Hi Keng,

I have the Poemia too, replaced the Panarello with this Saeco Wand its also a pannarello wand but when you take out the outer part it will be a normal steam wand sort of extension of the 'short' steam wand when you remove the default pannarello. Pannarello wand is hard to maintain especially keeping the tiny hole unclogged.

Install this on your Poemia and start steaming your milk just before the steaming light comes out (usually around after 25-30 seconds after you flick the switch to "steam" ), that way you will have constant and powerful steam as the boiler heats up the water to produce steam. This is because once the steam light is ON the steam generated by the boiler is sometimes not powerful or sufficient to steam and create a strong whirlpool, that is why others on the internet recommend steaming your milk right before the steam light turns on. This way the boiler won't stop heating the water inside thus producing steam on a constant rate.


You can try steaming your milk by removing the default panarello wand and use the short tip of the steam wand but you have to have more milk in your pitcher because the steam wand is short. I recommend the steam wand above to extend the short steam wand.

Ciao.

This post has been edited by skitZo`: Dec 13 2014, 02:48 AM

Hi, for my machine the espresso flows out at around 8-10 seconds. 15-16g per dose , output 45-55ml of espresso at 27-29 seconds.

So I guess you could wait for awhile more to see whether the espresso flows out and time the whole extraction then adjust your grind or dose.

My bad, as far as I remembered before I depressurized my portafilter on the poemia , I had espresso extraction at 15-17 seconds for 50-70ml at 14g of coffee.

You can updose with presurrized filter just don't tamp too hard just flatten the surface of the coffee in the portafilter.

What machine are you using?

Cheers!

keng,

Here are the measurements for the Saeco steam wand its around 7cm in length for the inside wand , and 8 cm for the wand with pannarello cover. Refer bottom pic for details.

Mel5582 , Neat trick about Saeco machines using the pressurized PF to do pre insfusion, will try it out tomorrow.

Keng,

Try to increase the dose of the coffee. How many grams are you using right now?

Wow , whats that?

Exactly, cost wise it takes time to really break even when investing into a good home coffee roaster.

Or another cheaper option is to use a whirley pop or air popcorn popper. But i think the whirley pop is a much better choice to start because it is cheap and all you need is a gas burner.

Shipping from amazon.com to malaysia is around RM170.00 for the Whirley pop.

Been using it since 2013 and still working fine. Home roast 300g of green beans every week.

I get from ebay sellers which i believe from penang, a few coffee supplier and during CAFFA from espressolab.

Kind that is available brazil santos, mandheling g1, ethopia sidama, yirgacheffe, guatemala, colombia, tanzania, honduras, mexico and costa rica.

Price ranges from rm70-100 per kilo based on type of beans. I usually buy in bulk. Prices are quite high though.

With the whirley pop i can only manage to roast to city or full city roasts for medium never tried any further than beginning of 2nd crack.

This post has been edited by skitZo`: Mar 8 2015, 10:55 PM

Hi, how long do you take to finish first crack with the gene cafe?

I roast own beans too using the cheap whirley pop with a thermometer. On a gas burner it takes me 10 minutes to roast till end of 1st crack. First crack starts at around 8 minutes into the roast.

My default daily blend are
1) 150g dry process brazil sao pedro
2) 50g ethiopia Yirgacheffe / Sidamo - wet process
3) 50g Sumatra Mandheling - wet process
4) 50g Guatemala - wet process

Item 1 150g to 130g after roast
Item 2,3,4 total 150g before roast to 130g after roast

I roast the dry process and wet process coffee seperately. And blend before grinding per cup.

If you were to order more coffees i would like to join in the bulk. Cheers!!

Hi, nice to meet you too, im from KL by the way. The only reason i roast the mandheling with the rest of the wet process beans is to save time. I used to roast all the beans one shot before, but i find some beans are different type of roast level due to their characteristics. Since now youve mentioned it maybe i would try to roast the mandheling on its own.

Ive never import via bulk order from farms before
But purchases ive made via ebay, usually around 5-10 pounds manage to bypass the AP thingy. Price wise range from rm70-90 per kilogram of green beans. It used to be a few ringgit cheaper before the ringgit drops.

At ard rm80 for 1kg of green beans you will get approximately 840g after roasting. So per 1gm of roasted coffee cost RM0.0952 cents, per cup average 16g should be RM1.53. This is without the cost of roasting , gas/electricity and equipment.

Cheers!

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