I know swill... :lol: Had it quite a few times. In the past I have found asking for a double shot with an extra shot, no water and hot milk on the side gives me the best chance. Then I go out and do 50 things in 5 minutes while the buzz wears off... 
And to keep OT, I seem to have found my settings on the 480, but I have a puzzle. From my reading I was expecting my nice yummy beans from the local grinder would require a finer grind than the Vittoria ones I got from Coles. (I got them because I have friends that drink Nescafé 43 and I have grave doubts about the condition of their taste buds
) But the ideal grind for the V seems to be about 10 on the 480 and I'm out about 13 for the finer beans. If I come under that with the good ones they start undoing my handle even with a pretty light tamp.
Maybe it is my variation in tamping. I might go find the old scales from the back room and do some practicing and train my muscles to deliver the same tamp consistently - also it might help me to get the feel of the difference between a 10lb and a 15lb tamp pressure.

And to keep OT, I seem to have found my settings on the 480, but I have a puzzle. From my reading I was expecting my nice yummy beans from the local grinder would require a finer grind than the Vittoria ones I got from Coles. (I got them because I have friends that drink Nescafé 43 and I have grave doubts about the condition of their taste buds
) But the ideal grind for the V seems to be about 10 on the 480 and I'm out about 13 for the finer beans. If I come under that with the good ones they start undoing my handle even with a pretty light tamp.Maybe it is my variation in tamping. I might go find the old scales from the back room and do some practicing and train my muscles to deliver the same tamp consistently - also it might help me to get the feel of the difference between a 10lb and a 15lb tamp pressure.

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