I put a temperature probe in the E61 grouphead to check the temp on the Mara X, and now i can coffidanlty say it does have stable temperature control. It reads a 1-2 Celsius higher in the E61 injection point, right about the shower, than what the manual says the temp ought to be in the various modes, so there might be some heat lose when the water hits the coffee. Several times I tried Mode 0 to potentially offset the high reading temperature, it doesn’t seem to be a good match for the medium roasts.
with these precision baskets, targeting a shot time first seems to go out the window. Like you also say, go off taste is what i try. But then changing variables don’t always result in my intended effect.
I like to believe i have my puck prep pretty much dailed in, at the very least consistent.
An obvious variable many like to point out are good quality fresh beans. I always buy from reputable local roasters. Buy in batch, rest for 1-2 weeks, freeze, and take out a week’s worth of beans as i go. There might be a bad batch occasionally, but i seem to screw up on the simple blend roasts too.
the crema is indeed non-existent on these beans, I have seen the same on other beans I used that are on the older side. I am not a crema hunter, sure looks nice, but when there is plenty I dilute it with the rest of the cup usually. Of course in this case, might be an indicator that the beans are a bit stale.
You give a good suggestion, I might indeed give the beans a shot in my Clever dripper instead, even though there are ‘espresso roast’. They are definitely very lightly roasted for espresso. I might be chasing a brew method that doesnt yield the best result anymore.
These DAK beans aside, all my other frustrations are still there. I had luck this morning, grinder a bit finer brewing a blend for my cappuccino. And I have a ton 3x1 kg of brazilian roasts, from classic medium roast to anaerobic fermented, to try out the spectrum.
I am getting a puck screen in the mail soon, in order to eliminate some of the headspace with lower doses. In the 17-19 grams pullman basket, i consistently seem to get better results with 19-21 gram doses, but i don’t want to drink and waste so much coffee.
Help me get my espresso journey on track again please [Lelit Mara x DF64 SSP HU]
How is the heat production and ticking noise on the Belkin? I have been pretty content with a qi1 anker magnetic puck charger, but I read the qi2 from them gets pretty hot.
How quickly those this flood your storage?
Currently I ran invidious in docker. The solution is … just okay, performance isn’t great. But at least you only stream whatever you pick for watching.
I only follow around 15 channels. For simplicity 10 video are added daily to my subscription feed.
Are there privacy concerns with this solution. This together with ad blocking were my main drivers for invidious.
Schwartz wald comes to mind. Vosges if you cross the valley. I bet anywhere within the alps is epic. Can’t really give you specifics, as I’m not a hiker. But my mate lives in Switzerland and does a fair bit of alpinism.
I have been waiting to get approved for a peertube account on tilvids.com, but after 7 days i am still waiting. Did you manage to get it in dev mode already? I have the video for you still, if you have a suggestion for another platform i can upload it to.
See my video. You will have to
- turn on the device, leave it unplugged.
- push power + up + down
- connect to the computer and refresh
It might not go in one try. it took me three times before I got it.
I hear your argument, and I agree to it. For new drivers it should also become common sense to plan your route save and thus comfortable.
But OP specifically mentioned his daughter experiences anxiety. That pushes it into a different category if it was not meant metaphorically.
If your daughter gets anxiety or panic attacks while driving, I suggest her to get professional help/therapy instead of avoiding particular (but common) traffic situations. I’m talking from experience. Fostering the anxiety now by not acknowledging it, might end up with an ever longer road to covert fo self confidence later on.
The custom maps community for wahoo is very strong. They update maps using OSM data more frequently then wahoo. You can download maps here and the you push it to your device with an app called Elemantary. Find the read me in that onedrive folder.
It does continue your workout when you turn off and on the device, within a certain time window. I thought it was a couple of hours. Just be wary not to stop the activity after pausing.
I do find the bolt loses the cycling category when doing this, it defaults to ‘other’. It is not a mega concern, all metrics are still present.
Imported chinese EVs are still undercutting the European manufacturers, as much they have been lobbying to have increased import fees on the cheaper non EU EVs. The narrative is that they are heavily subsidised to the extend they cannot compete anymore, in so crippling overal in-continent EV development. Resulting in a dependence to the East.
If I am not mistaken such import fee has just passed in Brussel, in order to protect the European market.
In a weird way, humanity has been longing for greener automobile solutions, and now that it’s there, Europe wants to slow it down.
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I have a Mac mini m1 and run several containers to manage media, arrs and vpn. I also have a Debian vm for homeassitant. I had used UTM prior but now moved the vm to VMware fusion.
Main issue I run into is not enough ram as the base model only has 8gb. And I do not have redundancy optimised when I reboot. I have it locked with a password so it doesn’t auto run the containers or the vm.
I double the mac for light browsing too. I considered getting a dedicated Linux mini pc for the services next to a desktop Mac. But my usage is too sparse at both ends of the spectrum.
Proton pass Q: extension auto-lock to require 2fa
I don’t find it extremely resembling, but okay. Will they ban 88 on all shirts ever? Extremists will find symbols in anything.
I was researching ridewithgps once again to see if I can justify the premium over Komoot onetime map plan. I finally thinkered around the web view of rwgps and I must admit it is very powerful already in the free functionality. I don’t think I will ever go back to Komoot, but I haven’t decided on the premium package for rwgps just yet.
Leapfrogging Bitwarden I see.
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