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

    • Please_Do_Not@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      I used a flair for a long time and loved it. Find a bean that’s got a lot of body and richness at a very light roast, and then grind it as fiiiiine as you can get it. Then you can crank the absolute heck out of it and overcome any heat or extraction issues with some huge pressure. Gauge add-on is highly recommended, but as far as other solid cups from budget machines, Breville makes great user-friendly machines at around/under $500, my rec being the Infuser/BES840XL

      • psudEnglish
        1·
        5 days ago

        The 58 that comes with a dial has a damage warning above 12 bar

        Flair 58 lever coffee machine's pressure gauge marked as showing pressure in bar with tick marks for each bar and numbers at 5 and 10 bar. A red area between 5 and 10 is labeled 'Espresso". A black area from 12 bar onwards is labeled 'STOP! BREAKAGE!"

        • Please_Do_Not@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          5 days ago

          Yeah I had the original, and the pressure gauge for that had something similar at 12+ bars, but honestly I pulled it at like 13-15 bars every day for ~2 years and never had an issue so long as I had put it together neatly and sealed well

    • psudEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I use a flair 58. I love it. Pull any pressure pattern. I don’t use milk though, and it is more work than the popular machines

        • psudEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          More work just because you’re the pressure source. But that also means you can use the pressure however you like

          You need a really expensive machine to have that kind of control automatically