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Yeah, couldn't agree more! Recipes like 21g in, 54g out are just not gonna happen haha.
I've had to get philosophical and just look at it as an excuse to have more cups throughout the day. Can easily justify three espresso throughout the daywhen its the same as two on a pump machine. Also means I don't feel as bad if I end up with a sink shot (luckily rare now!) Does make for dinky americanos though.
Ptown-
You jest, but I think the biggest criticism I have of my Classic is the basket size because, essentially, to pull a decent shot you’re pulling a triple traditional espresso. Which is quite a lot of caffeine. That means the ‘single’ basket is a completely compromised shape to force the flow through a dose of coffee that just won’t fit well in a diameter that big. So you can’t do good smaller portions of coffee with it. I think this is why I’ve been so impressed with the DeLonghi machine at work. It’s a consumer machine, but it pulls a pretty good espresso out of very average coffee and in sensible shot sizes. I can see why it’s a popular domestic machine.
Jonny69
Looks great! One of the trickier aspects of working with lever machines (IMO) is that all the modern advice seems to be centred around your larger doses/portafilters. When I first got my La Pavoni I was somehow cramming in around 16-17g despite it only being a 51mm basket.
Getting much better results now with 14-15g but I must say I do miss having a larger espresso to drink! Though if you were to pop a 58mm group/basket in there, you'd need around 30% more force going through the lever. So I can see why they stick with the smaller portafilters.