Dan, You asked "have experience using a loftier machine than the Brewtus and if the results they achieved were noticeably superior.
I have used a few other machines, notably a few of the LM machines and then a number of other shop machines (not every shop seems to be able to afford an LM.) I have not found them noticeably superior. I also seem to recall seeing a few comments on forum boards by baristas who have a Brewtus saying that they did not find it deficient. A more likely cause of your disappointment may be that your machine is not set-up quite the same way that the shop machine is, or your technique is not well suited to their blend of coffee. You do have the opportunity to do a little testing by throwing your machine in the back of the car, filling your reservoir from his dispensed water supply and having the barista prep a few filter baskets that you can pull together. The latter will eliminate the grinder, volume distribution and tamp from the variables, hopefully leaving you with just machine issues. What you particularly need is the testing equipment to verify that your dispensed temperature matches his and that your pressure matches his. You can not assume that just because your PID reads the same number that he says he is using, the dispensed temperatures exactly match the number on the gauge. Only something like a Scace (That can perform the same test on both machines) can tell you if the machines are really the same. Absent test equipment, your barista may be able to tweak your machine's settings by taste to bring your experience more in line with his shop results. KittJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Hagelin To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 1:52 PM Subject: Man or machine? I have a PID’ed and well maintained Brewtus V-II, ... I’m not a complete rooky. I suspect (and hope) ... -- 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.
