Re: Rancilio Rocky/Silvia ? (Warning: Complete New
Hi reubuster,
Thanks for your great advice!
I only pulled one shot tonight - it went quite well for my current skill-level (although I had to dislodge the puck and redistribute/tamp) and I was so eager to taste the shot that I burnt my tongue :P
Also, Ive still got to get my dosing down pat - I think I may be under-tamping: I got enough grind into the basket that there was a little heap which went above the top of the basket and I levelled off and then tamped, tapped the PF with the tamper and spun off, but I still couldnt get the PF to fit into the group head...after redistributing and pulling the shot, I got a bit of an impression of the shower screen and the screw into the puck (which was dry-ish to touch and consistently firm throughout)
The extraction itself went a little like this;
- drippage at just on the 5 second mark (my hopes were soaring
) although it went from a drip to a pour fairly quickly...
- but I got to 30ml extracted before getting to the 25 second point (from memory, it was around the 18-19 second mark)
Incorrectly (retrospectively) I let the extraction continue until the 25 second point when I just couldnt let it go on for any longer...
I then watched the crema separate from the coffee...
...then I burnt my tongue
The espresso tasted bitter (going on what this thread explained), but I suspect this is largely due to the over-extraction.
So should I let the extraction run until the blonding starts, or the 30ml, or the 25 seconds, or whichever comes first? :P)
Ill see if I can take an extended lunch tomorrow and head up to Veneziano
Thanks again for the continued help!
Hi reubuster,
Thanks for your great advice!
I only pulled one shot tonight - it went quite well for my current skill-level (although I had to dislodge the puck and redistribute/tamp) and I was so eager to taste the shot that I burnt my tongue :P
Also, Ive still got to get my dosing down pat - I think I may be under-tamping: I got enough grind into the basket that there was a little heap which went above the top of the basket and I levelled off and then tamped, tapped the PF with the tamper and spun off, but I still couldnt get the PF to fit into the group head...after redistributing and pulling the shot, I got a bit of an impression of the shower screen and the screw into the puck (which was dry-ish to touch and consistently firm throughout)
The extraction itself went a little like this;
- drippage at just on the 5 second mark (my hopes were soaring
) although it went from a drip to a pour fairly quickly...- but I got to 30ml extracted before getting to the 25 second point (from memory, it was around the 18-19 second mark)
Incorrectly (retrospectively) I let the extraction continue until the 25 second point when I just couldnt let it go on for any longer...
I then watched the crema separate from the coffee...

...then I burnt my tongue
The espresso tasted bitter (going on what this thread explained), but I suspect this is largely due to the over-extraction.
Originally posted by reubster link=1182334969/15#28 date=1183008875
Ill see if I can take an extended lunch tomorrow and head up to Veneziano

Thanks again for the continued help!


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