Video Rating: five / five
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Rancilio Silvia Semi-Automatic Espresso Machine - An Overview
Video Rating: five / five
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Rancilio Silvia Shot Walkthrough
Video showing how to brew a shot on the Rancilio Silvia, such as suggestions on how to "temperature surf" the machine by acquiring the boiler to cycle to it's best temperature (about 101C with a "float"), then operating a bit of water to flush out the excess heat. Shots pulled are "traditional doubles", pulling 60mls in 28 seconds, making use of Kid-O from Intelligentsia (I called it Black Cat by mistake as soon as in the vid). Dose is about 17g in a Synesso 14g basket. Grinder utilized is the Anfim "Best" property grinder, about 0Cdn / US. PS - because of the white balance (shot under old florescent lights), the shots appear blonder in the vid than they are. I'd say the colour in person was a mediumbrown / hazelnut tiger flecks. No blond dotting.
Video Rating: 4 / 5