Bluefoam wrote: » I've run out of the Illy supermarket coffee & I'm still waiting for my single wall baskets to arrive, so I'm still using the pressurised ones... The machine is a Bambino Plus with Sage Smart Grinder Pro. I took my (once) fresh beans out of the freezer, left them defrost for a day & ground them at the preset Smart Pro settings... but have achieved zero extraction. No coifee comes out. Have tried the grinder grind size: 2; 6; 12; 18, I'm using the Razor Tool for dosing, but have also tried going by weight. Have tamped heavily & lightly... No liquid comes out. I would appreciate if anyone could tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Squidgy Black wrote: » When you take the portafilter out, is the puck wet? Dial your grinder back coarser, if you're still get nothing no drops at all it would indicate that the grind is still too fine to push through, but if you go coarser (to almost pourover) it should fly out of the portafilter. Is this the first time you've used the grinder? Take off the hopper, and you should see the top burr. On it there should be numbers, and a red dot. Usually from factory it's set to 5, but the problem is not all these grinders are calibrated correctly so it could in fact be grinding finer than some of the online suggestions.
Gooey Looey wrote: » I have a Sage grinder pro and have it set to grind for 18 seconds on grind setting 8 for espresso using my regular coffee (Fusion from artofcoffee.ie).
Bluefoam wrote: » Thanks, I'm using the pressurised baskets, so I don't think I'm going to ghet the right results. Have the other baskets arriving soon, so hopefully that'll sort things... It's good to know other peoples grind settings... It's a minefield.
Bluefoam wrote: » Yes, first time using the grinder... I dailed it up to 28 & got an extraction... It wasn't a pleasant cup of coffee. I'm going to put the grinder on hold and get some more supermarket coffee in the meantime. Single wall baskets should arrive shortly and I'll give it another go when they do.
Squidgy Black wrote: » Likely that the coffee's too fresh compared to the supermarket coffee and needs a much coarser grind for the pressurised baskets. I'd say you're probably best waiting for the single wall baskets to avoid wasting any more expensive beans with the pressurised baskets, but even when you get them you might spend a bit of time running multiple shots trying to dial it in
Bluefoam wrote: » Single wall baskets finally arrived today! My first proper coffee was actually quite nice. I'm going to adjust my grind slightly, but impressed so far.
Technocentral wrote: » What about the hole where the screw in portafilter was does it effect flow?
willabur wrote: » I have the sage bambino plus I don't have a grinder yet but getting through coffee angel coffee quickly enough to not justify the outlay. First bag of coffee was ground espresso setting 1 in shop. The machine couldn't push through it. I had to reduce dose by a couple of grams and then run two double shot runs to get enough coffee out. Second bag of coffee I explained the situation to coffee angel and they changed setting to 3 and it's working nicely now. Out of curiosity I might pick up the non pressurised filters and try them with the finer grind. Can you tell me where you ordered from?
Bluefoam wrote: » Not sure I understand. Old basket pops out of the portafilter and new basket pops in. Very simple swap.
Technocentral wrote: » I read that you need to remove the plastic part for new basket to fit, it said that on comments for only one I could find that people said would fit, waiting for it to come from China. This one.https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01JRH3DMS/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_6AdVEb6A6THAM
Bluefoam wrote: » Mine fit without the need to remove the plastic base from the portafilter. Some people say to keep it, others say dump it...
Technocentral wrote: » It's a pity its so difficult sourcing those baskets, I ordered mine last week said mid to end of June delivery time.
Gooey Looey wrote: » Amazon delivery times are crazy these days, don't need them, that's just worst case scenario. I've ordered stuff that was expected delivery the end of June and is already dispatched
Bluefoam wrote: » I just had a look at that link & it seems to be a 51mm basket... The Bambino takes a 54mm.. I'd double check that it's right.
Bluefoam wrote: » Aghh... This is wrecking my head... Yesterday, I got a good shot. Grind size 8, 17 seconds The basket was slightly over filled & the puc stuck to the head (but a nice enough shot). Tried the same today, but dropped the grind time to 16.6 seconds... no extraction... Increased the grind incrementally until I got an extraction at 14 grind size, but the shot wasn't good, infact it was far from drinkable. I'm pulling my hair out... All fun though. Have ordered a stash of Kaph blend, so hoping I don't waste too much of that.
The Hound Gone Wild wrote: » Are you weighing your input and output? Are you pulling doubles or singles?
