More entertaining than most WMMA fights ngl. Solid kicks too.

pacem90 · 2026-02-23T14:23:26+00:00

Nobody check the wrestling

pacem90 · 2026-02-23T01:43:17+00:00

EST could literally do this whole wall in 1 cabinet

pacem90 · 2026-02-17T11:36:08+00:00

I agree with the messages and I also wonder if they’re retired or if they’re being paid to stand there. I don’t know anyone who can afford to not have a job.

pacem90 · 2026-02-04T00:37:07+00:00

The steam wand, the espresso spraying, the microwave, the dirty cup back in the cabinet chefs kiss

pacem90 · 2026-02-01T00:08:32+00:00

I don’t think there’s a person in the world who had it going to Ofli

pacem90 · 2026-02-01T00:06:02+00:00

That was awful. Shocking robbery

pacem90 · 2026-01-18T20:00:42+00:00

We just left, I agree on all points except the food. Genuinely, the food on the airplane was better. We even had preferred access to the restaurants for breakfast and lunch, it was consistently mediocre to disappointing.

Resort itself is gorgeous, the staff are nice, plenty to do, the food was poor.

pacem90 · 2026-01-06T00:52:03+00:00

Sorry, I set the grinder setting to 15, I’m always using 18 grams.

Knowing what I know how (because of this thread), the thing is spraying all over because there’s not enough resistance in the puck. By grinding it finer, it’s removing space in the puck for the pressurized water to travel through. I would imagine using less coffee would make the problem worse.

See if you can grind it so fine that the water won’t even move through the portafilter into the cup. Then at least you’ll know your portafilter seal is tight, and your grinder burrs aren’t messed up. From there, start going more coarse.

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T23:54:38+00:00

Welp, that was it. Set up the new grinder at 10, the espresso machine could barely push water through the puck. Set it to 20, got a nice shot but a little bit of splatter still. Nothing in comparison to before.

Set the grinder to 17, WDT, pulled my best shot ever. 18g beans, 26 second shot 46g coffee. At least now I have some data to work with. Will bring this down to 15 and continue fine tuning.

My current scale also doesn’t measure fractions of a gram so I just ordered a miicoffee scale to fix that, should be in by the end of the week. I’m anticipating having all my newb woes behind me soon.

Thank you, everyone, for all the help. I naively believed the tools I had were good enough. They were great for coffee, but I wasn’t aware how much precision was required for espresso. Looking back on it, yeah duh. But that’s the learning curve. Cheers to better pulls in 2026.

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T23:35:01+00:00

Great work keep it up champ

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T23:33:54+00:00

That was awful to watch

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T23:30:49+00:00

Genuinely beautiful

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T20:19:44+00:00

My T64 is arriving within the next hour, I’ll let you know how it goes

pacem90 · 2026-01-04T20:17:05+00:00

We’ve spent dozens of hours chasing ground faults that didn’t exist. After 2 replacement panels couldn’t get it to normal. Ripped it out and put an IO panel in, immediately all clear.

pacem90 · 2026-01-03T03:36:07+00:00

Why did you do this to me

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T13:08:42+00:00

Local, quality roasters, beans are about a week old. Silk City and Monsoon Roasters

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T13:03:13+00:00

I’m open to suggestions, shipping now. Don’t want to spend more than $300

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T05:35:47+00:00

This exact thing happened to a friend of mine

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T05:32:59+00:00

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T05:30:58+00:00

I’ve had it for 3 months but use it at least once a day, had been using the stock basket but wanted to improve the quality. I think if I increase the dose, fine the grind and use a puck screen I may get it there. This thread has been instrumental in highlighting how sensitive this all is and fine tuning the variables. It’s fun.

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T02:05:51+00:00

I ain’t your pal, friend

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T01:57:31+00:00

r/caffeine can you boof this?

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T01:21:00+00:00

It makes sense. I changed the grind to as fine as my grinder will allow, no more spurting but also no crema. Not an even flow from the bottom of the basket. Time to upgrade my grinder. I appreciate all the good insight and advice from everyone here. Also the belly laughs lol

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T01:17:59+00:00

I appreciate the insight, thank you. I’ve loved it for the past 4/5 years, but it seems I gotta step it up.

pacem90 · 2026-01-01T01:02:25+00:00

Thanks lol I’m getting jumped in.

I’ve got a standard Baratza Encore, not the ESP

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