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Postby triptogenetica » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:52 pm

Ah - with the MC2, you'll probably do best setting the timer to half fill a double basket, and pressing the button twice. If that makes sense!

The timer range is pretty good per single shot, so I wouldn't try to fill a double basket in one go.

(I'm assuming you're using the double? Much better coffee is much more likely that way, if you're not)!
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Postby col » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:22 pm

triptogenetica wrote:Ah - with the MC2, you'll probably do best setting the timer to half fill a double basket, and pressing the button twice. If that makes sense!

The timer range is pretty good per single shot, so I wouldn't try to fill a double basket in one go.

(I'm assuming you're using the double? Much better coffee is much more likely that way, if you're not)!


Great idea! (damn, why didn't I think of that :wink: ) Thanks TG!
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Postby Bren_D » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:33 pm

col wrote:
triptogenetica wrote:Ah - with the MC2, you'll probably do best setting the timer to half fill a double basket, and pressing the button twice. If that makes sense!

The timer range is pretty good per single shot, so I wouldn't try to fill a double basket in one go.

(I'm assuming you're using the double? Much better coffee is much more likely that way, if you're not)!


Great idea! (damn, why didn't I think of that :wink: ) Thanks TG!


and if the beans are quite oily, don't be surprised if you have to hit the button three or four times to get a reasonable amount of coffee. The MC2 is a lovely little grinder, but mine doesn't like oily beans. A shame as I love Steve's Breakfast Bomb blend, definitely one for you to try, though.
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Postby Beanie » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:00 pm

When I ordered it eons ago, it was Perfeito... prolly just a typo now ;)
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Postby leecb » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:21 pm

You're not casting aspersions on Steves spelling there are you Beanie?? :wink: :lol:
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Postby sicinius » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:53 pm

I have been drinking HB Machamarca and assume there is a conspiracy of silence in here as supply is limited. Fantastic. Buy some and keep schtumm.

I'm also a sweet tooth and in pre-Zaffiro days would always have a large spoonful of sugar in an espresso and still need it (and more) for Costa or Primo at motorway service stations.

I mix my own sugar and put vanilla pods in the jar. In home pulled stuff I suspect I'm still putting the now tiny amounts of sugar in for the vanilla rather than the sweetness.
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Postby Hiwakey » Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:53 pm

Scott at HD made me some of his Brazilian on his setup and it was cracking! Give it a go - nice "brown sugary" aftertaste. I struggled to dial in my setup to match it though!

Incidentally if you're in Somerset put TwoDay roastery on your next shopping trip to Bristol.
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Postby quoad » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:49 pm

sicinius wrote:I have been drinking HB Machamarca and assume there is a conspiracy of silence in here as supply is limited. Fantastic. Buy some and keep schtumm.


http://toomuchcoffee.com/index.php?name ... pic&t=7650

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