Joe, congratulations, I now what it feels :) I just got a naked portafilter , tuned the PID to 205, set the grinder at 0.5 ( holding the hopper with my hand) and voila, a beautifful ristretto on my first try with bottomless portafilter EVER :))))
On Jan 7, 7:32 pm, arcangel6 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > My Brewtus III-R arrived today............I think I threw my back out > lifting the box....hehe. Well not quite but what a monster. Have not > unboxed it yet. My old back can only take so much. Still have to unbox > my Mazzer Mini Type B grinder.......anyone have Advil???? hmmmm maybe > I should try Vicodin! > > :) > > Will keep you posted. > > Regards, > > Joe > > On Jan 5, 11:47 pm, mariowar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Well, I just received my new Brewtus and I am amazed. > > > I have no idea why I have read complaints about the finish of this > > TANK. Even my picky wife thinks it looks great. > > > The PID is set to 203, however, there are no instructions to tune it. > > The Alex Duetto has the the same PID, therefore, now I know how to do > > it. > > > Now my question is, considering the the Duetto manual refers to an > > OFFSET temperature (drop in temperature from the boiler to the group > > head), therefore, instead of tuning the PID to 203 or 204, it shows > > 214 F (101 C). > > > I wonder if the Brewtus factory setting took this in consideration. I > > have never ever seen any video or picture of any Brewtus running at > > this temperature. > > > On the other hand, it seems that my new Pasquini K2 fell short........ > > incredibly at 7 is the zero point ( burrs touching). Then I tried 8, > > tamped hard, and the best time was 25 seconds for 2 ounces shot which > > looked great and tasted even better :). however, there is no way to > > get a ristretto...........with this grinder.....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
