Re: I give up, Rancilio Silvia and Rocky for sale.
After reading feedback from other Silvia owners I purchased a Synesso double ridgeless basket (it holds 20g) and a Pullman tamper fitted to the basket, this improved my shots markedly.
Once I sorted out the proper dose and did it consistently and perfected my tamp pressure and technique, I got consistently good shots, but if I rush and cut corners invariably the bad shots re-eappear. The PID has taken the temp surfing variable away for me which is a big help.
After reading feedback from other Silvia owners I purchased a Synesso double ridgeless basket (it holds 20g) and a Pullman tamper fitted to the basket, this improved my shots markedly.
Once I sorted out the proper dose and did it consistently and perfected my tamp pressure and technique, I got consistently good shots, but if I rush and cut corners invariably the bad shots re-eappear. The PID has taken the temp surfing variable away for me which is a big help.

Keep at the milk texturing, itll come. I found using water in the jug gave me a 3-D perspective of what was happening to the milk.
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