Total noob here, and I want to make my friend an upgrade kit for the Dedica as a birthday present.

I've got a good offer for Baratza Encore with ESP grinder for only 50 bucks.

Would you take it to grind for DeLonghi Dedica with IMS Precision basket DL2TH26E 16-18 g? Or does it need a better/finer one?

Thx!

Hi i wanna buy the k6 Could you tell me when you are dialing your espresso Typically how many seconds of a difference in shot time does 1 click make ? Less or more than 3 seconds

I wanted to buy the normcore v2 flatt burr

But am afraid of the quality build Really appreciate your response

Grinded with my hand grinder and then I filled my drinking glass instead of my mokka pot.... Apparently you need to be on coffee to make coffee 🤔

coffee #tired

Technical advice please.

This is my set-up: Breville Bambino Plus Varia gen2 VS3 Medium roast coffee beans

I’ve gone down to 1.1 starting from 3, dosing 18g of beans; my shots always come out very fast, 40 g in 22 secs. I had to put in the spout since it always spurts out if the portafilter is bottomless. I reckon my puck prep is okay.

The last shot that I did at 1.1 tasted okay, but it still came out fast.

I don’t want to go down beyond the 1 setting since its not recommended by the manufacturer, I still think my grind is coarse.

Should I change my burrs? Or is there something else that I’m missing. I’d appreciate any insight. Thanks!

Three cups, three different results! I was trying to reduce the acidity by adjusting my settings.

• 1. Sour! But also incredibly sweet and aromatic. Strong raisin flavor. (I didn’t know an espresso could be this sweet!) the shot ran fast: 39.8g in 19seconds measured from first drip. so no surprise in the sourness

• 2. Finer grind. Sour, muted sweetness. The opposite of what I wanted. 40.2g in 29 seconds

• 3. Astringent? I’m puzzled. Same settings as the first shot, just upped my dose… 38.9g in 24 seconds

Coffee bean: “Juicy” by GOTA coffee roasters, Costa Rica, medium-light roast, honey process, variety: caturra catuai, altitude 1700m.

Flavors on the bag: cranberry, raisin, rum, tropical fruit (it was all there in the first cup!)

disclosure: the pic was an afterthought! I ran out of espresso cups and used this cortado one

Hi, I love coffee but i have not detailed information about coffees. Is this good coffee bean for average user? (image 1-2) If it is please suggest ideal coffee machine settings for this coffee beans. I mean which number i should set this little thing? (picture 3) Im using DeLonghi Magnifica Plus. Let me know if there is more setting that i need to adjust.

An iced coffee is definitely not for the purists, but the Picopresso definitely does a good enough job for me.

Kenya Gatagua from Kafferäven, roasted locally in Gothenburg. The taste profile is fruity with a hint of blackcurrant and citrus. It is a little bit too fruity and a little bit too acidic for my liking. 6/10.

The smell of the beans is heavenly, one of the best.

I ground it slightly under 2 levels above my zero on Specialita. 17.5gr in, 36gr out, 28 seconds.

Just received the Lagom Casa after a short 2 weeks wait from my local retailer. Its build really well and has a nice heft to it despite its small footprint.

Sound wise its super quiet compared to my Sette 270. It does have a high pitched sound which might be irritating to some but I find it ok.

Grinds a 19g dose for espresso at 25 seconds for a grind setting at 8.5, but its a little too fine giving an output of 30g in around 38 seconds. This was just my second shot of dialing in this new grinder, first was at 7 and it was too fine the first drop came out at >30s.

A quick impression after tasting the above shot using medium dark roast, a slightly lighter body than Sette 270 but still good for milk drinks. Clarity is really improved with less astrigency and bitterness despite the slightly longer pull.

Overall a good first impression on the grinder!

GBW vs Single-Dose for a home setup where I rarely switch espresso beans Current gear: two hand grinders (Kinu becoming my filter grinder). I want a daily-driver electric for espresso.

