This brings up something I've been trying to discern more often now when I ask baristas what their settings are... On the shot time, is that from the time they flip the lever/switch, or from "first drop"? On my BII, that can be a very significant difference (I'm usually seeing about 9 seconds before first drop. I've seen shot times mentioned both ways.
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Joe, > > Last time I was in the Intelligentsia in LA I took a few minutes to > chat with the barista that made my drink about the settings they use. > I've since adjusted what I do at home with Black Cat on my BII and > have seen some improvement. > > Here is what he said: > > Brew temp 198F-199F > 20g (I would say 18-20) > 1.25 to 1.5 oz in 25-30 second range. > > For a Brewtus II that's 92-93C. > > > Matt > > On Jan 22, 8:47 am, arcangel6 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dennis, > > > > The triple basket worked much better with 18g of the Black Cat decaf > > than it did using 15g. I got about 2.5 ounces in 38 seconds. > > Interestingly, the Illy decaf given the same grind, 18g coffee and > > similar tamp (using the Espro...one of many) yields only 2 ounces in > > 40 seconds. > > > > Joe > > > > > > -- Chris Bailey [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
