Re: Advantage to the chopped portafilter.


"Brent" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> mine is chopped high.
>
> I find that different machine = different results as well.
>
> Or maybe the conditions at the cafe are better than the temporary location
> where I got spray marks everywhere (except for some reason on me)

Shots using coffee from my Rocky tend to spray, shots with the Innova at
work don't, same espresso machine same pf.
Rocky has done alot more kilos than the Innova, time for some new burrs me
thinks.

Rob vL
NZ



> The chopped PF is very cool to play with, but we didn't serve customer
> drinks with it. That may change over summer when we reopen.
>
> Would I get one if I had just borrowed one to try? Yes.
>
> Brent
>
> >
> >> Does this mean I should only wear an old shirt and warn guests to "stay
> >> away!" when pulling a shot?
> >> Seriously though, how bad does it get? I've seen some photos of what
> >> happens with a channeled pull but it was too much of a close up to tell
> >> how far that tiny spray was going. Will it overshoot the drip tray?
> >> Spray me if I'm next to the machine holding the on/off lever?
> >>
> >
> > It depends on the physics. If the pf has a low cut with the basket high
> > up inside then the angle of any spray will be quite shallow - almost
> > straight down. If the basket is low in the bottomless pf then the spray
> > can have a wide dispersion pattern.
> >
> > I've only had a few spray shots - directly connected with lack of pack
> > and/or tamp. Once you learn there should be few instances of spraying.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Danny
> >
> > http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
> > http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
> > http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
Gold
> > blend)
> > swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
> >
>
>


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