things that make you go "hmm"

for the last 2 days i've tried to replicate my delicious 60 second ristretto and failed.

my grind is 2 clicks finer than when i did it the first time, my tamp is aboot the same, temp is the same... dosing might be a little less.

maybe it's the beans?

the 60 second gooey ristretto was a blend of vienna- puro scuro plus some older city+ yemens. this time i've got < 48hr old vienna puro scuro. i'll have to try to recreate the blend someday.

oh!!

i just realized: i can't get much finer on rocky than i'm doing now... if i'm not able to pull a gooey ristretto because i can't get fine enough, i finally have an excuse to spring for the cimbali!

yeah!!!