What about your grinder? tamper? water quality? dosage? I presume you use the same beans.
You've got the right idea to take your machine over there. If it comes down to the machine it shouldn't be a surprise. On Mar 27, 8:38 pm, Dan Hagelin <[email protected]> wrote: > Kitt, > > Thanks for your thoughtful response. It occurred to me that I could hire the > barista to come to my home but your suggestion of taking mine to the coffee > shop is much better in that it allows A/B comparisons. What separates our > shots is that his have such a phenomenal clarity of flavor which allows me > to perceive a myriad of flavors that are simply missing in mine where the > palate is more homogenous and simple. His machine is a beautiful La > Marzocco and it seems fitting that it's output would surpass that of a > Brewtus, but it does it so so handily that my home shots now seem lackluster. > It will be interesting to see what kind of results this barista can eke out > of my Brewtus. I won't spring for the GS/3 yet! > > Tanks again, > Dan > > On Mar 27, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Kitt Johnson wrote: > > > > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en.- 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.
