Decent DE1Pro First Look! | 1 Month In 

So! Now that you've seen (some) of what this machine is all about, what are your thoughts and questions!? I'll try to answer them in future videos!

I know James Hoffman has more knowledge but your way of explaining things is actually better in some ways. 🙂 This is becoming my favorite coffee chanel. Keep up the good work! 🙌🏻

This is so interesting to learn about! This kind of machine has to be the future for speciality coffee/coffee nerds at home. The level of control and information is amazing, also you are a good orator when it comes to conveying information. The way your break down the terms and talk through it is brill. Looking forward to more videos.

This machine has always seemed over my head but you explained it so clearly. Thank you!

I've had my Decent for 6 months now, during that time I've learned more about coffee and am now making better coffee than I had after 30 years of traditional espresso machine use. I'm also making better coffee with my E61 machine because of this knowledge. This isn't a machine for coffee nerds, it's a machine for people who want to make better, more consistent coffee. I agree with your comments about the steaming, one of the machine's strengths, but it looks like, as with all machines, you can make fast microfoam or great microfoam, but not both. One thing I notice about your machine is that you need to calibrate the pump: the blue (flow) line and brown (weight) line should sit on top of each other, yours are some way apart. The flow line derives its value from local voltage and this varies from place to place so you can apply a specific correction for your local area. There's a calibration chart recently published on the Diaspora forum, or use the dsx skin, it will suggest a correction value. Again, something you would never know about, or even be able to adjust on a traditional machine.

I am amazed at how quickly you've familiarized yourself with the Decent in such a short time of ownership! What a fabulous review! Hope you come out with more videos on profiles for lighter roast coffees soon!

Great presentation! It’s good to find an independent review and one that’s done so well! There’s no hint of a prepared script, as you come across as someone who knows his material well and doesn’t need a script. It’s well thought out and certainly comes across that way; organized and comprehensive. It’s of value to me in that I just got a DE1XL and have pulled only one shot. I’m debating on whether or not to keep researching or just to jump right in. Your tour of the programs was just what I needed to familiarize myself with the layout. Kudos on this video! I’ll be looking for more. Hoffman & Hendricks, make room for one more!

Great 1st look. It has to be nearly impossible to boil down a machine with infinite options down to a short vid. This went perfectly deep. Considering a decent for myself so I’ll stay tuned. Thanks!

i got my DE1 the same week you did. i am very much looking forward to your next videos!

Thanks for talking about the features and showing it all on screen. I got to play with one of these last year and I felt overwhelmed by how much data I was getting. I hope to be able to pick one up in the future so I can learn all of its tricks. Nice video man, keep up the good work!

Very simple explanation to those who are new to DE. I also recommend to calibrate your flow rate, ideally you want that brown line to match blue line during extraction

I have had a decent for a year now, and can’t imagine getting anything else. Looking forward to the content! Would highly recommend the DX skin, really changed the machine for me.

Thank you for this informative video and the clear and very watchable way you presented it. The plan is to purchase a Decent and now even more so. Please keep them coming.

Keep up the Decent videos. This was great. I think more videos on the different profiles would be really informative. I'd also like to see some about maintenance even though that could be boring for some people.

Great work 👏🏻👏🏻 excited to see more!!

With all that data, it would be interesting to compare puck prep methodology. For example I've heard in forum backalleys that large flat burrs aren't tolerant of leveler distributors. Perhaps a comparison of WDT, leveler, WDT+leveler (which to me is a hat on a hat), and no distribution against flow rate? Or do puck screens do anything to flow rate (or even, do they do anything)? It's so cool that we have access to these types of data now, it's a great time to be in espresso

Very informative review and practical analysis of the usage of all this data. Thank you

Excellent video! Very helpful to anyone considering one of these machines.

So we’ll broken down, there’s no way I would be able to decipher a machine like this in my own. Another great video 😊 perfect amount of depth

Great work!! Keep it up!!

