Might be good to get this one going again for all the new members.
Show us your setup!
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Lake_M So glad to have you guys on board, it’s like having additional memory to revive my failing one. I’ll bet there are a lot of favourite threads I have forgotten to add…I suppose I was busy doing the structural stuff like setting it all up, the add ons, the forum areas, images etc..
This is my current setup. Nothing too flashy at the moment because I’ve just moved house. I use the Baratza Encore with my Aeropress and the Specialita is for the Europiccola. I’m not really into milk drinks so it’s black coffee, Americano and espresso for me. My partner is a tea drinker.
My selection of gear at the moment:
Bezzera BZ10
Compak K3 Touch grinder
Cafelat Robot
Kinu M47 manual grinder
Fiorenzato F64Evo grinder
The F64Evo is a speed demon that grinds 17 grams in some 4.5 to 5 seconds. I like it a lot, but it seems to produce a fair amount of fines. At the end of every shot, with the brew pressure being released, some fines seem to slip through the shower screen and eventually plug up the pulse line to the brew pressure gauge. This didn’t happen with other grinders I had used (K3, Macap M2) I recently had the machine serviced and the pressure gauge “unplugged” and for now I resorted to my K3, which I hadn’t sold yet. The Kinu provides the highest level of flavor clarity, but I tend to use it mostly on vacations with the Robot. Boy, are they a pair 😄 !
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Not that great with taking photos but here is my current setup which I am very happy with.
Espresso Machine: ECM Puristika
Current Portafilter: ECM Bottomless Gran Crema
Grinder: Niche Zero (for espresso)
Grinder: Wilfa Svart (for Aeropress)
Favourite Bean At The Moment: Artisan Whisky Thief (very boozy, delicious espresso, not that great with the Aeropress in my opinion)
Things To Get: A better scale, a distribution tool and a tamping station
Really getting along nicely with the Puristika. A bit of a learning curve initially as it is my first espresso machine, but lately I am enjoying the results and learning a lot with fine tuning my tamping with the bottomless portafiler. The Niche Zero is also performing very well (far more consistent grinds than my previous grinder) and dialling in has been fairly straight forward.
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Beverast A big favour if you can…are you able to scan the relevant pages of the user guide… for PID usage and options. All the other stuff about portafilters and pressures I don’t need, although it would be useful to see the warnings about use of the right hand knob. I have not used my Puristika for well over 1 year. I had the PID settings right, but of course never had a manual and can’t remember how to operate the PID.
I don’t accidentally want to lose what I found were ideal settings. I did do some modifications on mine and might share the PID settings if people are interested.
P.S. You could even photograph them
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Thanks for the tip 🙂
Mine my be a little different as it’s a prototype produced in 2019. However, I am sure my settings and probably the modification I made is still relevant.
A couple of Ceado grinders; the big E92 conical for single dosing fitted with a ‘blow up’ bellows, the E37s for churning out my ‘house’ bean.
A Pulman Big Step tamper, which is being used with a 20g ridgeless VST. Made a huge improvement to my prep game.
The GS3 replaced a La Spaziale mini Vivaldi which was a great little dual boiler, but did suffer a little from temperature stability issues.
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Lake_M It’s Ironic isn’t it, the big E92 is a great single doser but with killer retention and unusable in the home environment when used with a hopper. The E37S, a terrible single doser (pretty much unusable), but great with a hopper. 😉
P.S. Just squeezed the GS3 on there
😊Lake_M I know hoisted by my own Petard with the Niche work…I hardly used my E92, in fact I stopped using it more than 1 year before the Niche launched and have not used it since!
I sort of feel guilty, but the Niche simply does a similar job for me…with a lot less faffing about. That said, I’m always testing something or other….guiltily looks around at all the equipment that has lain unused for months or years!!
My current setup. Cheers!
My Rancilio Silvia (PID modded) with Niche Zero
My work away from home set-up….I get bored easily, lol
My setup:
Missing from the shot is a V60, Timemore scales and the Minion Specialita which I couldn’t let go of when purchasing the Niche. Aeropress on the way for my work brew.