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Re: split dose - do it or not?
Are you trying to get me hung and quartered?Originally posted by chris002200 link=1173990485/30#31 date=1177982135What are your thought dennis? Would you say that the silvia is 3x better?
From my limited experience I do prefer the Silvia as it seems more tactile and better constructed, even with its idiosyncrocies. I dont know that the Silvia is 3x better than the Sunbeam. Bottom line is that I wouldnt pay the asking price of a Sunbeam, but would for the Silvia.
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What are your thought dennis? Would you say that the silvia is 3x better?
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Someone recently made 10 in a row on a Sunbeam - does this make the Silvia 3x better?Originally posted by dailybean link=1173990485/15#29 date=1177911156whoah 30 coffees in a row with a silvia! thats a fair effort.
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whoah 30 coffees in a row with a silvia! thats a fair effort.
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Re: split dose - do it or not?
I find that that what works best for me and my silvia is to grind directly into PF and slightly overfill, bench tap 3 times then level, bench tap again and then wipe ane left over coffee from top of basket level with rim.
then temp lightly in centre and then tamp north,south east west with a final tamp of about 15kg in the centre, wipe the rim and insert into machine.
this i find lightly touches the shower screen and i end up with a dry puck and really nice coffee(although its taken me a long time to get consistent.
My wife had a tupperware party last week and i made 30 cups of coffee in a row most lattes with a couple of long blacks thrown in the middle(good way to bring temp back down after frothing milk)
only 1 complaint and that was because i wouldnt go home with her ha ha
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As I understood it, he recommends underdosing for a very specific type of bean and roast style: high grown single origins which are very light roasted. his reasoning includes that with overdosing the result is usually a quite acrid and sour taste - but again only for this type of beans and roast!! He didnt claim it to universal application at all.Originally posted by dsc link=1173990485/15#26 date=1175541046Ola,
Ive read in Jim Schulmans paper that overdosing doesnt really do anything good. I mean putting more coffee into the basket doesnt mean that you will get more taste in the cup. The optimum dose was said to be around 14g.
but I may also be totally wrong with my interpretation - so feel free to shoot me down
marco
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Re: split dose - do it or not?
Ola,
Ive read in Jim Schulmans paper that overdosing doesnt really do anything good. I mean putting more coffee into the basket doesnt mean that you will get more taste in the cup. The optimum dose was said to be around 14g. Its wierd cause with 14g I get a lot of coffee particles in the cup, they get past the basket holes. Thats why I tried overdosing. I guess it really depends on the machine.
Cheers,
dsc.
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Make sure you ask him about down dosing to get a sweeter shot with lighter roasts.
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hahaha...maybe Ill talk to him about it on Sunday at the VBC
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Can you point the finger in Paul Bassetts direction, maybe.
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There is a huge overdosing phenomenon in Australia. Im going to experiment with much lower doses such as the nominal 14grams to 15 grams.
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Re: split dose - do it or not?
Ola,
So today I did the usual, grind some coffee into the basket, distributed and leveled with the rim of the basket. Decided to check how much coffee is inside and it was only 14g. I had to tap the PF on the counter and dose some more to fit 17,5g, the ammount needed to almost touch the shower screen.
The pour was really slow, but mostly because I used a slightly finer grinder setting. It was dripping for around 10-15s and finally the flow started. It was a bit burned in my opinion cause the whole process took more than 30s and I got less than 60ml from a double.
More tests to follow, just need some fresh coffee.
Cheers,
dsc.
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Re: split dose - do it or not?
you want the coffee to be just touching the shower screen when you lock it in.
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Re: split dose - do it or not?
Hello
I made some measurements and found out that 17g of coffee, after tamping, leave around 2mm of space between the coffee cake and the shower screen. This is before brewing. After brewing it almost touches the screen, which is pretty odd, cause it should expand more. Maybe the damn coffee is too old? Had it for around 3 weeks (was roasted on the 27th of february).
Will do more tests and also I guess I will go back to weighing coffee in the basket. Dosing by volume tends to be imprecise.
Cheers,
dsc.
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