Congratulations on your new Brewtus. I hope it serves you as well as mine has served me for the past couple of years.
However, Brewtus will not necessarily give you a better shot than Silvia, especially if Silvia has a PID. You can get Godshots from either, especially with a Mazzer. The real advantge of Brewtus is that it is more consistent (someone said almost boring) and that it has the two boilers, so no recovery time is necessary between shots or between shots and steaming. My PIDed Silvia can give just as good a shot as my Brewtus, although not as consistently, and not as often. That said, if you aren't getting reddish crema with tiger stripes, you may be a little under extracted. Try grinding a little firmer and tamping a little harder. Don't worry about exceeding the magic 23 seconds on the pull; I find a little longer is better on Brewtus. Try dialing in the Mini until you get about a 30 second shot and see what you think. Good coffee is critical, of course. One week old could be ok; different blends age differently and I'm not familiar with Gorilla. I roast twice a week, so I never go over five or six days. Try some 2 or 3 day old beans, if you can get them, and see if that helps. I've used the La Marzocca ridgeless on both machines with good success. It's all I've used on Brewtus, so I can't say whether it makes a difference. I assume yours is a double (is there a ridgeless single?); I've always found it very difficult to pull a really good shot from a single basket. Many shops only pull doubles and throw out half the shot if they really need a single. Have you tried a crotchless portafilter? My Brewtus came with both kinds, and I greatly prefer the crotchless. Good luck. Karl (who still loves Silvia) Rice On Nov 4, 12:49 pm, Alan278 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just got my brewtus, replacing Silvia. > > Using same grinder (mazzer mini) and dose/tamp technique, with stock > brewtus portafilter and 2 shot basket, brewing at the default 95 temp. > > Coffee is certainly good, at least as good as Silvia, but I was hoping > to get to another level - to see that reddish crema with tiger stripes > and get really syrupy body. > > Could be the coffee (using Gorilla coffee roasted 1 week ago), and > maybe i should try the la marzocca ridgeless basket i was using w/ > silvia. And i probably need to tweak my barista processes given the > new machine. > > But i figured i'd ask here - aside from the user manual, are there > other "standard" tips to try w/ brewtus? > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
