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  • #16
    Re: La Sorrentina Atomic Users

    Santa excelled herself this Christmas and Ive now got one of these beautiful machines. I was very pleased to see this thread when searching for LS and as well as saying thank you to previous contributors (whove saved me quite a lot of learning-time), here are my own experiences.

    I live in Melbourne and just around the corner from Brother Baba Budan. They knew the type of machine and were very helpful, grinding me a bag of their espresso blend (number 4 on their grinder) and I am VERY happy with the results!

    I slightly overfilled the basket and tamped firmly (about half way between gravity and teeth gritting pressures) using the small end of a 49/55mm Avanti tamper ($8-ish). I filled the machine out of the kettle and gave it the full blast of a small (55mm) gas ring. This kept the flame well on the underside but kept the show moving along.

    As soon as it started spluttering I took it off the heat. As it stopped bubbling I replaced the jug with a small metal cup (so Id have less to clean).

    Served black, even Santa (not a regular black coffee drinker) was impressed.

    I will probably keep experimenting with their grinds, but, by golly, Im bordering on evangelical.

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    • #17
      Re: La Sorrentina Atomic Users

      Originally posted by 5975667F4456140 link=1236240384/15#15 date=1295221570
      I live in Melbourne and just around the corner from Brother Baba Budan.  They knew the type of machine and were very helpful, grinding me a bag of their espresso blend (number 4 on their grinder) and I am VERY happy with the results!
      I always make sure I go there when Im in Melbourne!

      What you really want to do next is get yourself a grinder. Once coffee is ground the surface area is increased by thousands of fold and quickly deteriotes, we are talking within minutes.

      You can keep getting your beans from BBB then grind on demand.

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