Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

I’m using an AeroPress at the moment and buying ground coffee. Reading this thread it seems the biggest upgrade for my coffee is to buy a grinder. Would a DF54 be suitable for my AeroPress?
 
If you only intend to do AeroPress/pourover and no espresso, then take a look at the Fellow Ode - highly regarded as one of the best pourover only machines. If you think you might eventually go the espresso route then the DF54 would be a very sensible option.
 
Siliconslave said:
definitely, DF54 is very well regarded although i'd also look at the fellow ode (1 or 2)
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Ode 1 is cheap but ode 2 is much improved, if anything the anti static chute is worth it.

I have been drinking pour over only the past 2 years and tempted many times to get one and I have the Niche.
 
This week I'll mostly be trailing my travel setup in sunny Barcelona:
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(Miir pourigami, Timemore Chestnut C2 and a Yeti rambler hotshot. Combined with some amazing light roast beans from Skylark Roasters in Brighton)

(Nb, the circle is a bird strike prevention thing on the window, not a random highlight)
 
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RockLobster said:
I’m using an AeroPress at the moment and buying ground coffee. Reading this thread it seems the biggest upgrade for my coffee is to buy a grinder. Would a DF54 be suitable for my AeroPress?
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Consider hand grinders also if for just you and aeropress, v60 etc.

Made by knock are great imo. But hard to get. Timemore, commandate etc worth considering.

I only hand grind now, saves space, saves electric, just as if not more adjustable.
 
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ODuffer said:
@f666 Same here, I went from the 1zpresso Q2 hand grinder to the K-Ultra. The K-Ultra is a bit overboard, however it's a lovely bit of kit and does everything.
The Q2 wasn't ideal for espresso.
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Sounds a great grinder.
I actually have two. An aergrind set for espresso, then a feldgrind for pourovers.

My cafelat robot does not get much use these days as mainly do V60s.
 
Anyone here experimented with slow-feeding their grinder? Watched a couple vids explaining the difference and how the mechanics work. I was astounded at the difference it makes vs luzzing all the beans in at once. I usually weigh the beans then dump straight in the running grinder and grind directly into the portafilter with a dosing funnel. Don't have much issues with static so I've stopped doing RDT but I do WDT. Gear: DF64 V2, Silvia with a 17g LM/VST basket, current coffee: Lavazza Gran Crema. Recipe 2:1 18g in 36g out

Dumped in extraction time: ~28 secs
Slow fed extraction time: ~16 secs

And it tasted as you'd expect. Sour as hell! But certainly interesting! Was astounded just how different the results are. You can see and feel the particle size differences. If I get time, it would be intresting to dial the grind size down for slow feeding, but ultimately for first thing in the morning, I don't really have time to slow feed - gotta dump and run!!!!
 
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I single dose the rocky grinder - so not a significant weight of beans and plate above wheels reduces popcorning - about to order some new (compatible) burrs - they've had about 200kg of coffe I estimate


going to renew seals on the steam wand 'only' about £4 total from viton seal company, some play - can't get the steam valve stop ends from a 3rd party though,
seems this style maybe unique to espresso machines eg

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will also pick up a pressurestat xp110 occassionally have had some water that seems to hot when brewing, but will need to manually configure new one.
(would be nice to have a scace)


Also wondering if I need to change from puly-caf ... noted that when using it to clean milk bottles it sometimes leaves a granular residue , hopefully doesn't do that when backflushing.
 
When you move onto some new beans which require dialing in, except they really don't want to! Brazil Santos Dark Roast from Redber being an utter PITA this morning after 3x attempts of adjusting my grinder and failing to hit the spot. I'll try again in an hour as my last adjustment saw a first drip at 10seconds instead of my target 5seconds so I am getting there.
 
Having to dial in beans for espresso is 1 reason I have been doing pour overs for the longest time. I just let it steep in the Hario Switch, grind size is much more forgiving.
 
More tinkering with Silvia. Looks pretty good. Hard to catch in a pic, so turned the main lights in the kitchen off lol! 6 x led downlights (24v) with a driver mounted to the rear under the water guard, although both that and the LEDs are IP67 rated. There's also a low water warning flashing yellow led to the left of the brew switch now as well. Comes on when the water needs topping up. I do need to strip the frame right down though and tackle the rust that's formed. Either that or replace with a new stainless frame, but that'll be north of £100. We'll see.

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Recently added the ARO Espresso grind setting dial to my Eureka Mignon specialita and can confirm it works well. I can now change grinds for different brew methods with pretty repeatable results. Should be a standard feature of this grinder I think. It is partially 3D printed but also aluminium on the bits you actually interact with and it looks great too.

Also, anyone notice the Gaggia Classic GT pop up recently? It basically has almost all the features classic owners have been asking for or modding into their machines, and more. However, it’s quite pricey. A lot more than modding your own. But may appeal to some of you? I love my Classic but hate fighting the temp stability. Will have to add a PID some day.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Having to dial in beans for espresso is 1 reason I have been doing pour overs for the longest time. I just let it steep in the Hario Switch, grind size is much more forgiving.
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I just don't really bother, get it roughly right or be happy that it's good enough.

Aslong as you have good beans, it'll taste good. It's good to geek out a bit, but I can never be bothered and never actually found much taste difference worrying about the finer details.
alex24 said:
Recently added the ARO Espresso grind setting dial to my Eureka Mignon specialita and can confirm it works well. I can now change grinds for different brew methods with pretty repeatable results. Should be a standard feature of this grinder I think. It is partially 3D printed but also aluminium on the bits you actually interact with and it looks great too.

Also, anyone notice the Gaggia Classic GT pop up recently? It basically has almost all the features classic owners have been asking for or modding into their machines, and more. However, it’s quite pricey. A lot more than modding your own. But may appeal to some of you? I love my Classic but hate fighting the temp stability. Will have to add a PID some day.
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£1800!!!

Think I paid £130 for my classic!
 
alex24 said:
Recently added the ARO Espresso grind setting dial to my Eureka Mignon specialita and can confirm it works well. I can now change grinds for different brew methods with pretty repeatable results. Should be a standard feature of this grinder I think. It is partially 3D printed but also aluminium on the bits you actually interact with and it looks great too.

Also, anyone notice the Gaggia Classic GT pop up recently? It basically has almost all the features classic owners have been asking for or modding into their machines, and more. However, it’s quite pricey. A lot more than modding your own. But may appeal to some of you? I love my Classic but hate fighting the temp stability. Will have to add a PID some day.
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There are so many other machines I would get for £1800....
 
If it had been closer to say £500-£600 I could be tempted but they’ve crammed lots of features in, probably more than really needed for a home machine. I have to agree that money gets you into a totally different class.

I think my classic was a bit over £200 many many years ago.
 
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