Stanic

I had it once too..had to get in the bed and sweat it out 😁wasn't pleasat at all

sure

1. Pull a double shot 2. Pull 2nd double shot while simultaneously steaming the milk in a large jug 3. Pour the milk in

Sorry, it is unclear as I wrote it in that post. The rule applies to the 1:2 ratio, so you want to set the grinder so that you get for example 18g - > 36g in 36 seconds. That would be a starting point. The 51ish grams output in 51 seconds would ask for a 25ish grams input (there's a 25g vst basket on the market). What I do is that first I dial in the grinder for the above mentioned rule and then when making espresso, I cut the shot before I reach the 1:2 ratio. So, it is not a real ristretto but a shortened shot. From 15g input I want to get around 20g, from 18g I usually end the pump at around 25g output. You can make a 51grams shot using the grinder settings described above (and you no longer look at time after 36 seconds just cut it by weight), but as you correctly pointed out, there will be unwanted stuff in the cup by that point. Basically, you can call it over extraction.

the white hell has begun early this year

Northern Covid spreading faster because it's hard as f**king nails

yes, a 350 ml jug will help with controlling the frothing

old pump vs. new?

I've done two roasts in the Gene with these, lots of rum, bananas and slight hint of forest strawberries? 😛

you are getting watery shot at 3.3 grinder setting and choking the machine at 3...sounds weird

Sounds like different burrs really, I have a kickstarter one and 16 grams at 1.2 setting take about 1.5 minutes

The Aergrind is, based on my experience, capable with almost any roast (except that light Nicaragua from hasbean 😛 ) Cafelat is basically a one man band but well established and reliable, run by Paul Pratt who is a rather experienced bloke in the coffee world. I don't know why he only sells it from his own website but probably wanted to keep the price lower? Or the demand is too high? Judging by his Instagram he still finishes the Robots individually by hand in his workshop, it seems.

The scale will first start to form on the heating elements and reduce their efficiency, so I would still advise to do the light descaling (~2% citric acid solution) as prevention

Get the black niche zero and don't look at it 😁

As long as the water is good, you won't need to descale really, perhaps a light descale once every 2 years or so