Help me please :).

Brett_H

Cuir Beluga wrote:

I figured as much Geek, I have given up for a while. I will go and have a look now, thanks 🙂.

Before tomorrow's shot make sure the machine is on 30 minutes prior and run some water through the group (80-100ml) before pulling your shot.

Cuir_Beluga

Brett H wrote:

Before tomorrow's shot make sure the machine is on 30 minutes prior and run some water through the group (80-100ml) before pulling your shot.

Will do Brett, thanks :thumb:.

Cuir_Beluga

Okies, I have had 2 cuppas this morning, blonding just after the 60ml mark and tasting fine. Perhaps yesterday was just a bad hair day 🙁.

Brett_H

Good news!

GeekKopi

Cuir Beluga wrote:

Okies, I have had 2 cuppas this morning, blonding just after the 60ml mark and tasting fine. Perhaps yesterday was just a bad hair day 🙁.

great news sue. Keeping all other things consistent such as dose, distribution, tamp etc you just have to keep an eye on your grind settings throughout the day as the espresso shot can vary based on temp fluctuations and humidity.

Cuir_Beluga

Brett H wrote:

Good news!

It is indeed Brett 🙂.

GeekKopi wrote:

great news sue. Keeping all other things consistent such as dose, distribution, tamp etc you just have to keep an eye on your grind settings throughout the day as the espresso shot can vary based on temp fluctuations and humidity.

I've noticed the first one of the morning is near perfect and then it is usually downhill from there 😛.

GeekKopi

Cuir Beluga wrote:

It is indeed Brett 🙂. I've noticed the first one of the morning is near perfect and then it is usually downhill from there 😛.

Hi CB how has the coffee been since your bad hair day?

Cuir_Beluga

Hi Geek, I've had some real good ones and some not so good ones. I'm just playing around with things at the mo. I figure the best way to learn is to mess around with these things 😛. Thanks for asking 🙂.

Brett_H

Spot on CB! Keep up the research 😉

Cuir_Beluga

I will do Brett, I had a beauty of a cup this morning, really, really good :coffee2:.

Brett_H

Cuir Beluga wrote:

I will do Brett, I had a beauty of a cup this morning, really, really good :coffee2:.

There it is! The payoff for perseverance! :thumb:

askthecoffeeguy

Hi guys been in qld for two weeks with the family on holiday we were kept pretty busy while we were away so no posts - but back now = Yay ! Sounds like you're getting some good shots CB - once I find the 'sweet spot' on the grinder I tend to mark it with a texta and use that as a reference point to revolve around Cofer pouring too fast? Reduce the grind size Coffee pouring too slow? Widen it up a little ! Remember small adjustments are easier to track and give you a reference point - large adjustments to the grind leave you wondering where you started from !

Cuir_Beluga

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

Hi guys been in qld for two weeks with the family on holiday we were kept pretty busy while we were away so no posts - but back now = Yay ! Sounds like you're getting some good shots CB - once I find the 'sweet spot' on the grinder I tend to mark it with a texta and use that as a reference point to revolve around Cofer pouring too fast? Reduce the grind size Coffee pouring too slow? Widen it up a little ! Remember small adjustments are easier to track and give you a reference point - large adjustments to the grind leave you wondering where you started from !

I keep an exercise book and write down the bean and the grinds, and whatever else, in that 😛.

askthecoffeeguy

Good practice ! I do the same thing for my coffee roasts !

Cuir_Beluga

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

Good practice ! I do the same thing for my coffee roasts !

I find it gives me something to go back to if need be.

Cuir_Beluga

A bit of an update..... I am still not convinced my brews are what they should be although they are better. Anyway... I went and bought some beans this morning from our local coffee house Viscous Coffee and I was chatting to the owner and he asked me how I liked the beans, he remembered me buying them last time. I told him that I liked them but my grinder not so much, so he told me to bring the grinder to him and he will set me on the right track with it. I was stoked as customer service around here is sadly lacking, needless to say I will be going back there very shortly 😃.

mycuppa

Cuir Beluga wrote:

A bit of an update..... I was stoked as customer service around here is sadly lacking, needless to say I will be going back there very shortly 😃.

I am not sure if that was aimed at forum sponsors - but in any case dialing in a grinder is a skill that is developed from practice and experience - only achieved with said equipment in front of the person doing the task because it requires more than just internet theory and instructions...........prerequisites are ability to taste and visually see what is happening.

GeekKopi

mycuppa wrote:

I am not sure if that was aimed at forum sponsors - but in any case dialing in a grinder is a skill that is developed from practice and experience - only achieved with said equipment in front of the person doing the task because it requires more than just internet theory and instructions...........prerequisites are ability to taste and visually see what is happening.

hi mycuppa I'm sure CB was referring to customer service in her area of residence and not forum sponsors. Btw. We have jumped in the CENTRE WAY band wagon and its smashingly good. I've gone through half a kilo since my order arrived on Tuesday.

GeekKopi

Cuir Beluga wrote:

A bit of an update..... I am still not convinced my brews are what they should be although they are better. Anyway... I went and bought some beans this morning from our local coffee house Viscous Coffee and I was chatting to the owner and he asked me how I liked the beans, he remembered me buying them last time. I told him that I liked them but my grinder not so much, so he told me to bring the grinder to him and he will set me on the right track with it. I was stoked as customer service around here is sadly lacking, needless to say I will be going back there very shortly 😃.

Sue. That's awesome. Definitely take your grinder to them so they help you dial it in. It will of course be a starting point as the settings will need to adjust as the beans lose some freshness and the weather fluctuates.

Kevohere

That's the way I read CB's post as well GK! It's interesting how misinterpretation can be a byproduct of forum speak. However, he DID say he wasn't sure. Yes, it appears though that he has produced a sure thing with Centre Way blend. (Yes, I did try it yesterday [emoji106]?, now waiting for a few more days).

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