There’s a moment in home coffee where things stop being about gear and start being about rhythm. Not perfection. Not obsession. Just repeatable steps that actually make sense before you’ve had your first cup. This is a look at making coffee at home using the MC3 espresso machine — not as a deep technical teardown, but as a lived-in workflow. The kind you build over time when you’re just trying to get a solid long black in the morning and a latte that doesn’t taste like regret in a cup. The setup is simple: the MC3 espresso machine, paired with [More]
Switching from the stock DeLonghi Portafilter to a Bottomless Portafiler. First try making an espresso.
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A cozy day, a fresh bag of beans, and some espresso dialing in—what could be better? Today, I’m pulling shots on the Lelit Mara X with the DF54 grinder, tweaking my workflow to get the best extraction. Watch as I fine-tune the grind, adjust my technique, and enjoy the process. My Coffee Station: Lelit Mara X V2 (Limited Gold Edition) DF54 Grinder MHW-3Bomber WDT Tool Sprio PRO V5 Spirographic WDT Tool KRUVE Imagine Double Wall Latte Glasses Normcore V4 Spring-loaded Tamper Timemore Black Mirror Basic 2.0 Scale Music by u_srOywmbcog from Pixabay. Subscribe for more daily espresso experiments, latte art [More]
Can you make good coffee with Delonghi Deduce EC685?
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I made a latte with the Breville Barista Express Espresso machine from beginning to end to give you an idea how a daily usage will look like. Then I follow up with all the details you might want to know about this machine once you get used to the workflow. Some tips and tricks so you can get the most out of this machine. Get this espresso machine here: https://amzn.to/3XcwWYb Don’t beat around the bush, beat the bush! I enjoy a good discussion but I like getting to the point even more. ► More resources at my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/BeatTheBush ► [More]
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New beans and on the best way to the perfect doubleshot. Collecting for this one took more than 50 s, but was tasty nevertheless! 🙂 Seems to be fine for a double shot. Get the mods from the links in the description. Coffee was an Arabica:Robusta blend, 60:40. Gear used: – Coffee machine: DeLonghi EC 685 – Grinder: Graef CM 702 – Tamper 51 mm – LatteArt tool for distributing coffee – micro scale Modifications on EC 685: + sawed original portafilter to bottomless/naked + Tidaka Bullet V2 + Graef sieves Cheers, mates.