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I had fallen in love with espresso while living in Milano in the early 80's. Was never able to find espresso in the US to match. After speaking to a few members on the forum I decided to start making my own. My slippery slope started on this forum with advice to start manually.. Got a Orphan Espresso Pharos grinder and a La Pavoni Stradivari both purchased on Ebay slightly used. I made a lotta bad espresso and built a lot of arm strength before getting decent results.. But I did create the magic I was looking for.. Next thing I knew I was down the rabbit hole and had purchased a Brugnetti commercial spring lever, it's a heat exchange machine same design as a Londinium and a Monolith Titan Flat burr single dosing grinder. That slope lead to my even roasting my own beans with a simple plate roaster but I have to say with the help of a Brewista Smart Scale I can pull awesome shots...

Just pulled this shot. This was a flow profile for 1.5 ml/s (dotted blue line is the target) with preinfusion. Overshot where I’d want to be on the pressure by a bit, so this tells me to loosen the grind a tad. But the results in the cup are fantastic!

That looks awesome - never had a Salisbury steak; now I need to try it!

Amen to that, Sister! Portland has some amazing breweries, too. Plus, the donuts! Blue Star, all the way!

I refuse to go on-line and look up any of this stuff...............I'm with tekobo and Tony!!!!!! On second thought.........maybe I'm with ckreef.................Jameson or Baileys sounds good to me!!!

Not sure about eating the grubs................................

Here's pics of the finished product. I sliced the flat and the point. Both very moist, and possibly too tender, if there is such a thing, and the bark is everything I hoped. This paper wrapped prime brisket is at least as good as a wagyu brisket cooked nekid, for one third the price. I guess I have to try a prime nekid, just to be sure. Bottom line, this rates excellent to me. Robert

I hear you. Last comment on this because I feel taxes can fall under politics and this is a cooking forum. I live in Cal and we lost our deduction(like NY)of writing off our state taxes. I’m paying federal tax on money that I never received because the state took it as taxes. It’s so wrong. I’ll just have to wait on my espresso machine. It’s no joke as what I have to pay is twice as much as my worst case scenario. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Diet Pepsi........... 2 - 20 oz. bottles.......$3.00 at the gas station. I'm sorry but that 'mud" can't be good for you!!!!!!!!! @sfdrew28........ Do NOT move to New York. Our governor just added a new tax to our electric bills to try to make up the 2 billion short fall because all the rich people are moving out.

Argh...just saw my tax situation under the new tax laws. I’ll be selling my grill instead of buying an espresso machine. [emoji51][emoji23]. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk