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So I PIF'd my naked PF from my em6910 as I am expecting a new machine this week, the recipient was quick to return the favor by way of an Aeropress so it's more like a trade- I am happy with the deal that's been done
but...
I boxed it up and posted it out yesterday. I have now made a dozen coffees with the stock PF and I am really surprised (read "let down") by the difference in the pour and in the cup. With the naked PF, it seemed near impossible for me to get any blonding and in the cup I had oh so much body. Now that I have gone back to the stock PF, each of my shots blonded fairly quickly forcing me to stop the pours earlier than I normally would have and the body is... hmmm.... lacking? It's not as sweet, has less creamy mouth feel and has left me quite dissapointed. :-[
The thing is I bought the naked PF to expose any problems with my dose/distribution/tamp and it did expose a few which I worked to correct but I didn't realise the massive difference it would make to the end result in the cup. I'm still using the Synesso basket and doing everything else the same as I did with the naked.
Has anyone else used a naked PF for some time and then gone back to a standard one and found a similar result? Could it be that I have changed my tamp without realising it or does a naked PF really make that big a difference? I realise everyones taste is different, what is your preference?
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