Yeah, I like the kick of the dark roasted smell then the kick in of the sweetness.... but i still puzzle on the white cocaine powder that they used in the mixture.... anyone had any idea ?

you can try this link below

Each roaster has it own profile of roasting the dark roast coffee which to other might like it or might no like it.... all comes down to preference but mostly over here we choose local bean roaster and not commercial ones if you can see from the link....

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Sep 26 2016, 03:16 PM

Thanks for the esponse. I hope it is creamer.... got to buy and try out...or maybe get some free from MCD

Woah, that is a killer dedicated set up space you have there... so much well organize.... i like it
meanwhile mind is all over the place including my srewdrivers, spannar, wrench

Man My first time ordering beans out of my state had gone wrong , sometime i just hate poslaju. Ordering bean from other state that uses poslaju is a no go. Got stuck in pos laju office for 3 days while my beans are getting more and more close to stale dateline....

Really ? i tried first then only change my recipe

i cant believe it ....
Post Laju how can you lost my parcel contain coffee beans, coffee beans also want to curi..... at least beanshipper still honor my deal and replacement me with new set of beans....

Yeah, Great service. But that was like after they investigated and confirm by pos laju that it is missing, I'm now absent of 2 week without my homemade caffeine fix.... hopefully they can deliver it today which i doubt they would do because most of the time they will postpone to monday or tuesday delivery.... *sigh*

Haha, I doubt they are...Well i guess most they can do was kopi O with high price beans if they ever happen to really stole my package and do coffee

Woah, i been looking for this quiet a while now but cant seem to find it in any store while now let me to think the milk is imported. hahaha until i found someone here actually bought it

Seem alot of cafe start using this instead of the yellow box already... which pop to my curiosity is this milk that really good....

Agree, Weight machine is the best when it comes to distribution (if you using VST basket, some of those non VST basket had those rigged line as an indicator on your distribution like mine, What i done is grind, tap on the counter for even then tamp away, i use my tamper side as distribution level as i tamp ) else you need to get a grinder with timer, Click the button and grind away and forget about stopping it.....

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 4 2016, 11:36 AM

After having 500g of purvegory and still have 500g to go, i must say it is a good coffee and it does really taste the chocolate taste and after taste of cinnamon but the coffee is just only suitable for hot drink ..... and the taste got water down....

Yeah... that the word .... haha.... Yup it taste good with it is brew as hot drink but not so good when it brew as cold drink.... I will be trying rubix next.....

Nice professional way of measuring those shot.... Mine is simple, as long as the coffee ground doesn't over the rigged line too much then it is all good. i always get good constant shot taste with crema. The only way i know if it is too much or too little ground, is when my tamper base is either over the half or under half of the base when i tamp it.

+1 from me
Get the oscar 2 as well,
I came from rancilio silvia ver 3. before i switch over Simonelli Oscar ver 1.

Silvia is a nice machine, all built of metal, robust even for internal parts hence the design of the silvia hardly change for 4 generation which makes it good because it prolong your machine as the spare part are available when breakdown any time due to similar design for 4 generation.

With this machine, it is recommended that you get the PID install to give a consistent control of the temperature because sometime the temperature can be exceeding the recommendation temp for brewing. Customize with PID is easy (Yes, i do customize my machine with PID back then, mine PID is low end type so no preinfusion included) and also it allow hot water dispenser which also makes it easy to do internal self cleaning.

As for the steam, it is as good as the oscar model, strong and powerful with single hole tip which required a little bit of technique getting used to for the milk to swirl in the pitcher to get the microfoam but once you get the hang out of it then your good to go.

Now the problem comes when the machine is a single boiler machine, mean that you can only do 1 process at 1 time. Each process complete needed to wait for like 10 second or more for the next process to happen because it need time to heat up the boiler for next process. By that time, either your milk or coffee become a bit cold due to waiting process. Hence that were the PID comes into play, It will help you to speed up abit the heating process (It wont damage your internal machine parts since it also control temp).


I cant comment much about Oscar ver 2. since i don't owned them but if you like to know about Oscar Ver 1. i can let you know


That is my review and take on Rancilio Silvia

Yup, with mudah, you can even get a commercial machine grade with price close to your Oscar or Silvia but bare in mind most of the owner who sell their machine are cafe owner. So you just got to beware on the internal parts and the machine year of service

P/S: i got my Simonelli Oscar from the cafe owner as well.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 11 2016, 11:37 AM

Ahaha, i'm not sifu's .... Just sharing my experience first hand since i used before Rancilio Silvia Ver 3.... that machine serve me well during my time of using but i regret that i should had go with the Oscar instead of Silvia because i was think steel made machine was cool but didn't really think deep into the functionality and usage until you really go deep into it.... that why i u-turn back to Oscar ver 1. now.

