Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread
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Caporegime
Just called HD and bought the MC2, £108 all in 
Should be here Friday
Should be here Friday
Including VAT?Just called HD and bought the MC2, £108 all in
Caporegime
VAT, P&P too.
The unit I got is one that they sent out by accident over the busy christmas period so it was returned with a few marks on the box, and a wrong address sticker on the box and he knocked £10 off the price. The unit itself is brand new, with warranty and most importantly, unused.
I plan to throw the box away anyway so it doesn't bother me.
Got my MC2 this morning. I dialed it in using the beans HD sent with the grinder. Once that was done I swapped the beans for some Indian Monsoon Malabar from Hasbean and the grind was well off.
Having to dial it all in again and by the time I do I will need to use another bean as I would have used up the Malabar. I must have drunk about 15 doubles today LOL
Having to dial it all in again and by the time I do I will need to use another bean as I would have used up the Malabar. I must have drunk about 15 doubles today LOL
Caporegime
Did you get it from Happy Donkey?
I ordered on the phone around 4, still not got an email confirmation....the office is shut now.
once you get it right you should be able to keep a roll going shot to shot by tweaking slightly. You'll get a feel of how much you need to adjust the grind depending on the pour times after a while.
The problem comes when you switch beans or have a bit of a break from the coffee - Had a huge break just after Christmas as was too busy at work to have coffees in the evening, my shots were totally out for ages
Had to spend a half hour faffing and wasting beans to get back in line again!
Caporegime
Got an email response with order number
Can't wait til Friday !
Can't wait til Friday !
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I haven't read all 669 posts, but I just wanted to wave at my fellow coffee geeks.
/Rancilio Silvia, Nemox Lux (soon to be Rancilio Rocky), beans roasted to order from hasbean.co.uk
/Rancilio Silvia, Nemox Lux (soon to be Rancilio Rocky), beans roasted to order from hasbean.co.uk
I haven't read all 669 posts, but I just wanted to wave at my fellow coffee geeks.
/Rancilio Silvia, Nemox Lux (soon to be Rancilio Rocky), beans roasted to order from hasbean.co.uk
Good man.
Still to unpack my Silvia - thats for tomorrow. I'm having to stretch out the nice things at the moment - naff all else going on in my life...
I just wanted to wave at my fellow coffee geeks.
/Rancilio Silvia, Nemox Lux (soon to be Rancilio Rocky), beans roasted to order from hasbean.co.uk
Hehe the forces of the dark (roast) are growing
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Good man.
Still to unpack my Silvia - thats for tomorrow. I'm having to stretch out the nice things at the moment - naff all else going on in my life...
(woman
)I've had my Silvia for about 2 years now, I utterly love her. I'm just trying to justify getting the new grinder, since I got a lovely Canon 40D before Christmas...
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Hehe the forces of the dark (roast) are growing
prefer medium/dark myself, but I know what you mean!
Caporegime
Lets see your new coffee gadgets Fibster !
Caporegime
My MC2 has arrived !!!!!!!!!
Now i got to get home and plug it in !
Now i got to get home and plug it in !
Caporegime
okay, trying to dial it..but which direction do i turn to dial to make it "finer" ?
