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This is an area I know [barely] the basics of, despite being quite selective about coffee, but is the Decent programmable to match the extraction profile of the Faema?
How true is the factor of machine:machine variability in output quality?
Regardless of above- given those beans are simulating an Italian roast- no matter how fancy they are, this is going to change to a taste profile that most of us have shifted away from, I guess.
Based on the fact my parents- who drink predominantly deep roasted, borderline Peet's level insipidness- don't always like the lighter roasted coffees I like to drink.
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I dunno tbh. My dad used a lever profile. And I think to describe it as Italian espresso would be unfair. It didn’t have any of the burnt, bitter undertones that I’d associate with Italian espresso, but it also didn’t have the viscous, mouthfeel that I expect from Italian espresso, so swings and roundabouts.
JB
Likewise. I just had some of the coffee they roasted for the Faema this morning through my Dad’s Decent and it was… decent. Good, but not £24 for 350g good. But that might be down to the Decent rather than the coffee.