Today’s #coffee pick: Cameron’s brand Southern Toasted Pecan. A nice earthy, mildly sweet aroma from the bag. I just so happened to have some southern pecan flavored creamer and syrup, so this seemed fortuitous.

Into the #espresso machine it went. Not much more aroma while brewing, but still nice and earthy and mildly sweet. I didn’t specifically get much southern pecan per se, but the syrup and creamer together more than made up for that. Delicious way to spend a Sunday afternoon bingeing library DVDs.

Top espresso machines on Reddit by positive & negative comments – for tinkering vs beginners vs speed etc. Based on 725 posts in the past year (Mar 2026)

Was doing some analysis on Reddit data and looked into espresso machines. Thought I’d share the results. The charts …
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My Home Setup

After three and a half years with a Breville Barista Pro, I recently made the upgrade to a dual boiler, the Profitec Move. Really enjoying this machine so far. It pulls super consistent shots, the build quality is excellent, and it has plenty of settings to play with to dial in the perfect extraction. It’s [...]
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Having played around a bit with the SSP Lab Sweet V3, I really think I've found my burrs.
Love the sweetness they give me and that they lower the citrus-kind of acidity. I know a lot of coffee lovers like that crisp acidity, especially with very light roasted coffees, but that's not for me.
Too much acidity.

Personally I do like a medium (or lighter medium) roast with the nutty and chocolaty notes that often comes with those.
A nice body, some syrupy sweetness, a little fruity is nice, but a more mellow acidity, not to crisp and bright.

And the LSV3 seem to give me exactly that. _^
So far I've only ran a little over 2kg of coffee through them, so technically I am still in the seasoning process, but I already like the results and it will only get better the more espresso I'll send through the burrs.

Also slightly inflammatory:
Maybe I'll switch to a spouted portafilter after dialing in a coffee.
Bottomless are great for dialing in or when you want a nice looking pull.
But for day to day, a spouted portafilter isn't bad.
Just need to find one with a nice walnut wood handle that fits my group head .^
The plastic Rancilio ones aren't thaaaat pretty ;)

For the espresso itself:
Coffee: Farbkreis Espresso from Die Kaffeedruckerei (natural & washed coffees from Brasil, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, India)
Dose: 18g
Yield: 42g
Time: 27s
#espresso #coffee

Having played around a bit with the SSP Lab Sweet V3, I really think I've found my burrs.
Love the sweetness they give me and that they lower the citrus-kind of acidity. I know a lot of coffee lovers like that crisp acidity, especially with very light roasted coffees, but that's not for me.
Too much acidity.

Personally I do like a medium (or lighter medium) roast with the nutty and chocolaty notes that often comes with those.
A nice body, some syrupy sweetness, a little fruity is nice, but a more mellow acidity, not to crisp and bright.

And the LSV3 seem to give me exactly that. ^_^
So far I've only ran a little over 2kg of coffee through them, so technically I am still in the seasoning process, but I already like the results and it will only get better the more espresso I'll send through the burrs.

Also slightly inflammatory:
Maybe I'll switch to a spouted portafilter after dialing in a coffee.
Bottomless are great for dialing in or when you want a nice looking pull.
But for day to day, a spouted portafilter isn't bad.
Just need to find one with a nice walnut wood handle that fits my group head ^.^
The plastic Rancilio ones aren't thaaaat pretty ;)

For the espresso itself:
Coffee: Farbkreis Espresso from Die Kaffeedruckerei (natural & washed coffees from Brasil, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, India)
Dose: 18g
Yield: 42g
Time: 27s
#espresso #coffee