My Morning Routine | Short & Sweet Ristretto Cortado 

Indeed. SERENITY NOW!

Yes, Coffee and relaxation goes together in a weird way for me, too. Maybe It's a way to take a healthy little pause, and be back in fully caffeinated strength half an hour later. ❤

"The world around us is burning but we're so cold"

Thank you for watching and the kind words!

Thank you my friends! Enjoying the Aries as well!

Thank you for the kind words and you’re welcome. Glad you enjoyed.

Hahahahahha

Absolutely. Ristrettos always hit different in smaller milk drinks!

​@@Sprometheus😅😅😅😅😊

Happy to deliver! Enjoy your weekend.

Thank you for the kind words, and you’re welcome my friend! Cheers!

Thank you my friend!

It’s definitely a handsome piece of coffee kit!

​@@Sprometheusare you still satisfied with it? And why did you not go for the duo?

Thank you my friend, have a great weekend!

Of course! Thanks for watching and enjoy your weekend!

Double yes.

Thank you for the kind words!

What is the price with discount?

@@os4mike thank you. I use a Canon EOS R6

Much appreciated! Cheers!

Thank you! And the Ascaso was a loaner to review, the GS3MP remains my go to. I would be curious to see what LM will come up with, as their latest release was pretty mediocre.

I hope next LM GS3 will look more modern and probably will have advanced menu (like Sanremo You) to operate it. I see it’s a problem on the market with coffee machine that has a pressure profiling. So in my opinion still GS3 is a leader. Sanremo You looks good, but no one knows longbterm quality of that machine. Maybe 2024 will give the answer. All the best my Friend!

​@@Sprometheusdid you like the ascaso in terms of making coffee

I would need to get a Sette to do a side by side, but I can immediately tell you the low RPM burrs can really do a lot with clarity in comparison to other conicals I’ve tried.

I think the duo is similar or even better then a e61 HX like the lelit mara x. And dont forget the dual thermoblock can go forever with steaming

@@youtubeaccount7137 yeah I'm not set on HX, or even a boiler for the group for that matter. I feel like the tech has come far enough that the pid can keep a very consistent temperature at the group. I know it's greener, but that blasted thumping of the thermo block when you're steaming along with the extra time it takes vs a dedicated boiler is what I'm doing having trouble digesting.

@@JWomack but when you have the dual thermoblock set up you dont need to wait u can instant steam with the version 2

@@youtubeaccount7137 I got that, but ideally gimme a dedicated boiler for steam. Sure, it takes a bit for that boiler to come up to temp from cold but it will be there by the time I finish pulling my shot anyway. That way I have great steaming power and no thump,thump,thump.

@@JWomack i understand if u want max steaming power then a boiler is the better choice. But i had a e61 group espressomachine with boilers it consumes too much and even maintance is harder u have to bring it for service and u cant descale it youself. So for home use the ascaso with dual thermo blocks are really a good compromise

ristrettos and espressos can differ from cafes to cafes, sometimes a "normal" pull of good espresso can even take 40s depending on all sorts of factors. you can try starting of with a finer than usual setting, and then adjust as you taste!

Yeah I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. There are multiple schools of thought for ristretto, but generally I grind a little coarser. That's because I usually prefer to pull them at around 1 gram a second once it begins to extract. This means if I'm using pre-infusion I don't begin the 1 gram/second count until it's flowing freely. So usually the shots are shorter, closer to a turbo shot timeline 20-23. But that also can be something that is dialed based on personal tastes, the coffee and dose.

I don’t know the Lelit but I own the Ascaso for 5 months now. I mainly chose the Ascaso for the design and the size (WAF). What’s really annoying is that the OPV sits after the flowmeter. Therefore you always have to use a scale in case you dial in the machine to limit the pressure by the valve. I still try to dial in by setting the pressure limit to >13bar and setting the grind size so that the pressure during extraction does not exceed 10-11am. The result is still not perfect. Also the pump is quite loud and it vibrates so strong that my cup moves. The Bianca should not have these problems as it has a rotary pump and the flowmeter after the OPV. Very positive with the Ascaso is the low energy consumption and the ultra fast heatup time. Since it is a Thermoblock design, cleaning is also much easier. Perfect for me would be my machine with a rotary pump and a better OPV design.

Thank you. Yeah I most often find ristrettos work best with medium to dark roasts. Lights in that tight ratio can be good, but can also be extremely intense. It really depends on the coffee really.

@@Sprometheus ty

They definitely are a cheat code for sweeter more syrupy shots. They really hit different in smaller milk drinks too.

Also curious about this. Just got my machine yesterday and struggling to get shots that last more then 15 seconds even at super fine grind. My pressure also maxes to factory 11 rather than the 9 that is suggested. Was wondering if this was my issue but seeing your shots, I Guess not :/

You can program single shot toggle for 5 seconds and use it as flush toggle

Indeed! Thank you my friend.

Degas

Probably has more to do with getting an angle for us. Pretty sure he knows how to tamp an espresso and I think he's said before he prefers that tamper style.

@@thecount888 Good point

le remarque acec l'écoulement du café Nouveau

The glass is the Vero cortado, so its 4.25oz

thank you@@Sprometheus

I’ll let a professional answer this but espresso has no set rules, if he or others enjoy 1:1 ristretto, it doesn’t matter :-). Play around and find what you enjoy the most

Correction: Spro Off

Touché!

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A $2000 paper weight haha

you might forget: volume of steamed milk != volume of liquid milk

The semantics of coffee will never not be a debate. It’s coffee and milk, call it whatever you want.

Looks like a Gibraltar: The Gibraltar is the American version of the Cortado. It was created by Blue Bottle Coffee Company and named after the cup it is served in. The Gibraltar is served in a 4.5 oz Gibraltar glass made by the Libbey Glass Company. The Gibraltar is typically served with one shot of espresso (1.25 fl oz) to 2 parts of steamed milk (2.5 fl oz).

nothing like a flat white bro, they are much larger. but i prefer my cortado (better known Down Under as a Piccolo) as 1:2 double shot, then milk to fill the 120ml glass.

@@jubeman I thought the ratio dictates the type of a drink (what he made is 2 parts milk 1 coffee) but I suppose you know what you're saying

Wow, you caught. Finally exposed for the fraud I am.

@@Sprometheus It;s been a long time coming, so I'm happy to have been the fraud buster fighting for tamping integrity!

@@Sprometheusdon’t cry

I’ll take the grinder over the machine personally, but to each their own.

@@Sprometheus to my experience, all plastic parts below ('after') the burrs get sticky after a few months of use, increasing retention and in some models therefor shifting particle range towards the fine end - regardless of cleaning. so unless that huge black part there is metallic i'll call this grinder flawed.

Jokes on you, the morse code is the upcoming power ball numbers.

Well, no offense to you but normal people if they don’t like a video they just move on and don’t insult the creator.

@@Sprometheus Was nowhere near an insult, but ok. We can both move on I guess.....

@@dgasmd1 hot tip, starting your sentence with “No offense” literally means that the following statement is likely to offend.

Amazing how someone who makes niche music stuff finds other people’s hobbies pretentious. Perhaps look inwards and reassess your attitude.

@@Sprometheus hahahaha. Nice try 😂 Prentious Nonsense doesn't have to be a bad thing. Look at James Hoffman. But yes, in this case it is.

Thanks for watching!