The other thing I'd note is that this group is an excellent source of information regarding the Brewtus, which has its own set of idiosyncrasies, and a good source of information about coffee and espresso in general. But there are other internet sites with faaaaaar larger populations that are also great places to ask less machine-specific questions like this one. Places like Home Barista or Coffee Geek or Alt.Coffee have large populations of similarly insane coffee addicts and you might get a better answer faster to non-Brewtus specific questions at one of those site. You'd probably even find several people with your same grinder, not that they would give you a different answer. But if you ever have a technical question about that grinder, you're more likely to find an answer with a larger user group. Here are the sites I mentioned above. http://www.home-barista.com/ http://www.coffeegeek.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/alt.coffee/topics
I don't want to discourage people from asking questions here, just noting that there are types of questions this group is the BEST place to get answers to and other types that this group is just one small place to get answers from. -Ray On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM, mamafish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have just received my Brewtus II this afternoon. I read the 2005 > manual, ground my coffee with the new Pasquini K2 doserless, and made > 2 shots of espresso that really weren't too different than that which > I produced with my Krups Il Caffe Duomo! I am wondering if anyone in > the group has this grinder, and has found an optimal setting. Yes, I > can experiment, but wasting my coffee beans is sooo painful for me. > > The K2 came set at "11", but that setting didn't produce much crema at > all, and the shots took 18 seconds to deliver about 3 oz. I changed > it to 91/2 but didn't notice any appreciable difference. > > I recognize that tamping is an issue, but I thought I would tackle > that next. I am short and sixty, so I am not sure I am getting enough > leverage and strength to approach 30 pounds of pressure, though I gave > it my best effort! My digital bathroom scales only measure "error" > when I push on them. > > Thank you in advance for any suggestions... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
