Ponte Vecchio Lusso - advice please?

Naki_chap

Nice one Brett :thumb: What basket are you using ?.

Brett_H

Naki^chap wrote:

Nice one Brett :thumb: What basket are you using ?.

Thanks guys! 18g VST of course. I love it!

Moon

Day 14 - Barista Day 12 - Guat 1. Barista - 8.9/10 2. Classic - 9/10 3. Barista - 8.9/10 4. Guat - 9/10 Wonder which one will jump out of the blocks first? Pleeeease .. give me a 9.2/10 one of youz Guys.. Breathe .... patience Grasshopper :angel: Yeah .. I know.

C-man

Brett H wrote:

Thanks guys! 18g VST of course. I love it!

Brett, are you dosing low with a fine grind or what?

Moon

Day 16 - Barista Day 14 - Guat ------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterdays results 1. Barista - 9/10 2. Classic - 9.1/10 3. - Guat - 9/10 ------------------------------------------------------------- Todays 1. Barista - 9/10 2. Classic - 9.1/10 3. Guat - 9.25/10 Ooooh .. Guat was the mover and takes a clear lead with large crema .. and very smooth.

Moon

Seeing the Guat is coming to Moony's party .. I thought I'd take some photos to share.. I remember a few months ago seeing a photo that Jack from Sorrentina posted of a shot from his Ponte Vecchio Lusso .. and looking at it .. I must admit .. it was mass envy. The photo wasn't much different to these..

Moon

Here's more.. This is what a mycuppa Guatemala looks like that rates a 9.2/10 It's a cracker .. trust me ;D * The light has bleached the colour of the coffee in the cup.

Brett_H

Looking terrific Moon, and a 9.2 no less! Terrific mate!

C-man wrote:

Brett, are you dosing low with a fine grind or what?

Hi C-Man, 20grams in the 18gram VST basket and adjust the grind as needed. If you start varying the dose in the VSTs you're in for a whole world of pain in my limited experience.

Moon

Day 18 -Barista Day 16 - Guat Tastes like Barista is starting to peak .. true to form .. last time Day 17 .. this time Day 18. Need a few more tastings to confirm. Slight chocolate coming through now. 1. Barista - 9.1/10 2. Barista - 9.1/10 Damn .. I'm gonna have to make a Classic and a Guat today - just to taste how they are traveling? Tough gig I know.

ash

Moon, I have no idea how you manage to do this day after day..... :rofl: It is an interesting journey into coffee that you are making here - long may it continue! I hope you manage to tough it out.... :coffee2:

Moon

Hi ash What's happening with your PV Lusso .. have you sold it .. or did you decide to keep it? I sent some d00d looking for a 2nd hand Lusso your way not that long ago. Just made a Guat .. oh Man Rating - 9.3/10 Ahhhh .. a 9/10 Guat .. to calm the inner beast :angel: Actually .. I'd put the last Barista @ 9.1/10 ahead of this cup of Guat. That Barista was pretty damn tasty

Moon

Brettmate Have you roasted any of the Guat green yet .. and if so, how long are you leaving it to rest before trying some? I'm considering a bulk purchase .. so I'm interested in how they roast up in the home? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 20 - Barista Day 18 - Guat 1. Barista - 9.1/10 2. Barista - 9.1/10 3. Guat - 9/10 Barista definitely better than Guat at this stage. Barista has the better flavour. In other words - a peaking Barista is better than a maturing Guat.

Brett_H

Not yet mate but this weekend definitely. I'll let you know as soon as they're out of the cooler.

Moon

Day 22 - Barista Day 20 - Guat Apparently the Sirius 'Classic' I had been rating .. isn't the 'Classic' blend currently available The blend I was given to try is not available as yet .. I was told 2-3 weeks. It is a delicious coffee .. and performs from Day i. It will be replacing the current blend and keeping the name 'Classic' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Barista - 9/10 2. Barista - 9/10 3, Guat - 8.9/10 For me .. the Guat has not hit its peak as yet. The steam valve has been sticking lately .. and has needed a quick turn of the knob which frees it up immediately. I may have to remove the plastic plate at the top under the cup warmer plate to see if I can squirt a drop of oil into it to free it up? Otherwise the Ponte Vecchio Lusso has been working fine so far. I have been using the same grind setting for each of the beans used .. Barista, Guat and the new 'Classic' Slight tweaking may improve them .. only I'm reluctant at this stage to tinker with the grind.

Moon

Day 24 - Barista Day 22 - Guat 1. Barista - 8.8/10 2. Barista - 8.9/10 3, Guat - 9.2/10 For the Guat .. I adjusted the grind slightly finer. Seemed to do the trick .. made all the difference .. Bonza coffee. Will have to see what affect it has on the Barista tomorrow. With the Guat producing a delicious 9.2/10 .. it is my choice if having another this evening. :thumb:

Brett_H

Going well mate!!

