Rancilio Silvia Episode 1 of things I used to do but STOPPED and improved my espresso over 3 years
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2023
- Rancilio Silvia Episode 1 of things I used to do but STOPPED and improved my espresso over 3 years , Auber PID, bottomless, basket, 20 g, 18 g, Rocky grinder, Ceado E5P, puck rake, bitter, sour, espresso
after 4 years of ownership and two espresso shots at 22g everyday for that entire duration, i finally did a tune up on the silvia today due to a noticeable decline in the brewing force. I also felt like crap on how much i neglected care on this machine(not recommended). I found so much coffee build up on the shower screen and the entire group head area(under and around the seal) YET I WAS STILL GETTING FLAVORFUL SHOTS. Omg how much my love for this machine grew. This machine is a TANK and probably the best $700 i’ve ever spent with the $700 niche zero a close second. So i spent 2 hours cleaning it today, it was not fun, i was sweating at times because the build up was bad then did the tune up with new seal and shower head. I also dezcaled it for the second time ever. Man oh man did i get some rich flavorful shots and way better than yesterday’s(to be fair they were also flavorful) and i got my consistency back. I stumbled across your video while looking for tuneup and cleaning videos and just wanted to share my love for the silvia with another silvia owner because even when i travel to morocco or europe, i rarely find a coffee shop the brews a better shot than i do and when i do i literally make the trip to that café and i ignore every other café in between. Now these cafés all have $5k-20k espresso machines and my $700 tank kicks their butt in flavor, crema(forget about it) and everything else. I just love my silvia. Now it’s time to service my niche zero as it made my life and consistency million times better. Love my Gdealer scale as well still on my first one and kicking. I don’t have any upgrade for the silvia except for a bottomless portafilter, a pressure stamp a coffee spreader and those needles to break any small crumbs. No PID, just a 30 to 40 second wait after the orange led goes off(sometimes i play around with the wait time depending on how light of roast the coffee is) but i would say my shot quality accuracy is between 75% to 80% on the good. That means knowing the coffee, the grind size for it and doing the same process. 2 out of every 10 shots are either too fast or too slow so i have to dump.
Thanks Pete! just picked up a seconds hand silvia and much to learn... but this helps
The fork thing? Hilarious!
I used a conical dental/floss/pick to break up the 'clumps' in my puck.
Disaster. And I mean, total disaster..!
Great vid, thanks!
honest talk here - I like it - thanks Pete
Thanks Pete, loved it!
Nice feedback thanks - Pete
Added a couple suggestions then looked through your library and see you covered the pressure issues with the silvia. Great channel for the Silvia
thanks - also a lot of nonsense - thanks for hanging in there, just a fan of the Silvia - best Pete
thanks. Appreciate you for doing this. Going to dust off my silvia now!
there you go! treat yourself ! best Pete
chaotic good
Ill take it thanks - Pete
Dump Rocky and the fork! 😊Honestly even when put new calibrated burrs in Rocky still can’t compete with most $300 grinders anymore. I will say adding tubing steppless mod helps chatter of burrs and lets you dial in better - if dedicated to using it. All things I’ve done to Silvia best thing was simply better grinder (and good luck prep)
the fork has / had to go I have no argument - hopefully that helps one person out there 😂
I subscribe and absolutely true i had the same setup like you have a Rocky SD and a Silvia but with Rocky could never ever get the finesse that i wanted because the steps are simply way too large in between. So after years of frustration i finally dumped the Rocky even though was a ferfectly functioning machine and have purchased a DF64 second edition grinder and for the first time in years i could set the grind the way i wanted with ease and you know what ? that has made a huge (night and day) difference. I wish i'd known this back then and wouldn't have to struggle with my Rocky all this time.
Good video. Is your boiler set at 228f. Isn't that above boiling point?
PID shows temp of boiler at measurement point, so the water temp is typically a fixed offset from that. I have a thermocouple and meter on mine similar physical boiler temp.
and even at 223F on the PID , still not as hot as that boiler gets on the stock mechanical tstat - amazing right ? check out the video I should have up where I think the boiler landed in the 240F range at the same tstat location with the from factory stock tstat --> now THATS getting too hot! Pete
Ok grazie, sono italiano, alla fine il pid va aggiunto oppure non serve? Grazie.
Installare un PID Sì
ผมอยู่ที่เมืองไทย ระบบ pid สามารถใส่ได้กับเครื่องชงกาแฟทุกรุ่นใช่ไหม 4:07
ฉันไม่แน่ใจว่ามันสามารถใช้ได้กับทุกสิ่งที่ฉันทำการวิจัย
guitar strings in a wine cork, .22mm snip to fit. bye bye fork!
nice suggestion , thanks -Pete
ผมอยู่ที่เมืองไทย ระบบ pid สามารถใส่ได้กับเครื่องชงกาแฟทุกรุ่นใช่ไหม
ฉันไม่แน่ใจว่ามันสามารถใช้ได้กับทุกสิ่งที่ฉันทำการวิจัย
I use a fork too.
nice, thanks, - 😂, appreciate the honesty - Pete