Single Boiler Espresso Machines: Temperature Surfing & Steaming
SeattleCoffeeGear аѕkеd:
Gail talks tο υѕ аbουt thе importance οf temperature surfing οn аnу single boiler espresso machine — іt nοt οnlу mаkеѕ fοr аn improved shot, bυt іt аlѕο means уουr boiler wіll bе regularly refilled аnd уου’ll hаνе better steam performance аnd boiler longevity.
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That would be greatly appreciated. I can’t wait to see it for I love watching your videos; for me, its like visiting disneyland.
Sure, we can try it out for you — I will put it on our to-do list for this week. I am still experimenting with the Brevilles so hopefully we’ll have more answers soon. – Kat
I love the videos and have been very helpful; is it possible to pull a shot on a Breville Cafe Modena? And, use grounds from a Jura Capresso Infinity? The reason I ask is that I own these pieces and want to know if I’m pulling shots the correct way. Also, do you need to tamp with this machine? Anything you can do would help tremendously.
If we have one in the store, I will do one for this. It’s going to be the same process with your machine, just watch for the ready lights going on/off according to your user manual. I’ll post something up here if we have a model we can demo. Thanks! – Kat
hey kat gail .
so eventually i bought the gaggia new baby
she looks like the one on the other video here
so can you make a video for this action with the gaggia new baby .
thanks
Steve – thanks for the tip! We are going to experiment with plugging up the air induction hole to see if we can get better results, because without the sleeve the wand is so short! Perhaps there will be a how-to video on here in the near future
Thanks for the feedback on the videos – glad you’ve been enjoying them! – Kat
You run it out until you see the coffee cup light go off, then hear the pump kick in. Then close up the wand and let it heat up until the coffee light comes back on. How long this takes will depend on where it’s at in its temperature cycle — if you’re doing right after steaming, it will be a fair amount of time (15 or so seconds maybe) and if you’re just temperature surfing to pull a shot independent of steaming, it would vary. – Kat
Hi Gail and Kat! Love you videos… been spending hours going through them all… just want to say thanks and to give a little tip for Gaggia/Saeco users who have the same turbo frother nozzle as shown on this machine.. the milk texturing is MUCH much better if you take the turbo frother extention OFF and just leave the little bit of black plastic with narrow nozzle on. Thanks again for your time and effort in producing these excellent videos! ~Steve
hey Kat, how long do you run hot water out of the wand ? like 10 seconds or so? and right after that u brew the shot?
It’s good to know you can’t wait to watch them!
Thanks for your feedback and I am glad you’re enjoying the videos. Let us know if you have any suggestions for videos that you’d like to see – Kat
Gotcha. That makes sense. Maybe I shouldn’t jump the gun to watch your videos and give youtube a little time to process. Thanks for the reply.
We shoot and process the same way each time; I think the quality issues might be due to how YouTube processes it on their side, unfortunately. I also notice that they’re a little choppier for the first few hours and then seem to get better. – Kat
You two make a great video crew and entertaining to watch. Just one thing..how come the video quality is inconsistent b/w the videos?
Anyways, thanks for the vid’s – Very educational and interesting at the same time!