Rossa and Rosco, first impressions.

Dry_bean

derrilex wrote:

Geez this could almost cross over into the coffee vs weight gain thread. Keep cranking DB and neutralise those calories 😃

Would be real easy to stick the right size socket in the electric drill and go for it, guess that would be kinda cheating. 😉

UNM

Dry bean. wrote:

Would be real easy to stick the right size socket in the electric drill and go for it, guess that would be kinda cheating. 😉

what size socket? I don't see this as cheating at all. I think any quality hand grinder should allow for use of an external drive assembly.

Thundergod

I use my drill on my Kyocera.

C-man

I have the Rosco Mini- grinder and am very happy with it, it is a cheaper way for me to own a good grinder, about the same quality as a $1,500+ electric one for only just under $400 But I did not buy the Rosso I went for a Presso instead as it looked more stable to use, trouble with the Presso is it will not take the upper pressure needed for extraction, it just starts to leak water at the top end pressure. but the baskets is designed to work at lower pressures with plenty of holes in it. I would like to try the Rosso even though it may be hard to handle, just because I could get more pressure and see if that made any difference. The presso shots do taste good with lots of creama just wonder how much better the Rosso would be?

C-man

Is it working any better yet? or have you gave up on it?

Dry_bean

The Rosco/Rossa combo was bought for travel use, they have been sitting in the motor home for the past 6 or 8 weeks, did a trip to NSW about 10 days ago, so out came the Roco/Rossa, my opinion of the Rossa has not changed, what has changed is that during it's weeks off the grind adjustment ring on the Rosco has frozen solid, tried everything, cant budge it, obviously don't want to take to it with multigrips etc and mark the finish. As I said earlier, both devices beautifully made but in practice less than ideal. Yep I'm still usin em. :-|

askthecoffeeguy

oh photos please!

C-man

Dry bean. wrote:

The Rosco/Rossa combo was bought for travel use, they have been sitting in the motor home for the past 6 or 8 weeks, did a trip to NSW about 10 days ago, so out came the Roco/Rossa, my opinion of the Rossa has not changed, what has changed is that during it's weeks off the grind adjustment ring on the Rosco has frozen solid, tried everything, cant budge it, obviously don't want to take to it with multigrips etc and mark the finish. As I said earlier, both devices beautifully made but in practice less than ideal. Yep I'm still usin em. :-|

go to super cheap auto and get a cloth wrench to loosen the adjustment ring. anything else with scratch the soft brass

Dry_bean

C-man wrote:

go to super cheap auto and get a cloth wrench to loosen the adjustment ring. anything else with scratch the soft brass

Thanks C Man, Spoke with Ross from Portapresso the other day and he suggested the same thing. 🙂

Dry_bean

askthe coffeeguy wrote:

oh photos please!

Must admit I'm not really inspired to take pics of them, the satisfaction level is not all that high. 🙁

Ol_Grumpy

Alas the learning curve appears too steep for some? Practice man, practice, practice and perfection will follow... Or sell Em to mee an I'll do the practice for you!

Dry_bean

Ol Grumpy wrote:

Alas the learning curve appears too steep for some?

I hope your only joking. :-|

Paolo5

I bought the Rossa with the gauge last Christmas and I had really mixed results.... until the inventor placed a few video clips on his website showing rapid turning ( a lot quicker than I was doing) of the lever at the commencement of a shot. If you don't do this, the pressure build-up (which is really obvious with the gauge) is too slow and the window of opportunity to get a truly fabulous shot is missed. If you try to build up the pressure after the window has closed you will not be able to build it up, no matter how quickly you turn the handle and just will not succeed in a good shot. Build the pressure up and coast into the desired pressure that you want for the particular coffee that you have. From this point you can really profile the shot....up and down pressure as desired. Otherwise....forget it. Get it right and the espresso that comes is wonderful. Truly wonderful. Get it wrong and the results are woeful. I was ready to throw mine against a wall until I tried mimicking the video. I am so glad that I perservered. It IS the genuine article. There IS a definite learning curve. I reckon that the stand to steady the machine during extraction is a must-have. I had to forget about extraction times and volume of shots and just get in rhythm with the device. Once you get the idea of what you are meant to do, it is a feeling more than anything. Some of the best shots that I have had were made on this device. Kudos to the inventor for having the dream and skill to craft such an amazing espresso machine. If I am making coffee for myself only, it is my weapon of choice. Regarding the Rosco, 18 gms of beans take me 40 seconds to grind for espresso with the Rossa. Quite acceptable considering the quality of grinds that you get.

C-man

I have taken my little Rosco hand grinder into rosters and ground beans and they pulled amazing shots from it on high quality commercial machines, A good way to taste different beans that are not on the grind that day. everyone has been impressed with the grinder, it does have some quirks that you need to be aware of and get used to, that's all.