Making a Latte on my Rancilio Silvia

[gpmahon]

i hate coffee snobs



[chilipepperslooney]

A message to the uploader, are you watching porn, or has somebody in your house got a hostage?

[YouDonteverhavetodie]

Perfect video. But the backgroundsound...why??

[Jamz006]

If you find that fine grinds are still watery the grinder may not be up to scratch. Also, how do you tamp your ground beans?

[dsee2]

I am grinding myself on a DeLonghi KG100. I have tried it on each level of grind and even fine grinds are watery...

The beans are about three weeks old, bought from a highly reputable cafe in Melbourne....

[CameronLairdPhoto]

@dsee2 Try some of the info at coffeesnobs. Do a search for KG100 - The KG100 might not be up to the challenge without modification..

[rikzz0r]

@dsee2 your grinder is the problem then. Maybe some tamping techniques, temperature surfing etc, but a good grind should get at least a decent espresso no matter what.

[dsee2]

I have the same machine. I am struggling to achieve any significant crema and my shots are watery. Its definitely me, but I am trying to work out where I'm going wrong. My shots also seems to come out much faster than those on youtube. Any tips?

[CameronLairdPhoto]

@dsee2 Sounds like it is a combination of the roast and the grind. If you have watery shots with little crema then it sounds like you have too coarse a grind. Are you grinding yourself?

[Jamz006]

@dsee2 The crema is down to the freshness of the beans and the grind. I am fortunate enough to have a roastery around the corner from my flat so I get the freshest of the fresh and you can achieve great crema from even the shittiest espresso machine. The crema is worse if the beans are a couple of weeks old - an interesting test I made a while ago. If your shots are watery that is either due to grind which is too course or not consistent enough. The better the grinder the better the consistency

[chilipepperslooney]

@dsee2 If you are Tamping down to 30LB just keep adjusting your grind until you have between 22 and 32 seconds of extration before it starts pouring blonde, then you know you have your grind right. you can then if you wish fine tune it so you get a 25 second shot, just make sure that it is not pouring blonde by the end and there you go, the secrets of the 'God Shot!'. Make sure your beans are really fresh aswell, old beans = crappy espresso. Enjoy my friend

[jferbie2000]

That looks good.

[cptmorgan92]

rofl...the best is the orgasm xD

[adamaliabarnes]

beautiful latte :)

[tlarvenz]

It's American Beauty playing the background, I think. Definitely the soundtrack anyway. Looks like a great latte. Thanks for posting.

[Admalmighty]

Is it just me or is there a massive orgy going on in the background??

[mackepol]

erk.. pedepy porn it sound like.. huhuhu..

[ka82yetan]

Could you explain me why the temperature shown by the PID is dropping so quickly? Is it normal?

Shouldn't the PID keep the temperature at the set level?

[pedepy]

is that porn in the background ?

[MethodD]

lmao

[lukewarm711]

@pedepy nope. that's just how good the siliva/rocky is ;)

[jonny3692]

the silvia is rly a good machine, but in this video it becomes obvious what the main issue is with single boilers.

Even if use tricks (temperature surfing) either your coffee or your milk (some ppl make the milk 1st) sits for quite a while.

Here it even takes 2,5 minutes after the brew before the milk foam gets added.

I'm sure you know what you're doing and it tastes okay, but usually you try to be as fast a possible.

And now just imagine you want to make more than 0.4L of latte.

[cksaurus]

Hi, is your PID with steam control gives you more steam power than before? I am considering to install one but would like to ask around for more user comments.

[sjhoenen]

How do you froth it do thick? When I do it, I get a part of thick foam, and a part watery milk.

[aussiecammo]

Hi, and thanks for your comment. I stretch the milk up to 100F and then simply heat up to 140F. I find that I get about a 10F 'run-on' so that puts my end milk temp at about 150F or just under. We love that temp.

[Smoothe2112]

Thanks for the informative video. I'm considering an Auber. As I make milk-based drinks a lot of the time, I was interested in seeing how you made your latte. BTW, what final milk temp were you shooting for with when frothing.

[TheHomeBarista]

If you are using a Silvia, you really don't need a PID. Click on my profile and view my shot of Vivace Dolce. I instead temp surf. If I'm anal about it I look at my digital multi-meter which monitors the boiler temp.