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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
You guys weighing your grinds?
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Definitely. You should weight both your grind (that goes into the portafilter) and the extraction (liquid). That's the only way you can fine-tune your extraction and grind size. Many people based solely on time, but it's actually the time needed for your extraction. The rule of thumb for a 1:2 ratio (18g in, 36g out) is 24-30sec. If you aren't doing that, you should adjust your grind size accordingly.
Of course, depending on what you are trying to do, you can choose your ratio of 1:1, 1:2, 1:5... etc.
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Originally Posted by TjAlmeida
Beautiful home setup, the Zero has great reviews. How was ordering from the UK? Been working in a small town in AB and decided to splurge on a setup. I went with a Profitec Pro 300, I don’t have a comparable to a prior machine but so far so happy. Heats up quickly, PID is user friendly, I think the steaming wand could be better. For a grinder I’m using an older Compak k3 I picked up on Kijiji. Commercial grade grinder but I find the grind setting very vague.
What a learning curve, between YouTube and trial and error I’ve gotten close to come decent consistency. I found the biggest help was having one dose in the grinder at a time, where before I had the hopper full of beans and I would be chasing grind settings constantly. I don’t think it helps that I only have 1 cup a day and the closest roaster is in Medicine Hat, and by the end of the week I find I’m chasing the beans with the grinder settings.
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Profitec are great value/performance. Before setting my mind on the Rocket, I was thinking on Profitec 700/ECM Syncronika. And really it doesn't matter what machine you use, if you are willing to work, you can get good shots. The few things that need to happen for a good espresso are temperature, pressure and flow. Only reason I went with the R Cinquantotto was because it's brand new version of a highly regarded machine and if I were to change in a few years down the road, it'd still be relatively new with all the latest bells and whistles, vs. the Syncronika which is a few years old and I suspect an update is coming soon.
Usually on high-end machines, they got those down to a science. I did some quick testing on temp... my Rocket pumps out water with 0 variation on temp (with a thermometer) and pressure (reading on gauge). When the machine says it's 201 degrees... I get 201 degrees throughout in 5 consecutive shots and the pressure doesn't move at all... always dead on. So the better the machine, the less work one needs to put into as they are highly consistent.
Shopping for the NZ was simple. Order on Indiegogo (the official NZ site). And it shipped according to the time it promised.
Got dinged for $120 on taxes, but it's actually better than expected. Because supposedly grinder is appliances and subject to some duty. I was expecting something like 210 for the ding, but turned out for the better.