hello everyone. I have the latest model of the rancilio silvia. i also use the doseless rocky to grind my beans.
I have four basket two are single and two are double. both are varied in how much coffee they can contain.
I use the largest single basket for the single portafilter and the large basket for the double.
The problem i am having since day one is, there is a puddle on top of the puck. This is there after i have frothed the millk and made a drink.
The puck is also slimy and when i knock it out slimy coffee grinds are all over the basket.
I have coarsened grind, dosed, tamped the basket at different pressures and levels. I have Tightened my grind, dosed, tamped at different levels and pressures.
I can achieve a nice tasting coffee i just wanna be able to have a dry puck at the end of the whole ordeal
could anyone help me achieve a dry burnt puck that knock out whole.
thank you so much!
"A good cup of coffee starts with a seedling." Snaggle.
Wet pucks can be caused by several things: too fine a grind, too cool temperatures, overfilled baskets, too hard a tamp... I've heard that pucks on the older Silvias could sometimes be a little damp.
Try to keep some of your technique const. For instance, use a 30# tamp always, regardless of how fine or coarse you grind. Is your coffee fresh? Stale coffee is not a great way to go, producing thin watery shots, and subsequent sloppy pucks. Is your machine the one that is PID'd?
If you're having to temp surf, make sure your machine has been warmed up at least 30 minutes, and you might want to flush the group a few times as well. Not owning your machine, not having first hand experience, other posters might be more helpful.
Yep. I am more interested in how the cup tastes than the degree of moisture in the remnants. Moist pucks remain but shots are consistently fine since I have PID'd it.
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