Had my espresso machine for a week now and still have no clue if I’m doing it right… lol

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    25 days ago

    Wait is this the new Ninja machine James shows off a couple of weeks ago?

    Also “grind finer” is a running joke that “any problem with espresso brewing can be solved by grinding finer.” It’s obviously not true. 😂

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      25 days ago

      Yes, it is the Ninja luxe cafe. Been doing 2 double shots and using the medium foam setting with enough milk for a latte as my first drink of the day. My previous machine was a breville grind and brew where I had it set for a very strong 20oz of coffee. The grinder on the breville gave up trying to grind the costco espresso bean so I switched back to my cuisinart grinder… lol

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        24 days ago

        BTW, if you’re buying Balzac’s Farmers Blend by any chance - that thing is notoriously difficult to extract properly for espresso on any equipment.

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          24 days ago

          I used a local Ottawa roasters espresso blend(BBCR). I managed to make a sour batch today, I tried to make a quad(luxe) shot but didn’t tamp it well enough. I dialed back the grind and my second attempt worked better but I think I prefer doing two double shots as the puck still comes out wet with the quad shot.