Excellent video! I have been tempted on getting the Decent XL and this video has increased my interests in it. I am going to hold off getting one for a little while since I just got the Flair 58 with a Smart Profiler transducer and a Y value to be able to run the Flair pressure gauge and the Bluetooth transducer with my Acaia Lunar scale on the SE profiler app on my IPhone or IPad. I just recently got this set up and I am learning to use the Flair 58 with these features. This is the beginning of understanding the level espresso machine and the different profiles. The Decent elevates this all to the next level like nothing else. So for now I will continue to play and learn with the Flair 58 and the Smart Pressure Profiler, but I see myself in the near future getting a Decent likely the Decent XL. My regular espresso machine is my La Marzocco Linea Mini which I love and will always use it as my primary espresso machine but I would love to be able to explore even further into different shot profile with a Decent way beyond what I could do with the Flair58 with the Smart Profiler. Thanks again for a great video and looking forward for the next!

Love this! Thanks 😊😊

Captivating presentation of an awesome piece of machinery...I would love to own something like that.

Thanks for this video!

Very informative and impressive video and espresso machine, superbly done and superbly fun

I love how your first look is a month in. Most tech type channels have their "full" review at 1 month or much earlier. Great stuff!

Thank you for amazing video really appreciate

Thank you for doing the great video, after this I placed an order for my DE1 Pro V1.44!!

I've been enjoying my machine for 14 months now and am spoiled for good. Performance outshines an E61 machine in everyway possible.

Thanks for the Visualizer shout out 🥰

Subscribed! Great video. I've had my machine all of 1 day and this has been a great help in getting up and running. Any tips on how to connect the Visualizer extension to your account for uploading shots?

I hope there are more competitors in this space of providing finer control and feedback while pulling a shot. You can clearly do more with such tech. People still seem to be buying E61 machines which is more than 60 years old.

great video !

So great seeing this! I’m thinking about getting a Decent. Curious if you thought about the upgraded steam wand on the XL?

This is very exciting, it's like having multiple machines in one which allow for greater experimenting. This machine provides the tools to approach different beans. I seriously considered buying this machine, this video is making me give it a second look. Thanks!!

I really want to hear more on the Decent. Please give us more insight and videos into pulling flavorful espresso.

Very impressive machine. I am still a bit resistant to the whole IoT (internet of things) built into machines but in this case it has been implemented quite well.

Whoops. Tried to like it twice. Well done, really appreciate the overview. I would love to see a comparison (taste) of what can be achieved on the decent vs something like a bdb on a difficult to extract bean. That’s my biggest obstacle on going for a decent, I know it will be a lot of fun to tinker, but will it come through in the cup?

Super cool.

EXCELLENT...!

Have you tried the D-Flow profile? After my playing this profile seems to be a good blend of other ideas and it saves failures of puck prep and even the not so perfect shots taste good. I would agree with your comments about the steam it allows you to produce silky smooth milk (and oat).

OMG amazing video! Really really amazing! Do you think that this machine worth the money??

Nice video. Yesterday I was in a store looking at high end classical machines. Coming from designing computer controlled industrial processes for steel manufacture, power grids generation and distribution, and nuclear processes, I was quite critical of how they were designed and built. Then I see this video and it is quite apparent that this machine is the way of the future, maybe with a simplified user interface for non-coffee geeks. Wonder how you get this serviced, descaled, etc. Would love to see the internals. Coming from Hong Kong, is it Chinese or Korean or what?

Is it difficult to dial in your grind on this machine? The pressure profile seems quite adaptable during the shot so can it compensate for imperfect grind / coffee particle size?

In your next Decent video could you please show the range of motion of the steam wand? Videos show it like it barely moves but the xl can move all over

I like the idea of the adaptive profile, an interesting idea! I'm surprised it targets 11bar pressure though, as above 9 bar the coffee puck will compress and resist flow more. If anyone knows why it targets this pressure (instead of say 9 bar) I'd be interested to learn!

The drip tray for the Acaia is sweet. Do you have the Acaia Lunar Original or the 2021 model? Thanks

Holy crap. This is insane and I really appreciate the explanation! Now, I just need to get ahold of several thousand dollars to get one. Ha! Hopefully some day!

