Well I have finally updraded from my Sunbeam EM6910CoffeeMachine and EM040 grinder.
I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and arranged to visit Chris at Talk Coffee. He was very informative and ran me through the features of the different machines he had on offer.
I decided on the Giotto Premium Plus coupled with a Compak K3 Touch Grinder.
It arrived at my Brisbane home securley strapped to a wooden skid all in good condition.
Now comes the learning curve, I thought my 2 years experience with the Sunbeam would give me a fairly good start at being able to get a good espresso extraction out of my new toy. But not so easy, First unpack & setup up the new gear (easy fun part) All ready to go I grind & tamp just like I have been doing for so long, give the Giotto its first cooling flush and what do I get, lots of steam so much so that about a cupful of hot water came out before the steam & bubbles died down. Anyway ready to pour my fist shot - 30mil in 30seconds not bad I thought but the taste was woeful. Try again, make some changes to grind tamp dose etc but still extended cooling flushes required between shots. All up I used about a kilo of beans before I got to drink a cup of coffee that tasted OK. I am still experimenting and trying for better shots, the Giotto is behaving better now and not producing so much steam (from the group head).I guess it must have been the settling in period. Hopefully some photos soon.
Regards to all
Steve
I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and arranged to visit Chris at Talk Coffee. He was very informative and ran me through the features of the different machines he had on offer.
I decided on the Giotto Premium Plus coupled with a Compak K3 Touch Grinder.
It arrived at my Brisbane home securley strapped to a wooden skid all in good condition.
Now comes the learning curve, I thought my 2 years experience with the Sunbeam would give me a fairly good start at being able to get a good espresso extraction out of my new toy. But not so easy, First unpack & setup up the new gear (easy fun part) All ready to go I grind & tamp just like I have been doing for so long, give the Giotto its first cooling flush and what do I get, lots of steam so much so that about a cupful of hot water came out before the steam & bubbles died down. Anyway ready to pour my fist shot - 30mil in 30seconds not bad I thought but the taste was woeful. Try again, make some changes to grind tamp dose etc but still extended cooling flushes required between shots. All up I used about a kilo of beans before I got to drink a cup of coffee that tasted OK. I am still experimenting and trying for better shots, the Giotto is behaving better now and not producing so much steam (from the group head).I guess it must have been the settling in period. Hopefully some photos soon.
Regards to all
Steve

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