Moon

It is going well thanks Brett. It's been a while since pulling one of those 7.5/10 sinker types .. and all pretty well up around 9 .. so can't complain too much about the coffees these days. They are all very nice and a bonus if I can manage to crank them up a couple more notches? It keeps the challenge going. I'll have to roast up some green too .. and see what that's like in my Lusso with the better grinder? Crikey .. things sure have come a long way from the ol' Gaggia Baby and $150 DeLonghi grinder. Wonder how I'd be rating one of those coffees these days? Funny though .. I thought they were pretty good at the time.. which is good.

Koffee_Kosmo

A lever is a different kettle of espresso machine It looks like you have the Lusso all sorted out Moon And by the looks of your posts - making some great coffee

Moon

Cheers KK A week after my Lusso arrived .. my sister calls me and says .. you must have got the hang of it by now. I said .. nah, not yet .. it will take a few more weeks. I knew it would take longer .. only I didn't want to sound like too much of an incompetent idiot.. seeing we both have been on our coffee journeys for quite a while. Feb 4 will be 3 months .. and great to get past that wtf is this I've just made .. is it a sinker or will I risk it?.. stage. I keep a few different types of beans .. so if one isn't quite working .. there are alternatives to enjoy. Looking forward to roasting again. If I go for a larger order of Guat green from mycuppa .. I may find that I need to upgrade my roaster to get the best out of them? I'm enjoying trying out what the experts are roasting up for the moment. As far as the $ saving goes .. I'm probably only saving about $2 per week by going green .. and I thought the whole idea of roasting your own was to ensure freshness. Now it doesn't matter .. cause it is fresh from known suppliers anyway.. and they usually need at least a weeks resting .. so it doesn't seem worth it to me atm. Maybe it's the enjoyment of including the roasting as part of the whole coffee making process that makes it appealing? If you are after convenience .. you'd get an Aldi Pod machine .. well? I'm guessing that the people that get a lever machine aren't in it for convenience .. and don't mind going the extra lengths to reach a standard. Telling coffee people that you roast your own beans .. kinda has that extra zing in it .. Crikey .. this bloke takes his coffee making pretty seriously ......... and they'd be spot on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My other sister came over the other day .. the one who has the Sunbeam 6910 that the steam boiler has carked it .. and who tries to tell me that boiling the milk in a pot on the stove will produce much the same result .. yeah right. She is not impressed that I go across to the shopping centre when staying at her place and pay $4.80 for a jumbo latte (lavazza - 8.5/10) <--- very nice. Still working on trying to convince her to fork out and get a new one. Anyway .. she likes a long blackish latte .. 2/3 of coffee and 1/3 milk ..which was a bit of a challenge seeing I was trying to impress her with my new whiz bang coffee machine .. and hadn't made one of this type before. I ended up trying my Spong hand grinder first, with the idea that the grind would be more coarse and better suited to making long blacks.. only it choked and had to revert back to the Compak - which she said looked ugly. In order to get it long .. I kept pulling the lever until the cup was 2/3 full. She ended up wanting a bit more milk in it .. so it must have at least been strong enough. Her friend drank hers long black .. and liked it, although I wasn't convinced - that she was only just being polite? My sister was surprised that I bought the Spong after spending almost $500 on the big ugly Compak .. and commented that I was just keeping up with the Jones's .. after I explained that other members on the Coffee forum I hung out on had a range of Coffee equipment. i'm better setup to cater for those who like an espresso or latte .. and will need a bit more practice to get the long blacks happening. it was taking me ages to make them .. and sis said .. you won't be getting a job as a Barista in a Cafe anytime soon at that rate. Thanks sis .. your welcome. [It's a first born thing]

Moon

Day 27 - Barista Day 25 - Guat Baristas of late have been rating 8.8/10 and Guats 9.1/10 Haven't been able to create the rip snorters .. although can't really complain when they're up around 9. Perhaps the heat has affected the beans? Still reckon the best of the Guat is still to come? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This next bit isn't exactly coffee related .. so tune out now .. if it isn't your cup of ~~tea~~.... err .. coffee. Seeing it appears a bit of a boys club around here .. I'll share this little tid-bit. I was in the Supermarket the other day .. not checking out their coffee beans .. trust me (<-- coffee content) and was chatting with the Butcher in the meat department - when along came one of his female colleagues who was helping him out. He's a really nice bloke so I decided to pump him up with whole lot of compliments and then finished off with how lucky his wife must feel having such a great bloke as him as a husband. I then turned to his female workmate and asked if she gave her husband a big rap to her girlfriends like what I just did? She replied ..'Oh heck no .. I'd never do that .. otherwise they'd all want him' I left it at that .. and being a little bemused by what I had just heard .. hilarious but still - thought to myself .. so what do these women do .. bag out their husbands to their friends so the girlfriends won't bother taking much of an interest in them? My bloke is a lemon .. how's yours? Oh .. forget it .. you think yours is a dud .. well, don't get me started. After pondering on that for a bit .. I thought I'd better get home and make myself a nice tasty latte to celebrate my singleness. - (more coffee content) :coffee2: Edit: I hope these blokes serve them up a daily cup of Nescafe .. as payback. :stir The end.

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