Snowy w/e in London - had some time for espresso!!
I know that AndrewD and some other Purists here are coffee geeks so let me show you the little work iv'e done this weekend: Decided to upgrade my Rancilio Silvia with a PID (Proportionnal Integral and Derivative) to gain in temperature control (+ pre-infu...
Very nice! Unfortunately it's really hard to find specialised machines like that in SG.
It's mostly all automated for the top end like Jura. Enjoy ur coffee! cheers PAt
Great to see the hot-rodded Silvia in action ...
Like high-end Hi-Fi, and particularly amplifiers, it's becoming all the rage to modify machines to improve temperature stability, set pump and boiler pressures more accurately, install custom restrictors to increase steam pressure (at least on E-61 machin...
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Indeed coffee world is quite a dark hole .... only started a year ago so still plenty to learn! haven't attended barista competition yet but might give it a go one day As i also cleaned everything at the same time i took the oppportunity to re-adjusted th...
The perfect temperature is like the perfect watch ...
... or the perfect amplifier, it varies depending on the coffee, the extraction time, and the flavours you are after. You might try turning down the temperature at the group head a little. My rule of thumb is 90 to 96C, so you may be extracting a little h...