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Espresso time!
(thelemmy.club)
Seeing we're sharing espresso brews...
Ethiopian light roast (by me) in a Flair signature.
2nd pic is the whole setup. Dead simple and reliable and could probably post it on BIFL.
You figure out a system pretty quick. I put the head on the kettle so it preheats with the steam. Then I grind place and tamp. Put the head and a shot pulls with a simple arm bar in 30 to 45s. 10 mins prep. 2 mins clean up and put it all away.
Very travel friendly setup.
What I love about it is that you can manually control everything to a very high degree. It rewards tinkering. The quality is exceptional once you dial everything in.
What I don't love about this particular flair is the undersized basket makes undersized shots. The flair 58 solves this, but I like the gift I got enough to not bother upgrading. I bought a spare head to facilitate pulling back to back shots.
You might at least want to upgrade to a Pro 2 or above brew head. The basket is large enough to fit 18g and the cylinder is large enough to pull a double.
I thought about that a few times. One day I will.
Thanks for explaining, it doesn't sound like too much faff. My regular workflow is maybe a few minutes quicker, but I don't get as many adjustment points.
Also my shots don't look as pretty, nicely done