After having owned my Lelit for maybe a month or so, Im becoming curious as to what techniques people are using to pull shots on this machine?.
I ask mainly because Im having some interesting findings on the sort of shots it will pull for me.
Observations of what I have been doing, mainly I first thought it choked rather easily, though when I went looking for reasons, found "filling" the basket does a very large shot, I think the single will hold damn near a double.
The only problem with that is the flavor of such an up-dosed shot seemed inconsistent, and muddy or something like that, but then as I reduced dose you get very light coloured shots, which worried me.
Fast forward to my latest batch of coffee, and I did some more reading around finding some people seem to say the machine does better shots with less dose, and much finer grind, so Im now weighing my dose.
Most recent single shots, like 7-9 gram, about 3 clicks finer on the sunbeam grinder, pour about the right time, taste cleaner/milder, but on the concern side pour very light in colour, and you end up with a bit of a soggy puck, as the dose wont come close to touching the shower screen.
Did any of that make sense to anyone?, either way with all the shot weirdness Im having, its actually making me wonder if Id been happier with something different, though to be fair I could be having simular issues with anything.
I ask mainly because Im having some interesting findings on the sort of shots it will pull for me.
Observations of what I have been doing, mainly I first thought it choked rather easily, though when I went looking for reasons, found "filling" the basket does a very large shot, I think the single will hold damn near a double.
The only problem with that is the flavor of such an up-dosed shot seemed inconsistent, and muddy or something like that, but then as I reduced dose you get very light coloured shots, which worried me.
Fast forward to my latest batch of coffee, and I did some more reading around finding some people seem to say the machine does better shots with less dose, and much finer grind, so Im now weighing my dose.
Most recent single shots, like 7-9 gram, about 3 clicks finer on the sunbeam grinder, pour about the right time, taste cleaner/milder, but on the concern side pour very light in colour, and you end up with a bit of a soggy puck, as the dose wont come close to touching the shower screen.
Did any of that make sense to anyone?, either way with all the shot weirdness Im having, its actually making me wonder if Id been happier with something different, though to be fair I could be having simular issues with anything.

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