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  • #16
    One of my favourite local cafes uses Merlo and I have had hundreds of cups on the premises and used to use their bean at home before I discovered Coffee Snobs.
    It is pretty good bean and I made some good coffee with it but it is not in the Coffee Snobs class.
    One wonders where your 'Rep' would have got his 'advice' from. Do they just make it up or do they misunderstand what they have been told.

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    • #17
      Hi Craig,

      It sounds like the Merlo representative was wrong. Even with Merlo coffee using their extraction method (which you've aptly described), the extraction length should be somewhere between 20-30 seconds with the dosage that you're using. 12-15 seconds is incorrect, and also inconsistent with the 'Merlo way'.
      I know this from previously working at one of their roasting houses for a number of years, however there's also a video they've published demonstrating it: Fresh espresso beans = a perfect shot - YouTube

      I completely agree with Muppet_Man as well; taste is of paramount importance when dealing with coffee, and similarly when experimenting with different methods

      Best of luck.

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