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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by tashoecraft on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:54AM (#35372742)
My flair pro combined with a high end hand grinder has led me to never having a better espresso outside of my house. It's a decent amount of manual effort (start to finish time is about 10-15 minutes) but the only reason is to reduce that effort for the same quality.
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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by explaininjs on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:43AM (#35373422)
Those are rookie numbers, you gotta pump those numbers... down! After years of honing my flow, the TTE (time to espresso) is 6 minutes on gas, it'd probably be closer to 5 with an electric kettle. (I use a Comandante)
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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by tashoecraft on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:36PM (#35376354)
A quicker kettle would help. But triple heating the flair's chamber, then clean up and it's longer than I'd like for TTE.
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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by gabrielhidasy on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:01PM (#35376701)
The trick is getting a kettle that fits the brew chamber on top, so it steams while the water boils, I use a bonavitta with a mesh strainer as it's mouth is a bit too wide, but it seems like the fellow is almost a perfect fit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FlairEspresso/comments/j53vy0/fello...

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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by explaininjs on Thursday March 30, 2023 @02:04PM (#35376731)
Ah, triple heating will take some time. I usually double heat if I'm brewing a bougie light, single otherwise.

Sibling suggested heating the chamber with the kettle, in my experience that has caused the silicon wrapping to deteriorate.

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Re:Open source espresso machine is one delicious rabbit hole... by polishdude20 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @10:26AM (#35373187)
Got a flair as well and it pulls some great shots! The process is also kind of fun.
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