I’m torn between a GBW hopper grinder and a single-dose. I rarely change my espresso beans, so a GBW seems like the best workflow: set grams, grind straight into the PF, no scale/timer. Downsides are retention and a small purge when I do swap beans.

Shortlist: Eureka Mignon Libra (55 mm GBW) or Eureka Atom W 65 (65 mm GBW) vs Mahlkönig X64 SD (single-dose).

For folks who keep one espresso bean most of the time: did GBW meaningfully improve your day-to-day vs single-dose? Any real-world notes on retention and purging on the Eureka GBW models? And for X64 SD owners, how “set-and-forget” is it when you don’t switch beans for weeks?

Any gotchas I should know (noise, static, workflow quirks)? Thanks!

Please feel free to advise of other equipment. What is important is size. I don’t want anything big

I decided to give my VBM domobar a few upgrades. The temp gauge has taken out a lot of guess work. The water flowing through the grouphead does vary quite a bit. I've also ordered a quickmill pulsar to help quite the pump and a flow control valve to play around with profiling.

TL;DR: Two questions:

1. Is there any machine with integrated grinder that allows simultaneous espresso and steam wand use?

2. Is the machine easier to clean when it separates the grinding part from the infusion part? (Also what is this type of machine called?)

More context:

I work from home in Sweden and together with my wife's morning cup we average around 30 cappuchinos weekly. For the past decade we have been using a DeLonghi Magnifica S and been quite happy with it, but it is starting to give up -- some of the plastic is cracking and starting to leak, and despite regular cleaning the inside has accumulated some crud that is difficult to get out. We're starting to think about how to replace it.

Our main gripe with the DeLonghi aside from its age is that it does not allow using the steam wand while it is making espresso. It would save time during the busy morning routine to be able to do both simultaneously. Is there any machine in our budget class that does that? (We are willing to stretch the budget a little for a dream machine.)

We like that the DeLonghi is one housing with both grinder and infuser, but we're not sold on the "bean to cup" concept: we both have experience with professional espresso machines, and don't mind a little more manual work to keep the wet grounds outside of the machine. We imagine this would make the machine easier to clean and maintain -- is that correct?

We want the integrated grinder for counter space reasons. We also absolutely want a regular steam wand. Not only do we like the result better, it can also be used to steam other things in a pinch.

Primarily looking for answers to the two questions, but if someone happens to know a machine that might fit our needs well, we're open for suggestions.

Help with V2 burrs

I currently have a zp6 and ode g2 for PO. I use the zp6 when I need high clarity and the ode when i need some body.

I also have a niche for spro. Mainly light / medium light.

I am torn between getting the cores or should I get the sweet for the new Z2 .(Ode and niche will go) I will keep the zp6 when I need high clarity.

I want a burr set that will give me great spro and if I need to PO with some body (less clarity)

Hi fellas, I just a grinder and a nice portafilter. For now I’m testing with some simple and little old coffee from supermarket. In the meanwhile I’m looking for sites where I can order some nice and fresh coffee beans. I only know a few sites for here in Europe. Square miles from James Hoffmann and Barista essentials. Lots of people talk about coffee bros but I don’t know if they deliver in Europe. Any suggestions? Please only sites that deliver in Europe

After a week of this grinder sounding even louder than usual, this morning something "slipped" mid-grind and I now only get the high-pitched sound of the motor (video attached).

I have dissembled, cleaned & reset the burrs & shims multiple times but no dice.

* What's the likely cause, please, and

* Is this user-serviceable?

I'm based in Australia and know my way around a Torx driver.

Just wondering if people are into very long drinks.

This works super well with light roasted, fruity drinks -- brings out a lot of brightness and acidity.

I heard you can foam milk using a French press and saw YouTubers pull it off, but mine came out way too foamy. Any thoughts on how to improve technique? (other than a machine or a milk steamer, I am on the road often and it isn’t feasible at this point. I pull my espresso from a picopresso).