We want more Decent content! :)

So interesting these pre infusions are even longer then expected…. I have to imagine you have to go a reasonable amount finer for these…. I’m very interested to see if I could replicate the adaptive shot on my lelit Bianca obviously it’s not the same since I can only control flow not pressure but interesting to try I think

Have you tried 6bar at the puck to brew every shots with 2ml/s flow rate(1:2 ratio), I didn't have a Decent machine, but what I experienced might be a bit of help for ur Decent experience, I mod my Delonghi 310 with OPV, and I built a OPV test rig that with pump and pipe fitting, OPV on it, pre adjust the pressure at 10 bar on the rig, then I thought that would be around 9bar ish at the puck of Delonghi 310, however, that's not the case for this type of machine, I built a 51mm pressure test rig for the group head as well, then turns out pressure was at the 6bar, flow rate was 2ml/s, and I tried medium roasted bean(it was fermented beans, bright acidity and berry notes), that was really good(40 seconds), then I tried this method on typical chocolatey medium roasted beans and it does surprisedly good shot as well.

Bianca is a good alternative. Specially version 3.

Would this machine suit an ek43 ?

Still waiting on that flow control Appartamento video 👀

I would get a Decent if I could afford it. I like watching you style and thoughts.

I feel like owning this machine is a really good way to learn how to get very good at being a barista.

While this was fascinating, I was really stunned that you didn't actually taste the shot and tell us about it after you pulled the first shot. I want to know what the outcome was after you talked through the graph.

Are you on 110v or 220v?

Love u

It is best thing for now. Sadly they don't plan to make cheaper version with similar approach.

Great video. Very informative and lots of insight for people new and wanting to get the machine. Thanks! A side note though. Selling a drip tray for $199 is just daylight robbery. It costs as much as the original Acaia Lunar scale, expensive yes, but at least its has a lot more R&D and tech embedded in it. Yikes!

I think Decent owe you a commission - you've just convinced me to make the purchase

Man I really want one but my biggest complain so far is UI! They need to hire better graphic designers and improve the app. Sadly! It looks like college project right now.

But you forgot to drink the coffee ☕

Nice video. I must admit the sound of the machine isn't very appealing. All factors of workflow must be considered when purchasing an espresso machine. Remember this is the sound you will be hearing every morning after you wake up to enjoy a morning coffee. But ... 1st world problems bruh 😸💭

Price USD?

Decent would need competition. The price is quite high.

BUT... can it run crysis?

Dang, I was looking at profitec 400 as something below £1500. I should not be watching this video. I am so, so tempted.

I would buy one if the machine didn't sound like it was farting.

That is a pro machine! Not everyone will have this at home.

You have to be freaking kidding me guy. It’s only coffee

Bro most of this is just a gimmicks , completely unnecessary and wont make any difference whatsoever to your shot

...and who wants to have a tablet on the coffee machine??? I guess I'm not the target customer for this... thing ;-)

I get the espresso journey your on. I do. I understand the appeal of this machine in that journey. However, I have no idea how you're going to make this content accessible and relevant after acknowledging that this machine does things that are unfathomable "on E61 machines and Gaggia Classic Pro." It feels like you just fenced so many of those viewers out; especially since you attracted so many Breville users in your early content. This channel had an everyman's ethos to it. In fact, in a recent gear video you mentioned not featuring a Niche in your videos because so many of your viewers couldn't access one. How do you rectify that sentiment with this direction? I would imagine there's a lot of instruction and demonstrations you have planned on the many espresso variables that go into a shot. But after acknowledging that the results from the Decent are not something that can be attained on the countless number of standard 9-bar machines in peoples' homes, I can't see this turning into anything but a Decent fanboy channel. I don't know how you guard against that, but I sincerely hope you find a way. Your content has always been excellent, well thought-out, well edited and has always been relevant to a large audience. Good luck.

Dude, please tone down the arm movements. I know it’s part of the act, but it’s too much and distracting.

The way this guy talk is soooo weird !

You normally have great videos but this one is too nerdy for me. Occam's razor, Ockham's razor, Ocham's razor (Latin: novacula Occami), also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony (Latin: lex parsimoniae), is the problem-solving principle that "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity",[1][2] (copied from Wikipedia) If you want espresso to be your hobby I can understand. If you just want good tasting coffee in the morning this is to much. I went from a Barista express to a hand grinder, scales and a clever dripper. Santa delivered a Precision Brewer so now I'm fully semi automated. The Barista express now lives in the garage.