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  • tmid
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    Sounds like you are hooked...

    I liked the comment above by Greg Pullman,

    "You could do a lot better as far as coffee quality goes, but if youre happy with whats in the cup then thats all that matters. If so, dont spend too much time on this site or that may soon change!".

    Sound like things are changing.

    Have an enjoyable trip,

    tmid.

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  • justintime
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    Beans and grinder came in today. I just roasted 60G of beans. I think they are too far. See my post in Home roasting

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  • justintime
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    I have my first order of green beans coming in very soon, maby today. I have a blade grinder but am waiting on a Burr Grinder to come in also. I just got a popcorn popper, but also have a heat gun. So Hopfully in the next days I will roast my first batch.

    thank you

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  • robusto
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    By the way, Justintime, congratulations on your question.
    There are no dumb questions, just dumb answers. Jargon is often used by one section of the community to exclude others not considered worthy.

    In relation to the tamper, the idea is to press down the coffee using 14 kilos of force. How do you know what sort of force that is? Practise on a bathroom scale, push down with a tamper until you get the hang of what 14 kilos feels like. Try it with your eyes closed. Open your eyes when you think youve got it, and check the reading to make sure.

    Press down evenly so the "puck" the spent coffee after extraction is evenly thick.

    Good luck,
    Robusto

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  • COFFEECHASER
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    If you use fresh coffee in it and your french press you will be impressed I am sure. What do you use in it now Justintime? Do you have a grinder?

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  • gregpullman
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    You could do a lot better as far as coffee quality goes, but if youre happy with whats in the cup then thats all that matters. If so, dont spend too much time on this site or that may soon change!

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  • justintime
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    Yes it has a smallish hole in the bottom about the size of a the + tip on a AAA battery. Yes its steam pressure. I have a French press and it does just as good.

    thank you

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  • Lovey
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    It looks like a steam powered machine, which wont make real espresso due to the lack of a pump. I used to own a similar one and IIRC you werent meant to tamp the coffee at all, as this could cause the pressure inside the filter handle to build up to dangerous levels. Check the instruction book before you splash out on a tamper.
    All the best.

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  • COFFEECHASER
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    Almost looks like a drip filter but with a portafilter instead of throwaway filters. A hybrid perhaps?

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  • telemaster
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    Originally posted by justintime link=1166135689/0#11 date=1166153311
    Here is a picture. It had a smaller pot but I broke it and bought a new one. The water is forced through the basket under pressure. The holes are about pin point size. The basket is removable from the holder handle.
    Firstly there are no dumb questions and welcome
    Im not sure youd need to tamp this machine- it looks like it has a pressurised filter handle. This means that under the filter basket when you lift it out there is a little hole or a few perforations, rather than in the non pressurised ones which have a large hole. The purpose of tamping is to provide a hard coffee puck so that the coffee flow is slowed to 30ml in about 25 sec- this is in a non pressurised handle.
    Looking at your pic Id be filling the basket and if it is the pressurised sort (u can post a pic of the inside of the handle minus basket if u like) not tamping. Get a medicine glass or similar to measure the 30ml because I suspect your getting a lot more than that and after the first 25 sec it will be very verry nasty. Be aware youll probably want to upgrade soon if you stay on this site!
    All the best
    Brett

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  • justintime
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    Here is a picture. It had a smaller pot but I broke it and bought a new one. The water is forced through the basket under pressure. The holes are about pin point size. The basket is removable from the holder handle.

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  • COFFEECHASER
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    My next door neighbour has a cheap espresso machine, from memory a breville, and you set it up to brew and it takes a little while for it to build up pressure before it will pour out. Maybe this is similar to what you are talking about. So still for a 30ml shot but it takes a while to build up I have never timed but 2 minutes would probably be right. When ever we "do" coffee with them it is always at our place nowadays anyway. Now that I have hit snob status I dont really get asked over for coffee instead they arrange to bring snacks in exchange for a coffee.

    But if this machine is similar to what you are talking about it is a domestic espresso machine still and so would benefit from a tamper.

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  • mattyj
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    what sort of espresso machine are you using?

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  • gregpullman
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    Hmm, a bit hard to get a mental picture of what youre talking about here. It doesnt sound like the filter basket is very deep from your description. Most baskets are just under half as deep as their diameter, but it sounds like you only have a very thin layer of coffee sitting on the bottom of the basket. Is that right?

    The next anomaly is the 1 cup in 2 minutes. Thats about the speed a drip filter machine would work, not an espresso machine. Is this 30ml of espresso in 2 minutes, or are you filling your cup right up with coffee running through the grounds?

    If youre getting uneven patterns in the coffee once youve made your cup it means the waters not flowing evenly and therefore not extracting evenly. A tamper would help but I think we need to clear up the above issues first.

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  • justintime
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    I use a cheap ESPRESSO machine to make my normal coffee. Since Im the only one drinking it. It makes 1 cup at a time. I fill the little metal basket shake it a bit to spread the grounds across the bottom and set it on normal. Makes 1 cup of coffee in about 2 min. Sometimes I see that the grounds have parted and there are holes where you can see the metal screen. I suppose the tamper presses the coffee down tight and even to prevent holes.

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