did you order direct or thru agent?

Sea freight through agent. 代运。
I pay to seller myself. Shipment fees around rm 38-50. It will take 1 month to arrive. I will buy insurance 10% of item price ~ rm180

Final price is around rm2.1k

for that prices u should use air d .....
rm 1907 for device.
< rmb 350 for air shipping

It is individual preference. I like sea freight, cheap & no sensitive item charge, no GST, good past experience purchase electronic products & furnitures. Was told by agent sea freight safer. Courier ppl usually throw the parcel when handling it at warehouse.

I hang my head in shame.... I've decided to re-pressurize my portafilter.

No matter what I've done, I can't seem to get an extraction longer than 16 seconds... tried increasing grind size, tried decreasing grind size, light tamp, hard tamp, swirling round with a toothpick.... output was very inconsistent: I would say I only got acceptable quality about 10% of the time. Yes, the few times it came out right it was a pretty decent shot, perhaps better than with the pressurized, but the inconsistency was way too frustrating.

I am waiting for the PID components to come in (should be within 2 weeks) so will try this first before making a second attempt at depressurizing.

Hi SonnyCool,

I am also a Poemia owner/user, so this is what I use/do:

- I usually order my beans from Mister Coffee ,  which is based in Johor. They ship by courier to your doorstep for orders more than RM 60. Their espresso blends range from RM 35 to RM 49 for 500gm, which is pretty comparable to supermarket coffee beans while being much much fresher. Unfortunately they don't print the Roast date but I estimate the beans cannot be older than a month....much much better than Ikea. They also ship fast & reliable...never had to wait more than 3 working days to get my order.

The other source I use is Lebistro coffee (pls Google for the website I forget); based in Penang.  These people roast *on order* so super fresh and also they even ship a single bag for free! My only issue is they currently only have a Sumatra blend, which regretfully is not my favourite.

- Once you open the bag,  remember to use it up within 2-3 weeks. What I do to keep it as fresh as possible is to re-bag it in thick sandwich bags (best so far from Aeon Jusco) in about 150gm per bag...approx 10 double shots. Since I make about 3 cups a day, I open a new bag every 3-4 days

- I grind 15.5gm per cup,  which fills the Poemia portafilter nearly to the brim. Using the provided plastic scoop /tamper, I just press down lightly so that it's easier to clip in the machine. For pressurized filters such as this, you are not to do a real tamp.

- you have to trial & error the grind size, but around course sugar I'd what I aim for. Do not try to match  professional espresso machine  grind fineness as it will have bitterness problems... you can check out a YouTube by Seattle Coffee Gear on this.

-So far I've been unable to get a specialty cafe grade shot from the poemia; but I primarily blame my cheapo China 600N grinder for it. Nevertheless I can now get consistently better coffee than Starbucks or Coffee Bean and even Espresso Labs. Not bad for RM 1.50 of beans & a RM 750 espresso machine!

Enjoy your coffee!

I try order once from lebistro but till now (5day) after payment make, stillvno sign of delivery .....
Called them 3 day ago, they said some one will call me but nothing ....
Found one shop in sri hartamas which selling beans with reasonable prices too, i think i will be their regular hahah

Yikes! Thanks for sharing.... my experience with them was better, but I haven't ordered from them for a while (as they only have one type of bean which is not my favourite).

Can share the Sri Hartamas source? Cafe Olle?

I try order once from lebistro but till now (5day) after payment make, stillvno sign of delivery .....
Called them 3 day ago, they said some one will call me but nothing ....
Found one shop in sri hartamas which selling beans with reasonable prices too, i think i will be their regular hahah

i had same problem when i ordered just end feb, and only got it at end march 

they say overlook my email

though the beans was quite nice and fresh

wah that bad ar ?
wondering how this type company can survive in internet era .....

I think they need a program/code update. Go 

i had same problem when i ordered just end feb, and only got it at end march 

they say overlook my email

though the beans was quite nice and fresh

anyone here on Auresso's Mexico Chiapas found that the quality has dropped significantly?

God damn it.

bro, had a go at the oscar today, difficult to steam the milk for micro foam, also impossible to pull shot without a scale but tried anyway 

any tips?

hopefully get a scale next week