A bit of lever action

[mp]

Looks great!

What snack did you pair up with that?

 

[Tex]

I hadn't realized the PV had non-professional portafilters 'til I saw the video. Gaggia used that type for a long time before they converted to the single outlet threaded type. I prefer the pro-style PF's because I only use a single spout unless I'm doing the bottomless thing.

Maybe Shaun can convert one of his to bottomless?

[staylor]

I definitely need bottomless. I have to find a buddy or a neighbor with a hammer and really sharp chisel.

[staylor]

This was the next shot setup in a 2oz cup, a 50/50 split of Wiladah Mabrur and Chelfit. Sorry about the video, it seems I can't hold the iPhone straight and pour milk at the same time. This was 2oz of milk steamed in a 20oz pitcher with 47gms of the microfoam poured on top of the shot.

Ounce of microfoam into an ounce of espresso

[milowebailey]

I definitely need bottomless. I have to find a buddy or a neighbor with a hammer and really sharp chisel.

All you need is a neighbor with a drill press.  Then go to the hardware store and buy a 2 1/8" wood hole saw.  Clamp the portafilter to the drill press and the hole saw will easily cut the brass.  Keep the drill speed fairly slow.



You may need the mandrel too, but some hole saws come with them

[staylor]

I definitely need bottomless. I have to find a buddy or a neighbor with a hammer and really sharp chisel.

All you need is a neighbor with a drill press.  Then go to the hardware store and buy a 2 1/8" wood hole saw.  Clamp the portafilter to the drill press and the hole saw will easily cut the brass.  Keep the drill speed fairly slow.



You may need the mandrel too, but some hole saws come with them

I would like someone to cut the bottoms off with a laaaaaaazzzer. Maybe a shark or something.

Austin Powers goldmember - sharks with laser beam

[Tex]

I definitely need bottomless. I have to find a buddy or a neighbor with a hammer and really sharp chisel.

All you need is a neighbor with a drill press.  Then go to the hardware store and buy a 2 1/8" wood hole saw.  Clamp the portafilter to the drill press and the hole saw will easily cut the brass.  Keep the drill speed fairly slow.



You may need the mandrel too, but some hole saws come with them

Like this?

[peter]

I definitely need bottomless. I have to find a buddy or a neighbor with a hammer and really sharp chisel.

If you go looking for a hole-saw, you would do well to take the PF with you.  Or, you could mail one of your two PFs to me, and I will buy the hole saw and zing it out.  That would be the least I could do for my new espresso-fu cult-hero; pouring art in a 2oz. cup... that's insane.  I'm guessing by the time I get that down, you'll be doing it on your unicycle.   

[John F]

That 1oz shot is sick.....

That's it, I'm pulling 1 ozers for a month when I get my machine. All one ozers.... 30 days straight. 

[staylor]

'All one ouncers, all the time', it should be a TV series. Speaking of shows, I recently finished season 3 of The Wire, man that is a great series. It's unbelievable how many core characters they 'remove' as the series progresses, it's refreshing to see some gritty reality.

Thanks for the offer Peter, I think I'm gonna try and get all medieval on one of the PF... right now.

[staylor]

I went into the garage and looked around to see if I had the potential to go all medieval on that PF. I decided I didn't. I'm gonna hit the Home Depot tomorrow and see whas' uuuuuuupp.

In the meantime, here's a tasty morsel off the iPhone. Looking at it makes me think I should decompress after my race and go see Inception tonight.

[John F]

Looking at it makes me think I should decompress after my race and go see Inception tonight.

You are gonna dig it the most.  :icon_rr:

[staylor]

Very interesting on so many levels!

[John F]

Very interesting on so many levels!

Hahahaha!

A rock solid 6 word review of the movie.   

[staylor]

Here you go John, I'll try and get you 30. ;-)

This was Calle de Copey.

Shot #2 for John

This was a 24hr old Naranjos Nanolot, dosed at 15.8gms and pulled at 16.2gms, ristretttttoooooo.

Shot #3 for John

And here's another 1oz of microfoam on top of 1oz Calle de Copey.

Pour #2 for John