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Hi Intellidepth,
Grinds were definitely way to fine. I also found i was updosing too much. In the process of pulling multiple shots trying to find the right grind size after cleaning the grinder (and changing beans) my habits had slipped into some laziness in watching my dose.
Unfortunately, my pf is still inching open while pulling the shot or blackflusing, so I have to stand there and hold it in. The pour itself is perfect and the awesome-o-meter still measures in the ideal zone around 12-1 o clock.
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Too fine a grind. Back off a bit - you may need to compromise because of your machines limitations with a slightly coarser grind and slightly shorter shot than the ideal.
Ive been there, done that, with a Breville Cafe Roma, fresh Espresso Wow and a Macap M4 grinder. I upgraded my coffee machine. I got tired of wearing coffee.
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I still reckon you need to look at wear in the group and handle!
Ray.
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Luca, feel free to pop into St Ali and have a play with Toshi. We are also having an industry night I think Feb 4 and we have the current world champion from Japan coming out to give a demonstration. Call Luke at the store for more details.
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/me
Had a stuck Puck today as well...
Dosing / Grind and Bad beans... I need to get back to work...
/me needs a life.
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Not like you to fall for a trap that catches young players "AM".... Mixing good with bad never raises the bar of the bad, just ruins the goodOriginally posted by 5B747D7F68577B747B7D7F777F746E1A0 link=1231654105/11#11 date=1231728549Crap and I would have been better just enjoying the last 250g of the good stuff.
Note to self. DO not mix the good with the bad.
Mal.
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Crap and I would have been better just enjoying the last 250g of the good stuff.Originally posted by 01030F0707090E13600 link=1231654105/10#10 date=1231727962Absolutely. Bit hard not to when you run out of beans though. Youd know all about that wouldnt you AM? How was your supermarket coffee?Originally posted by 18373E3C2B143837383E3C343C372D590 link=1231654105/9#9 date=1231721369As TG always says - One thing at a time...
Note to self. DO not mix the good with the bad.
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Absolutely. Bit hard not to when you run out of beans though. Youd know all about that wouldnt you AM? How was your supermarket coffee?Originally posted by 18373E3C2B143837383E3C343C372D590 link=1231654105/9#9 date=1231721369As TG always says - One thing at a time...
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As TG always says - One thing at a time...Originally posted by 01030F0707090E13600 link=1231654105/8#8 date=1231721110To complicate things, while trying to redial the grinder (and my dosing) in again, I ran out of my usual st ali BC blend which is the ACog house blend. I had to resort to using my first corretto roasted beans, which hadnt rested enough. So I was working with all variables changing.
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Well I think my group seal might also be wearing in. If I put the rubber disc in and do a back flush, the group handle (portafilter or whatever) moves slightly. The handle also locks off slightly to the right now.
I took the showerhead off, gave it a good scrub and inspected the seal. It all looks ok.
To complicate things, while trying to redial the grinder (and my dosing) in again, I ran out of my usual st ali BC blend which is the ACog house blend. I had to resort to using my first corretto roasted beans, which hadnt rested enough. So I was working with all variables changing.
I worked my way through 250 grams of that to finally achieve one beautiful shot this morning worthy of espresso p0rn stardom. Pitty the brazil bourbon bold didnt seem to cut through the milk. Nice as a ristretto though.
Yeah, tea might be easy, but oh so unrewarding.
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Ya well sometimes the Wife fails in her roll as Kitchen ModeratorOriginally posted by 323D372A530 link=1231654105/5#5 date=1231675109AngerManagement... I would have thought the real moral was to not let your beans get low enough to cause supermarket coffee to appear!
However - rest assured that she has been disciplined and that it should not happen again. Good help is hard to find these days
1: Should not have to lock it in by force..Originally posted by 32303C34343A3D20530 link=1231654105/3#3 date=1231670178I must say however, that this exploding puck didnt give me the impression it was overfilled.
2: If not over filled, then as Andy said - Too fine will also cause excessive pressure to build up..
Have you performed a full clean ?
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If its the same thing that I once experienced with my long despatched sunbeam its probably a worn group head and handle assembly. Mine did exactly the same thing but by then I had had enough of the piece of crap and did the only respectable thing left to do.. lose it! The sunbeam that is...
The isomac I picked up off that other place is a far cry from the wanna be sunbeam ever was, there is just no going back and the pid is the bomb as little home machines go. all at less than half the price for a 6910...
Ray.
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AngerManagement... I would have thought the real moral was to not let your beans get low enough to cause supermarket coffee to appear!
ACog... if it isnt the dose, the seals are ok on the machine then I would expect that your grind is a little too fine and you are building too much pressure in the group handle*.
It should feel something like salt and pepper between your fingers not flour.
* PS: I have been told that Australians use group handles in group heads. Our American cousins useportapottiesporta filters

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Depending on the tamp, the grind and the beans (absorbency and swelling etc)... And in addition the amount of compression when forced into the Group head...
The results from water being forced into the mix, can have 100s of outcomes; of which a good coffee - is only ONE.
Thus it is a journey that we all undertake - Consistency.
As a Tea taster said in the paper the other day... Making coffee is way to complicated and too many factors outside of the product can affect the outcome. Hence he went from Coffee to TEA... His comment was that - with good tea leaves, it was easy to reproduce a quality drink regardless of the Equipment and Operator; unlike Coffee.
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