That picture looks like Coreys souped up Linea with the 0.6mm flow restrictors. Ill have to investigate this mod as I find that the E61 preinfusion on my home machine is better than the shots from the stock standard Linea. Did Corey do the brew water pre-heat modification?
We had a stock linea in Maling Room for a month or so while we were waiting for the Synesso. It had no restrictors and was not easy to work with. Dave did an experiment with his linea by putting a 0.6mm restrictor in one group, a 0.8mm in another and leaving the other without restrictors. He ended up switching them all to 0.6mms. I think that the shots with the gicleurs in them tend to be a bit more chocolatey and thick on account of the dwell time, but I think that they lose a little bit of the clarity of flavour ... just like on most e-61 machines that Ive used. If I had a linea Id probably put 0.6s or 0.8s in it. If you are going to order any, its worth gettin both and having a play to see which you prefer. Theyre only like $3 each or something. The 0.8s give you a few seconds less preinfusion.
Apparently a spiralling tiger-striped stream is an indication of channeling, as is a corkscrewing stream.
tastes a little bitter(only slightly on front of tongue) but finishes rather bitter and leaves a bitter aftertaste for several hours after.
Cheers,
Luca






from a double basket,
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