Seeing we’re sharing espresso brews…

Ethiopian light roast (by me) in a Flair signature.

2nd pic is the whole setup. Dead simple and reliable and could probably post it on BIFL.

  • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldOP
    8·
    1 month ago

    You figure out a system pretty quick. I put the head on the kettle so it preheats with the steam. Then I grind place and tamp. Put the head and a shot pulls with a simple arm bar in 30 to 45s. 10 mins prep. 2 mins clean up and put it all away.

    Very travel friendly setup.

    What I love about it is that you can manually control everything to a very high degree. It rewards tinkering. The quality is exceptional once you dial everything in.

    What I don’t love about this particular flair is the undersized basket makes undersized shots. The flair 58 solves this, but I like the gift I got enough to not bother upgrading. I bought a spare head to facilitate pulling back to back shots.

    • SolacefromSilence@fedia.io
      4·
      1 month ago

      Thanks for explaining, it doesn’t sound like too much faff. My regular workflow is maybe a few minutes quicker, but I don’t get as many adjustment points.

      Also my shots don’t look as pretty, nicely done

    • WFH@lemmy.zip
      2·
      1 month ago

      You might at least want to upgrade to a Pro 2 or above brew head. The basket is large enough to fit 18g and the cylinder is large enough to pull a double.