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  1. #81
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim View Post
    Holy smokes that's a lot

    I use 18g per cup and limit myself to two per day, sometimes just one. Going on that amount that would be around 6/7 coffee's a day. You must be wired?
    Dialling in the grinder is quite wasteful.
    You don’t drink all of the coffee, but have a taste of the extraction time etc. is roughly correct.
    I limit myself to three espressos a day and a couple of milk based coffees when at home.

    I tend to drink more at work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol - can I be allowed to try the bloody thing first and form my own opinion on it, without everyone telling me what's going to happen?!

    Marco.
    Come on Marco, spill the beans...
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    Lol.... Alas, the coffee machine was not a success.

    Despite pissing around with it all night, it simply wouldn't pour coffee into cups with any kind of pressure, but rather simply 'dripping' it in, and consequently not forming any kind of crema. It tasted ok, as black coffee (with a slight froth), but espresso it wasn't!

    It could be that the unit I've got is faulty, so it's going back today for a refund. I'm not willing to try another. However, the milk frother is fantastic, and for £20 highly recommended. It's quick, very effective and well made for the money, so a no-brainer choice as a budget frother.

    The grinder also 'works' perfectly well, in terms successfully grinding beans to a very fine powder (or otherwise), but at this stage I'm unable to ascertain its impact on flavour. I'll do that when I get a proper coffee machine, such as the Rancilio, or perhaps a Miele one Del's been looking at, and grinder. Then I'll compare the cheapo grinder from Lidl against the latter and report back.

    As ever, it's a case of nothing ventured, nothing gained!

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

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    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

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  4. #84
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    maybe pressing the coffee too hard in the portafilter. also makes this worse the finer the coffee is ground. I can happen with mine too so you have to learn just how much pressure to use. You shouldnt have this issue with a Rancillo
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    It could also be that you are “grinding” the beans too fine.
    Try it a bit coarser. That is the issue with blad grinder - getting the consistency of the grind.
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    Yup thats what i meant...too fine and too hard tamp and it sometimes comes out the sides or trickles.
    Just made one with my attempt of the rolling stones tongue. Lol




    Didnt work tho lol
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Points noted, chaps, which I'll bear in mind in future. However, I'm unwilling to mess around with it any more, so the machine's been cleaned, packed up and ready to go back.

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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    Ever thought about an Aeropress Marco?

    It won't produce crema, but it does make very good coffee consistently and easily, with minimal clean up afterwards. I only drink black Americano, so it's perfect for that. If you have a frother and prefer milk in your coffee, then it's simple and inexpensive.

    Great for travel too.

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    Noted, Tim, but I like proper espresso, with a nice creamy, dense crema. Without the latter, for me, it's just black coffee.

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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