New machine suggestions please

Brett_H

Fabulously inciteful and educated posts thank you CH. Best way as always is to go and have a play. KK's BNZ almost brought tears to my eyes at the Stratega day.... Also when I tried to lift it!

derrilex

Word has it everyone that AM is going out of the roasting trade to move up to campos beans 😃 Seriously though, I had a very enjoyable couple of hours with AM this arvo and learnt more than enough to get myself into trouble. Ta for PF handle too. I'll get that on ASAP and it will look "da bomb". AM also loved the massive drip tray on the BZ 😛 Good news with the 6910 eh. Must be that top quality filtered water that I use eh :laugh: Once again, thanks for your generosity and knowledge, much appreciated. Pick us up a keg of beans next time your at campos will ya.

derrilex

Surface rust, what surface rust ? I threw that in for free 😃 Maybe from spilling water when tank filling ? I know there is a bit of corrosion on the water filler flap. Pffft, who looks at the back anyway ;D. Is it inside the back door or on the back of the back door ? How many times did you say " the beans" to yourself on the way home ?

derrilex

Better beans in the head than dollars to Anna Bligh. I'm not happy about my donation. A bit of dodgy 304 slip through sunbeams QA ? Hardly surprising. Wooloowin ? Geez Am I thought you were up at bloody northlakes or thereabouts, Wooloowin is just past the Valley - not far from campos actually - mmmmm. :laugh:

coffeehorse

From memory Campos list roast date on pack not use by, so 7/11 could've been freshness issues in terms of puck expansion/degassing causing unexpected issues. Blefh. that was a bit off topic.

derrilex

That is what I have always been told by them aswell CH. So even today, those beans are alledged to be 6 day post roast ??? . I have had awesome batches that produced lovely oozy shots (on the 6910) and some dogs that perform like yesterday. Either way, there is no way to prove when they were roasted with any seller I guess.

derrilex

I'll be getting some more beans today, from somewhere ??, so I'll let you know the results.

coffeehorse

I'm assuming that Chris scaced it and fiddled with it before selling it, but if he has very high/low mains voltage and you have very low/high mains voltage, it could put it out enough for shots to be poor, especially if you're one of the unlucky few running around 215-220V.

derrilex

No tinkering that AFAIK. Just a run up to temp and flush. I know there is nothing wrong with my power, I have a tranny ( the electrical kind) outside my house and I do bulk welding at home. I would have noticed it by the welders performance. Beans are the issue and I dont think there is any reason to look anywhere else at this stage, maybe except for the grinder.

derrilex

Hi all, small update. Got some more campos beans with the same roast date ( 7-11) so they should be well and truly in the window for usage. Got the same result, weak and watery. I grabbed some s/o columbian from bellissimo roasted on 8-11 and with a few grind adjustments got quite a good result in the cup with heaps more body and punch. Alas they are all gone now. Picked up the usual campos beans yesterday with a roast date of 14-11. They are better but its still hit and miss. I'll store the new batch for a week and get some more of 8-11 columbian to get me through. Maybe time to look at home roasting.

Lacehim

Where do you live derrilex? If your in Brisbane, there are tons of roasters to choose from. Campos are but 1 brand. Try someone elses. Home roasting is a great idea, but adds another factor into the mix. I would try a few different brands (but fresh roasted) to make sure the machine is okay.

Koffee_Kosmo

Roast depth can have an effect on both taste & the production of crema KK

derrilex

I'm scared now AM, I can only guess what sort frankenstein roast you are capable of ??? 😃 I can hardly wait. Re the other roasters in town, Ive tried a few ( the usual suspects) but not with this machine. Ive only had it a week but I think it might be wise to buy 4 250 g bags from different boutique roasters instead of the 1 kg from campos until I find something better. I'll have to revisit previous suppliers to see how their product goes in the BZ. The search continues - part of the fun eh.

shape_shifter

Why not try beans from mycuppa (yes he's in VIC), he roasts fantastically and orders are very very prompt, sometimes to the point of out the door the day they are roasted 🙂

Brett_H

shape_shifter wrote:

Why not try beans from mycuppa (yes he's in VIC), he roasts fantastically and orders are very very prompt, sometimes to the point of out the door the day they are roasted 🙂

I can vouch for the Berry Apolcolypse (indescribably good) and the outstanding service. Don't tell him, but his prices are too low especially when you consider what quite ordinary roasters around town are charging.

shape_shifter

Shhh Brett shhhh 😉 I really shouldn't order so much as we take a while to go through it all BUT the Berry we are drinking now was roasted on the 18th October (I received it 3 days later), so that makes it, oh 4 weeks old, I can see everyone grimace, but seriously it is still going strong, granted I can't pull a shot with it through the smart grinder (I don't think it is the beans fault, the user just can't get the hang of it :doh🙂 but the Spong has it coming through the machine like it was roasted last week, still absolutely delicious.

mycuppa

Thanks for the kind words. Wrong area to post, but if interested, we have about 50x various 1kg packs of the leftovers from the Golden Bean entries that were roasted on Sunday 13/10 (shite of a day to roast, but anyway that's another story). 2 different Espresso blends (one has the famed Lake Tawar, the other has CIRISI) 2 different Milk-based blends (one is Suuweet, the other is Berry Apocalypse) 2 different Single Origins (The revered Sidamo Oromia - yes, I've used a bean that is 18 months old) and the other being Tanzania TEC - although these are moving very fast and I don't expect them to last beyond tonight. 1 Organic blend These are all our standard line coffees, no specially imported "Bait & Switch" coffees that others like to enter. The Oromia is in dire short supply (someone get me a tissue please) as we have been stretching this bean so thin over the last 9 months, resisting the desire to roast it.

derrilex

Ok, Ive just ordered 1 kg of the Berry from My Cuppa. Looking forward to it immensely. AM had some fun this evening trying to get a pressure reading. Buggers me why the PF has the two slots in the top. There must be a Bezzerra service tool PF that is used - one without slots. Maybe KK has one squirreled away 😉

Koffee_Kosmo

derrilex wrote:

Ok, Ive just ordered 1 kg of the Berry from My Cuppa. Looking forward to it immensely. AM had some fun this evening trying to get a pressure reading. Buggers me why the PF has the two slots in the top. There must be a Bezzerra service tool PF that is used - one without slots. Maybe KK has one squirreled away 😉

I borrow Barazi's PF gauge Only used it once because on my machine I have a pressure gauge built in The machine is accurate so now I use it because I know its right KK

mycuppa

derrilex wrote:

Ok, Ive just ordered 1 kg of the Berry from My Cuppa. Looking forward to it immensely. AM had some fun this evening trying to get a pressure reading. Buggers me why the PF has the two slots in the top. There must be a Bezzerra service tool PF that is used - one without slots. Maybe KK has one squirreled away 😉

Thank you Alex. Just seen the order come through and we are still here working - will ship tomorrow. Enjoy.

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