^ Better still Grumps .. save it for a Coffee meet, as one of a half dozen entertainment skits as we sit around enjoying our coffees. I reckon a disgruntled Barista wielding a sledgehammer over a recently divorced machine would also add value to the event? :lamp: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whilst my beloved sister is off on a cruise around the Islands off the northern coast of Australia, I am holding the fort & looking after her 4 animals. She has a Sunbeam 6910 .. which is otherwise a decent machine .. only the steam boiler no longer works. When offering up my disappointment at not being able to make a latte .. she replied .. ''boil up some milk in a pot on the stove' Crikey .. no further questions .. the Prosecution rests, your Honor :-X Woke up this morning and wondered where I was? .. it was one of those 'oh no' moments .. I can't jump up and turn on my Lusso. Luckily for me, there is a Cafe nearby that makes a good one. I order the Jumbo and go outside to enjoy my healthy start to the day - coffee and a cigarette .. take off the lid .. wtf .. the top of my latte was caked in chocolate .. so it had to go back. It was too hot anyway, so this time the lady only heated it up to 65 deg which was perfect .. and turned out a very nice coffee. Yep .. a happy ending ^-^ Ok .. back home and it's Lusso time. 30 sec pour, 4oz cup. Rating: 8.6/10 Not big on these Guatemalan beans, although I had been getting Guatemalan green beans to roast up previously. I'm also using the Coles Farmland milk which is not in the same league as Woolies Macro Organic full-cream.. which means that I have to allow for the coffee not being quite as rich & smooth in the delivery of its flavour. Not bad .. only it's quite obvious I have to get my form back. Will be interesting to see whether I can produce a coffee back in the 9s with these beans? The grind might need tweaking as there is a flavour in there (as in other beans) that I don't particularly like .. that is absent when I get it right and produce an above 9 rated coffee. I'm not sure whether a finer or coarser grind will eradicate this in your face mouth flavour.
