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It may be cliched, but how about an image of the underneath of a portafilter as a shot’s pulled?
That was actually my initial thought, but I don’t have a naked portafilter at the moment so I can’t take the picture myself, and I don’t know if there’s a rule against using pictures on the internet in case it’s a copyright issue or something. If you have a nice picture of a good shot, I’d love to see it though.
I do have one! Although it's an old, barely decent phone picture and it's taken above the naked portafilter, if you like it feel free to use it ;)
(I do have a crappy one from under the portafilter but it's bad quality and my face is visible in the chrome reflections, something I'm not comfortable with)
What machine is that? I like what I can see from it.
It's a Lelit Bianca. Beautiful, and entirely made of reflective surfaces.
That’s a beautiful machine! Seems like a pain to photograph though.
I think that anything from public image repositories, or from somewhere like Pixelfed/Flickr that is put up with a CC license would be OK. I’ve never got a good photo like that, as I use a Flair espresso machine - being manual it’s a bit too involved to be snapping photos mid-pour, I don’t have the dexterity or extra arm necessary!
How do you like a manual espresso maker? I really want to get a Cafelat Robot one of these days if I can find one available (though not anytime soon since I just got my Gaggia, but one day).
I love it. I’ve not used a Robot, but I did a lot of nerding out about the choices before I bought this one, and it really works well. Having the pressure gauge and the long lever allows a good bit of accuracy, and if you get a second basket you can make shots back-to-back pretty fast if you keep the kettle simmering. It’s quite a big bit of kit, but I have a cupboard that it goes in nicely, and looks fantastic through the glass so it doesn’t eat my whole worktop.
It’s definitely more work than a normal machine, but if you want something that does pre-infusion and all that, it’d cost way more than I could afford, so this is a good compromise between price and capability
Thanks for all the info! I appreciate it.
As a side note, I love your username.