Yeah I think I pulled shots for about 2 hours yesterday afternoon with my new machine

And today I went and bought 4 different bags of freshly roasted beans, I'll be working with one bag at a time trying to get the perfect shot. I'm also trying to appreciate the actual taste of espresso, now that I have the facilities, so I'm reading the tasting notes of each blend, and trying to put a name to the taste.
I'm seeing a lot of inconsistency between single and double shots for some reason, but I'm slowly getting there. One thing I've learnt compared to my previous little entry-level De Longhi machine is the Bezzera is a lot less forgiving if there is anything wrong in the grind or the tamp. I also realised I've been tamping way too softly, its amazing the bad habits that can be learnt from an entry level machine!
I've pulled one or two delicious looking mouse-tailed honey consistency shots, but for some reason I'm really struggling to tell when the shot is starting to blonde, as the transition is so gradual.
One of the best double shots I've pulled though had a dwell time of about 15 seconds, and then took another 35 seconds before it started to blonde! It looked great in the cup though!!
Milk is frothed in about 10 seconds!! I really struggled the first few frothings to tame all that steaming power, but I'm using soy milk and I've had some great results so far.
Here's a picture of my setup, it's the Mitica Top with a rotary pump, the grinder is a Bezzera BB005.


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