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[nyl]

to those who purchased this limited beans.

Did any of you experience large funnel when you brew espresso ? i found this bean to be very gassy.

would you recommend any method to reduce such thing ? thanks

[bigtrumpet]

I had once many months ago when using Krups XP4020, now cannot remember clearly. Maybe you can try.

- release if any steam trapped in the boiler by opening the steam wand before starting to make the espresso.

Hope this helps

[Peter]

[nyl]

thanks everyone for the advices.

as for the funneling issue, i'm sure there are different sayings out there. some say it's not a problem, some say it's a major issue.

whatever you like, there is one thing that i am sure of. that is the crema produced through the big funnel extraction is less dense than the mouse tail extraction hence deceiving the perception of how much liquid actually brewed which impacts on the brew ratio in the end product.

my illy espresso glass is about 50ml top up , when it is brewed under the big funnel i stopped extraction when it is almost full, let it sit for about 15seconds and i see there is barely 30-35ml of liquid.

[bigtrumpet]

So maybe you can brew by weight , disregarding the volume of your espresso,

or less easily by stopping before blonding.

Anyways, enjoy

Please let us know afterwards