conikal wrote:
So, just to be clear, are you saying, that the longer purge grind reduced the dark colour of the first shot. . ...but there was still some "lightening" of the crema on the second. .? ...can you clarify, ...is your starting point ( before the initial purge) a hopper and grind chamber full of beans/ grinds as left from the previous session, or are you starting with an empty hopper and grind chamber ?
Ok, my hopper is never full. It normally has upto 200 g in it. However, the grind chamber and doser are empty.well, as empty as the grind chamber can be. So to clarify, with the longer grind and dump the first shot is a touch lighter, the second shot is much closer in colour to the first but is still lighter. As far as flushing the hx goes, I always give it around 5 secs which is long enough to hear it flashing in the system ( thus requiring more flushing). The second shot gets a five second flush too but more to get any grinds off the screen from the first shot. Over temp is never an issue on the second shot.
