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La Pavoni Europiccola and Pilon Gourmet Espresso

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Uploaded by on Dec 19, 2009

Great news for those of us on a budget: pre-ground Pilon Gourmet Espresso is a very good match for the EuroPiccola. No expensive grinder is needed to make a super caffè latte caldo.

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  • Thanks for sharing your adventures with the Peacock!

    A couple of things you may want to consider:

    1. Extraction should take between 20-30 seconds. Anything faster and you are underextracting. Judging by your force on the tamper, your grind is probably too coarse.

    2. You may want to watch a few videos on tamping techniques as well. Your method creates large amounts of variation from tamp to tamp.

    Love your enthusiasm for a great machine and an amazing crop!

  • Thanks for the tips, rggarner! Continuous quality improvement is what we're after!

  • @aldibruno What about lifting the lever again? I heard if you can do this and pull 2 shots under 30 seconds it can still be successful. Well done video by the way. I have a brand spanking new La Pavoni (which sits side by side with my Rancilio).

  • @Gweezian Thanks for the positive vibes, Gweezian! Yes, whenever I use the larger double shot filter insert I do a double pull. I happen to have made this video using the smaller single shot filter insert, so I just pulled once. Just now I posted a video response to this video in which I did the double pull. I let it go a little too long - more like 45 seconds from start to finish, but it tasted great! Thanks again! -Al di Bruno

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  • You're on the right track, but I see some areas where you could make major improvements. Check out the videos on my page for tips. As mentioned, invest in a good quality grinder, such as the Kyocera hand grinder. Also, forget pre-ground coffee. The La Pavoni is very, very touchy about fresh beans in my experience. Try some LavAzza or locally roasted - less than 2 weeks old. Or something from Peets maybe. Also, your machine looks like it's not building enough pressure in the boiler.

  • That is seriously not very good. Do yourself a favour and spend that 300 bucks on a grinder...

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