I can’t seem to get rid of unpleasant harshness and dryness
MediumRoastSteam can recommend vacuum bags ? Also you reuse or wash them?
I can definitely now smell lack of aroma from the 1kg bag, I think that reopening that large bag for a month is too much . I could still smell nice aroma week ago but today morning is definitely gone, I will start freezing my beans.
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MuddyOne can recommend vacuum bags ? Also you reuse or wash them?
This what I have (or very similar). There are better ones, there are worse ones, there are different ones :-)
When are you receiving your beans?
Also, you don’t need to freeze them if you are going to use it within the next couple of months sort of thing. Keeping them in a cool and dark environment seems to be fine.
Because I hate waste, I re-use my bags (I don’t wash them) until they are so small they are impractical or can no longer fit a reasonable amount of beans in them. The original roll that came with the machine has lasted me a couple of years at least.
MediumRoastSteam thanks, I have put digital thermometer into The wardrobe I store my beans, temperature hovers between 19-22 degrees with 21 being most of the time.
Aren’t bags getting spoiled by oils ?
Square mile will be roasting tomorrow, and despatching , I confirmed that if I’m lucky I should get them on Wednesday. I don’t think that was the best time to order:)
MediumRoastSteam that link is not working
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MuddyOne - Try now. it works for me. But you can just google up “vacuum sealer” or do that on amazon. Price is about £30. As I said… Not the cheapest, not the most expensive, not the best, not the worst. For me, it does the trick.
Spoilt by oils? Not that I can tell. Tastes fine for me. But you can give it a go and see how it works for you.
Given Wednesday is New Years’ day… I doubt you’ll be getting then on Wednesday. :-)
MediumRoastSteam I thought it’s Thursday:)
I’ll get that one .👍
I’ll post updates regarding how retailer approached my problem.
They sent me new control board as I mentioned earlier , I have a feeling that this board never been in the machine before and so the off set been not calibrated / configured,that’s what I experience here.
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MuddyOne - Interesting. That’s a possibility for sure. But… Logically speaking, it is not as simple. Because the machine should not heat up the longer it stays on idling, and that’s totally unrelated to the offset value. So you might want to tune/review the PID parameters - I mean, the Proportional, Integral and Derivative values. I have no idea how you do that on this new version, sorry.
MediumRoastSteam it’s in their hands, their responsibility it’s under warranty. I want good espresso and they will get it right.
I have no idea what to do with two 250g airscape containers, what a waste of money.
MuddyOne did you say you are selling 2 airscape containers 🤔
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MuddyOne The wardrobe I store my beans, temperature hovers between 19-22 degrees with 21
Sounds like your heating thermostat needs adjusting down a bit 🫣😎🤪
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Adrianmsmith I’m not sure what to do with them , are you looking to get new containers?
Adrianmsmith I mean during the day temperature changes too , I think that’s the reason. I checked in the morning, afternoon and evening but most of the time temperature is stable at 21.
No matter where you store the beans the ambient temperature changes during the day regardless if it’s winter or summer, you are not getting stable throughout the day
Cuprajake seems like my machine displays some odd behaviour after adjusting that off set to -8
I had temperature set to 94, I wanted to try 93, set 93, display reverts back to “ home” and it shows 97 and lowers down.
I then set temperature to 90 to see if something will change again, it stabilised at 90, I set 93 again and it showed 88 and goes up
I think some stuff needs to be configured by people with proper tools there.
MuddyOne possibly, price and colour dependent 🤓 …. And you are in the UK 🤔
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MuddyOne - I’ll quote myself again…. :-)
MediumRoastSteam MuddyOne - Interesting. That’s a possibility for sure. But… Logically speaking, it is not as simple. Because the machine should not heat up the longer it stays on idling, and that’s totally unrelated to the offset value. So you might want to tune/review the PID parameters - I mean, the Proportional, Integral and Derivative values. I have no idea how you do that on this new version, sorry.
My theory: You are barking at the wrong tree. Leave the offset alone. Essentially you are saying that your machine temperature target (what you want to set it to) is 8C (or whatever the unit is) lower than the pre-set programmed. If the pre-programmed offset is 12 (just saying that because apparently the factory default is +2, so group being 14C colder than boiler- i.e.: water in the boiler needs to be 108C in order to reach 94C in the group) is within normality. Yet, you are now setting this to -8 (read: boiler water needs to be 98C in order to deliver 94C at the group) - (if that’s what that is) is most likely throwing your PID controller out of the window and it’s erroring like crazy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional%E2%80%93integral%E2%80%93derivative_controller
So before you think the offset will solve your problems, think again. If they sent you a brand new control box and that was never configured, it might have some crazy default parameters.
You need to do some research, and find out what good PID values are for your machine. Even if you had to copy them from the old Pro-700. A Google research should give you back what you need, including how to get into the advanced menu of your machine so you can set those up.
MediumRoastSteam nah I think I’m done doing research, it’s beyond my capabilities. I have spent enough time and realised that trial and error is not the way here. I’m waiting for their response and sending machine back. Thanks everyone for all the help here, machine is under warranty and it should be working out of the box.
Adrianmsmith it’s black and yellow 250g
I’m in the uk, Lincoln.
I’m not sure about the price especially that added postage costs may not be worth the hassle, I’m thinking if I can use them.
How much are they going second hand?
MediumRoastSteam I hear you and understand everything you said , but one thing- that setting off set is there to be adjusted by customers, it can be set by us from -10 to +10 and it’s not a hidden setting available only to manufacturers, it must be so for some reason?
You could jot down and publish all your settings to see if any are obviously wrong.
They will be close to but not identical to these for the synchronika i would imagine. See bottom. I do not have the exact settings for the go.
To enter the advanced PID settings mode on the PID :
Turn your machine off
Hold down BOTH the left and right button on the PID at the same time
While both PID buttons are pressed down, turn the machine on and wait for “F.01” to appear
From here, you are in advanced PID settings mode. You can change your machine to function in Celsius or Fahrenheit, switch between 15 and 20 amp power modes (on applicable machines), change boiler temperature offset, and adjust boiler temperature.
To change a setting, press the left button on the PID until the setting you wish to change is showing. Press the right button on the PID to view that setting’s current value, and while the current value is shown press the right and left buttons to adjust it up and down. To exit advanced PID settings mode and save your settings, simply turn the machine off and back on again.
Its not recommend, changing of the P, I, D, or b settings on any of the machines. Changing those 4 settings will change the way the machines reheat and maintain temperature.
The settings that we recommend changing if you are looking for something a little different are:
The setting for which temperature scale you would like to use, commonly shown in the PID settings as F.01. - C (celsius), and F (Fahrenheit)
The setting to change your machine for running in 15 amp or 20 amp mode (on applicable machines). This setting is commonly shown as F.02
The setting to change the temperature of the coffee boiler, commonly shown in the PID settings as T1.
The setting to change the temperature of the steam boiler, commonly shown in the PID settings as T2.
NOTE: We do not recommend changing P, I, D or b settings. These change the algorithms for reheating and maintaining boiler temperature.
Synchronika for reference
Ade Smith. ACS Evo Leva v2. Kafatek Flat max 2, ssw 2024. Mazzer Philos, Craig Lyn HG-1 prime., WW key mk1.