Originally posted by booge
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I too have the EM7000 with Smart Grinder Pro and as luck would have it I opened a bag of Espresso Wow yesterday (roasted 28/5). I'm only a beginner but I'm getting good shots from this combination,: the shot is oozing out at first and then progressively getting faster.
Remember that you're aiming for around 30 seconds of total extraction time including the pre-infusion. Have you timed the shot at all? Pros can go off colour alone but for novices like us it helps to time the shot.
Now the info you've been looking for:
- I am using grind setting 7/8 at the moment,
- with other coffee I've gone as low as 5 to get a good shot,
- regardless of setting the grind time has always been closer to 20 seconds than to 10 seconds for the double basket. The basket is slightly overfilled at this point
- it's ok for the shot to start with just a trickle, this machine doesn't have a lot of shot power as TampIt confirmed above
Hope this helps.


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