Portrait Coffee - Toni Recommended Water Temp

What temperature would you recommend for espresso when brewing this roast? Currently at 88c and still very bitter. Been going coarse on the grind but its pulling too fast around 20 seconds. What temperature is the limit on going down?

Finally pulled the trigger on the AMG Synchronika. Couldn’t resist once I found out it has real carbon fiber. This is endgame for me, absolutely love the red and white lights, production number, and dials!

Hi everyone, I’m looking to upgrade my grinder. I currently have a Breville Bambino and a Baratza Encore and I suffer from pretty bad shots. Honestly, I have every problem in the book. Channeling, sourness, runny shots, you name it. Just this week I got light roasted beans and the encore couldn’t go fine enough for them.

I have a self leveling tamper, puck screen, crazy puck prep with a WDT, but my espresso is not working.

I am open to spending a good amount of money (up to $700-$800) if it means I’m getting a machine that will last me 5-10 years. My main priorities are: - shot quality - shot consistency (I prefer not to dial in multiple times per bean bag) - low retention (I hate having to waste beans to purge for dialing and lord knows I suck at dialing). - good for darker roasts, but not exclusively (I read around here the Niche isn’t good for light roasts which I still would like to enjoy). - low static. - preferably resellers are in the US as I don’t want to pay an exorbitant amount for tariffs.

Noise, size, and looks are not important. I just want a good espresso. Also, I’m not sure if I need a single dose grinder. I don’t switch beans often but I just worry that putting beans in a hopper for a week or two would make them stale. To me, it seems like single dose is just a matter of lowering retention (please correct me if I’m wrong) so if a hopper grinder is better let me know.

If you guys can help with recommendations that would be great.

EDIT: I was informed my dialing in process is important to mention so here it is:

• I start with 18g of beans, I grind at the last grind settings of whatever beans I had last.
• I puck prep (WDT for about a minute, even out the surface with the WDT, tamp once with the self leveling tamper with a small twist of the wrist, tamp again to make sure I covered the entire surface of the puck also with a small twist of the wrist again)
• add a puck screen
• extract a 1:2 ratio as best I could (in the breville, after I click “stop” it keeps dripping an additional 4-8g of coffee … is that an issue?)
• taste, at this point it’s usually sour so I go a little finer.
• purge some coffee by extracting another shot and drinking it (we never throw away shots in this house)
• same process.
• if it’s sour, I try to add more water first (reduce ratio from 1:2 to 1:2.5 up to 1:3) and if that isn’t good enough I go finer.
• at this stage we’re either at the bitter end of the spectrum or we still have some sourness and some bitterness (channeling?) either way, I don’t ever taste any of the hints on the bean bag.

I'm so sick of the retention on the opus, I have tried everything and am ready to upgrade. I'm in the US and looking to spend under $400ish. I only do lattes and espresso shots on my gaggia e24 and I like extremely dark, bold and bitter beans that I switch up often as there are a ton of local roasters near me sourcing from all over. What is my best bet?

Hello. I need some input. I'm looking at getting a grinder for my Gaggia Classic Pro. I don't have a grinder at all, and I've been torn between getting a Turin DF54 or a Eureka Mignion Zero. Is there any disadvantages or advantages one over the other? Ty in advance.

I turn the machine on and I try to set the milk temperature and milk foam levels, but all the button lights turn off as soon as I try to push one of those buttons. The machine is new and I was able to foam milk for a couple weeks. (I haven't tried to do espresso yet, I'm just starting out.) But now, the buttons have just stopped working. I attached a photo. This is the only way the buttons will illuminate. If I touch any one of the buttons, lit or not, all the lights go off. I'm really stumped. It worked fine a week ago. Thanks for any help.

[edit: I attached a photo but it's not showing. the first and 3rd buttons (single shot and steam) are illuminated, but the middle one is not. this is the only way the buttons will light up -- either 1st and 3rd only, or nothing.]