Regarding on the PID, i think it is much more suitable to be used on the Rancilio Silvia rather then other machine (Unless you are the micro down type of coffee drinker or coffee proffesor that need for research and perfectionist in coffee brewing type). With Oscar i don have to worry about temperature because it seem that heat exchange had better control then single boiler. Currently i'm happy with Oscar machine output on temp.

There used to be 2 machine seller for Silvia but i guess they sold off their machine already.

As for the grinder, i think Baratza/mahlkonig vario is not a bad choice but why not save up for sette 270. It had much improvement over Baratza/mahlkonig vario and also reduce much of the stale ground that left over after the grind....Plus the design are cool too

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 12 2016, 11:39 AM

you should try this from mahlkonig...K30 Vario



Saw a lot of cafe using this.... Seem quiet good

Haha, At least he got a good grinder for the k30 and he wont be worrying making bad coffee coz they are the most essential ones compare to espresso machine.

Dang, Super Jolly is that cheap.... I say for extra rm50, go and get the super jolly if he ever get a hands on one before the seller sells away. It was better then mignon all around.

I just brought my mignon if i knew a super jolly is about the price i would get it instead of mignon but for now, im quiet happy with mignon beside that it giving me a quick static shocks if i hold/touch the portafilter . Mignon is one hack of a messy grinder. It spew coffee ground all over the kitchen top when it grind unless you make a funnel for it which im having now by cutting the bottom of the cup.

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 13 2016, 08:36 AM

Did my comparison with The Dose Control Pro Grinder and Mignon, The Dose Control Pro Grinder are much more cleaner since the ground chute is straight down while the trigger button is on top ... i can properly align my funnel directly in front of the chute (Without the holder) ... while mignon is abit harder because the trigger button and also the hook for the portafilter is directly below the chute, i need to tilt abit and hoping it would spill everywhere....lolz....

Same here too, I never fond of doser since the last grinder i used was MDF, I prefer the ground goes straight into portafiler by that way it leave a small room for more stale coffee grind stuck between those area.

it used to be messy even with timer because i just lock on to the spout latch and let it rip but i manage it by using homemade DIY funnel to reduce the ground from spewing everywhere when grind. It is just a small matter to keep in mind not major ones ... How about static ? I notice mignon produce quiet some static, i never fail to get one if i accidentally touch between the portafilter metal and the body of mignon when grinding process....

By the way, mind share the pic of you timer setting ? i just want to clarify something

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 13 2016, 10:43 AM

Why settle with gaggia MDF ?
If you don mind, i'm selling my breville dose control pro for half of the price on used product but it is running on 110V so i provide transformer as well.

Your setting seem to be so much different then mine.... mine go all the way around ..... 12 oclock from your indicator.

Here are my grinder setting.



So basically what i did in my process was...

I make a cup funnel that directly fit into my portafilter. Just had to cut the bottom and abit on the top



Put inside that latch it under mignon holder latch while tilt abit the portafilter



Slight push on the button to activate it....and all the ground will grind into the funnel nicely without spew everywhere compare portafilter rest catch.



This is what it look like after all the ground are in the portafilter + little extra that stuck in the grinder chute (I had to shake the grinder a little to get the excess out) and zero waste If you notice my kitchen counter top. It is very clean.



No need to used the hand distribution technique to swipe away the excess ground like most tutorial cafe do. All you need just a simply tap lightly on the portafilter and it is already even out including breaking those clump.




Tamp it down. You notice it is just half of my tamper base (I used this as my measurement technique). Based on my calculation, It should be around 18-19g.



Final review after the tamp and polish. As u can see it is just right above or on the ridge of the basket. Anything it is a bit more, then i was unable to lock into the machine groupe head.





This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 20 2016, 10:06 AM

Here are my setting...

That what i trying to mention earlier post about the messy grind, a fair reminder those who new to this grinder with no funnel set up be ready to clean the counter top.....

Also, Try not to touch the portafilter metal side when the grinding is in process. You might not wanting get those static love given by mignon. i had been spark 3 times before i start to learning about the static love for mignon is real

Regarding on the setting it is vary from bean used to bean age..... setting might change over time but i only can share with most of ppl here my common setting are.... i do small micro adjustment from time to time and i get constant hit of achieve the taste as per bean profile mention by the bean roaster.

Always knock or rock your grinder after the grind, i always do that even for my breville too.... unless your using sette.

Well i never slap by grinder because i love it so much, mostly i rock with my grinder ..... #mignonrocks

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 21 2016, 11:08 AM

Guys, I'm letting go my spare breville dose control pro grinder. Condition like new order from 11 street and i only used it for few times. Any one interested can PM me.

not just formers, but i saw alot of cafe are using it as well as their first business machine before moving on to the big brothers

Slow steam is good as it help to control the milk rolling since your using single hole tip even most of us doesn't go all full steam when milk frothing cos if the milk heat up too fast then you had less chances of getting a good micro foam for the art. BES870 temp control no good ?

This post has been edited by d33pbluez: Oct 27 2016, 08:15 AM