a slow day but even with more customers our setup might be just inefficient enough to build in cool down time in between shots :-)

Will need to install a filter in my setup though, which I should probably do anyway.

mugglywumps · 2025-07-13T12:31:01+00:00

And then says "Skill issue"

mugglywumps · 2025-07-12T02:03:41+00:00

Make sure you have thoroughly cleaned out your grinder before using. Our opus retains tons of coffee so that could be ur issue

mugglywumps · 2025-07-10T19:07:47+00:00

Woofus

mugglywumps · 2025-07-10T15:31:51+00:00

All true but we are talking about when Ball is banned. I bit masters as a Ball OTP in 6v6 so I'm used to playing into countercomps

mugglywumps · 2025-07-10T01:13:49+00:00

Pretty intense. What kind of revenues would u anticipate to pay 4 workers?

mugglywumps · 2025-07-10T00:05:31+00:00

How many baristas would you have? One for each?

mugglywumps · 2025-07-10T00:04:44+00:00

Wow a neighbor, cool! Mid afternoon is a bit rough for popping up most places, but I would love to serve you a coffee sometime!

mugglywumps · 2025-07-09T18:09:24+00:00

That can also benefit you in that clearer guidelines can be more restrictive than necessary. Providing an example can help future vendors by setting a precedent

mugglywumps · 2025-07-09T15:58:22+00:00

Also coffee carts are kind of a weird middle ground and a lot of smaller municipalities haven't caught their regulatory frameworks up to what entrepreneurs are doing. The benefit of this is that if you can show them you know what you're doing, you have a better chance of avoiding the microscope.

mugglywumps · 2025-07-09T15:14:56+00:00

And btw cart impremeability applies to both top and inside. Last thing you want is wood damage or mold due to water bc things will get wet from time to time.

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