So after 3 weeks, am I still happy with it? Yes. Are there some things prospective buyers need to be aware of? Yes. It has a fine tolerance for grind size. A little to far one way and you will have a quick pour, a little to far the other way and you will over extract or choke it, So I would recommend that a buyer have a quality grinder that uses a worm gear or other other mechanism to allow complete control over the grind. I find my Rosco hand grinder gives me good results, along with the Macap M4. On the plus side of this so far, has been the lack of need to constantly adjust the grind during the day, or for different beans (so far at least). That may be due to the fairly steady weather we've been having up here in Townsville lately. I've used 4 different beans with this machine since I've had it, and the grinder adjustment, once made, has been good for all of them. As Fresh Coffee has already pointed out earlier, due to the nature of a lever you don't get a huge amount of body with your coffee, But I still reckon you get an amazingly defined bunch of flavours from this machine. I've also found that a bean that is excessively bright or acidic when ground with the Rosco is more muted in flavour when ground with the Macap, which I put down to the different burrs (conical vs flat). I't fun trying each bean through each grinder. I'm finding that updosing on this machine is a bit of a no-no, as the flavour falls off. Dosing on the low side of 15g is quite nice, but the quality varied between different beans. Over the next few weeks I plan on playing around with an 18g, 20g and 22g baskets and see what happens in the cup. So far I've pretty much just stuck with the stock 15g basket, but will also start playing with the 15g VST basket as well. Back to the machine I go!
