Coffee freshness is pretty much ideal then.
You’ve got all your variables under control, just pump pressure is unknown so I’d look at that. Some machines ship with the pump at max pressure. Check to see whether you have an adjustable OPV on your machine, then see if you can borrow a portafilter pressure gauge to see what you’re getting
It's a Sage Bambino, so pressure is 9 bar I think. Pretty sure there's no way of adjusting it, so finding out what pressure I'm getting probably won't help as I'll be unable to do anything about it anyway.
Plus, it was pulling pretty decent shots until I convinced myself I could do better.
Coffee freshness is pretty much ideal then.
You’ve got all your variables under control, just pump pressure is unknown so I’d look at that. Some machines ship with the pump at max pressure. Check to see whether you have an adjustable OPV on your machine, then see if you can borrow a portafilter pressure gauge to see what you’re getting