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I thought I'd reached the limits of my Ascaso Dream, but was surprised to find things could get much better.
I have overheard some positive and not so positive reviews about the Ascaso Dream. As a long time owner, I want to put some more positive words out there!
I'll open by saying the machine just produced a shot that to my palette was unctuous, full of flavour and had loads of amazing body.
It's probably only taken 6 years to work out how to do it, but that is not the machine's fault. Those kind of shots were always in it.
You see, I've read a lot about the need for a shower screen upgrade, and I've done this. It probably helped however as the attachment deteriorated, getting some chucks taken out of it through use, it wound up leaking.
I've gone back to the standard set up, and as long as I dose the single basket right up to the top (like it says to in the manual) and use a slightly nutating tamp, I get great tasting shots with a lovely compact puck.
Though there was more to come. Thank god.
The other big change I made after seeing some info re a pre infusion simulation. That is, switch on for 3 secs, turn off for 5, then pour.
Like I said, I thought I'd reached the Ascaso's limits, but after I did this, I got something that came close to what I liked about an amazing synesso shot I'd had that day.
...blew me away.
I have overheard some positive and not so positive reviews about the Ascaso Dream. As a long time owner, I want to put some more positive words out there!
I'll open by saying the machine just produced a shot that to my palette was unctuous, full of flavour and had loads of amazing body.
It's probably only taken 6 years to work out how to do it, but that is not the machine's fault. Those kind of shots were always in it.
You see, I've read a lot about the need for a shower screen upgrade, and I've done this. It probably helped however as the attachment deteriorated, getting some chucks taken out of it through use, it wound up leaking.
I've gone back to the standard set up, and as long as I dose the single basket right up to the top (like it says to in the manual) and use a slightly nutating tamp, I get great tasting shots with a lovely compact puck.
Though there was more to come. Thank god.
The other big change I made after seeing some info re a pre infusion simulation. That is, switch on for 3 secs, turn off for 5, then pour.
Like I said, I thought I'd reached the Ascaso's limits, but after I did this, I got something that came close to what I liked about an amazing synesso shot I'd had that day.
...blew me away.
. Like I said, I'm now running it as it came from the factory. I did the shower screen mod but the components I bought from I'm guessing an after market manufacturer failed on me eventualy.
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