What equipment do you recommend for a pour over?
A gooseneck kettle and something similar to a hario dripping apparatus. The gooseneck kettle isn't strictly necessary, but it's really excellent for controlling the flow of the water while brewing.
Looks excellent: always happy to spend your money!
Nice. I vaguely recall some déjà vu here with regards to this large shiny espresso machine on my counter right now...........
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Very nice. At least I'm not the only one draining their bank account on coffee stuffs today.
Very nice. At least I'm not the only one draining their bank account on coffee stuffs today.
Took delivery of my new Sage (Breville) “Barista Express” this afternoon and I am absolutely delighted with it. First off, it looks amazing. I spent a good 40 minutes preparing the machine, cleaning the water tank, protafilter and baskets and milk jug (a nice addition to include) and then “conditioned” the water filter. Then on to flushing the machine. Dried everything off, popped in some beans and off we go….
First attempt. I used some illy medium roast beans that I had in the fridge (am awaiting delivery of fresh beans) and set the grinder to the recommended start setting of 8. I chose to use the pressurised large filter basket to start off with and selected the double shot button. (This, for me, is great as I could never correctly measure the amount of coffee. I know, I should of bought a measuring cup) The machine comes with a fitted tamper and a little trimming tool that allows you to measure the correct amount of grinds in the basket. The result was near perfect! A nice double shot with lovely crema on top. It was far better than I ever got with my Gaggia. Don’t get me wrong, I think this first attempt was more to do with by lucky chance than anything but it was very pleasing. The milk frother is not half as powerful as the Gaggia but this also seemed to help (me) produce a nice creamy milk. The end result was a near perfect latte, I’d say 9 out of 10. I did, a couple of hours later try to replicate this but made the drink a little too strong. The machine allows you to adjust the amount of beans ground so a little tweaking is in order. Also, I have probably accidentally found the correct grind for the beans I was using and this will have to be adjusted with the different beans I will use in the future.
Anyway, it was a great start with the new machine. Yes, I know I used a pressurised basket and yes, it’s a smaller basket (54mm I think) and yes the machine probably had a lot to do with my first attempt but, so what? I’m happy with it so far and can’t wait to try some really fresh beans.
One thing I have decided to do, and I’m not sure if this has been covered, but to use mineral water? The water tank does have a filter but I bought a 5 litre bottle for £1 ($1.22). Is this what you who have espresso machine use?
Took delivery of my new Sage (Breville) “Barista Express” this afternoon and I am absolutely delighted with it. First off, it looks amazing. I spent a good 40 minutes preparing the machine, cleaning the water tank, protafilter and baskets and milk jug (a nice addition to include) and then “conditioned” the water filter. Then on to flushing the machine. Dried everything off, popped in some beans and off we go….
First attempt. I used some illy medium roast beans that I had in the fridge (am awaiting delivery of fresh beans) and set the grinder to the recommended start setting of 8. I chose to use the pressurised large filter basket to start off with and selected the double shot button. (This, for me, is great as I could never correctly measure the amount of coffee. I know, I should of bought a measuring cup) The machine comes with a fitted tamper and a little trimming tool that allows you to measure the correct amount of grinds in the basket. The result was near perfect! A nice double shot with lovely crema on top. It was far better than I ever got with my Gaggia. Don’t get me wrong, I think this first attempt was more to do with by lucky chance than anything but it was very pleasing. The milk frother is not half as powerful as the Gaggia but this also seemed to help (me) produce a nice creamy milk. The end result was a near perfect latte, I’d say 9 out of 10. I did, a couple of hours later try to replicate this but made the drink a little too strong. The machine allows you to adjust the amount of beans ground so a little tweaking is in order. Also, I have probably accidentally found the correct grind for the beans I was using and this will have to be adjusted with the different beans I will use in the future.
Anyway, it was a great start with the new machine. Yes, I know I used a pressurised basket and yes, it’s a smaller basket (54mm I think) and yes the machine probably had a lot to do with my first attempt but, so what? I’m happy with it so far and can’t wait to try some really fresh beans.
One thing I have decided to do, and I’m not sure if this has been covered, but to use mineral water? The water tank does have a filter but I bought a 5 litre bottle for £1 ($1.22). Is this what you who have espresso machine use?
Tried my new beans with settings of 4 on the grinder. Measured 18.5 grams of beans and used the double non pressurised basket. Great result. Extraction time was 25 seconds and am now enjoying a lovely strong latte.
