I’m using the Varia VS3 with Hypernova Ultra Burrs and a Sage Bambino Plus.
I read about a recipe DAK uses in their showroom:
20g in, 60g out in 50s.
I tried replicating it with 18g in, 54g out, grind size 0.5 (Varia scale). The shot took ~45s total, but the vibration pump struggled, after the ~10s preinfusion, it took another 10-15s before I got stable flow (measured the 45s from that point on), just a few drops before that.
The taste was overly acidic with slight cinnamon notes - felt underextracted despite the long time.
I then tried 16g in, 49g out which ran way too fast at 28s and had both acidity AND bitterness (channeling I think, but I also did not tamp as hard as usual).
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