I bought my Rossa just after Christmas last year. I was as enthusiastic as I could have been. I got varied results from exceptional to horrid. I got results that varied from great crema to none. I put it away.
Then I saw a new video clip from the inventor. It showed him turning the handle at the start of the shot MUCH faster than I was doing. This was the missing ingredient as far as my Rossa inconsistency was concerned. With this device there is a definite window of opportunity as far as pressure goes. Do it right and the results are EXCEPTIONAL! Miss the boat with the pressure build up and the results can be awful. I have the model with the gauge and it is obvious when the boat has been missed....you turn and turn and can't build the pressure up if you leave it too late in the shot. Get it right and the pressure can be balanced, juggled, increased, reduced and increased/reduced etc. in a delicate and controllable fashion.
I almost wanted to part with mine...but then I hit gold. I hit it 90% of the time now. This is rising over time. The Rossa is my weapon of choice when I return home after work. It is amazing to be able to profile each shot wherever I want it to go (90% of the time). I have made some amazing Godshots with this amazing device. (Count the "ämazings"!)
It is probably not for everyone...but I am so thankful to the inventor (Thanks, Ross!) and to my apparent OCD tendencies which made me come back to it and give it another (winning) try.
Then I saw a new video clip from the inventor. It showed him turning the handle at the start of the shot MUCH faster than I was doing. This was the missing ingredient as far as my Rossa inconsistency was concerned. With this device there is a definite window of opportunity as far as pressure goes. Do it right and the results are EXCEPTIONAL! Miss the boat with the pressure build up and the results can be awful. I have the model with the gauge and it is obvious when the boat has been missed....you turn and turn and can't build the pressure up if you leave it too late in the shot. Get it right and the pressure can be balanced, juggled, increased, reduced and increased/reduced etc. in a delicate and controllable fashion.
I almost wanted to part with mine...but then I hit gold. I hit it 90% of the time now. This is rising over time. The Rossa is my weapon of choice when I return home after work. It is amazing to be able to profile each shot wherever I want it to go (90% of the time). I have made some amazing Godshots with this amazing device. (Count the "ämazings"!)
It is probably not for everyone...but I am so thankful to the inventor (Thanks, Ross!) and to my apparent OCD tendencies which made me come back to it and give it another (winning) try.

I struggled a bit in the first few weeks with the Rossa and settled on a pause for pre infusiion as I started to get better results, I'll have to try going back to a constant wind now I have a better idea of how the extraction works. I do pay attention to the tamping a lot and make sure the tamp is level with a bit of a polish to finish it, after tamping the top of the base of the standard tamper that came with the Rossa is slightly above the basket, is this similar to the amount you're using?





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