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Yeah, I've been deep into the coffee forums and Youtube trying to find as much info as I can.
I'm using Pact's house espresso blend as a starter, 14g into the basket, using a distributer and then tamping + a little temperature surfing. Can get ~28g out in around 30 seconds but it still tastes awful.
Not sure that my grinder isn't the bottleneck to be honest, I'm as fine as it will go.I bought it from Bella Barista and turns out they're quite local to me - think I'm going to give them a call and see if they've got any tips/suggestions.
IamNotACrook
mmccarthy
It's definitely a fair bit of work getting everything dialled in. I imagine the you'll find a ton of info for people starting out with a Silvia that should give you a decent ballpark to start in. From there I'd try to focus only only changing a single variable at a time regarding dose, shot weightand grind size. I'd recommend finding someone else's settings (at least for dose and shot weight and adjust your grind to match), assuming a similar roast level for the coffee. Should be a good starting point!