good_hunterHelp me get my espresso journey on track again please [Lelit Mara x DF64 SSP HU]
You could be my twin, because your story sound familiar ;) I even have a similar set up.
You could check the temperature setting of your Mara x behind the drip tray. The lowest setting is too low for a medium roast (at least on my machine).
You could also try to pull a turbo shot, Lance Hedrick has tutorials on that issue on YouTube.
Something that helped my results with “difficult beans” was to try other brew ratios, like , 1:2.25, 1:2.75 or even 1:3!
Good luck!
I put a temperature probe in the E61 grouphead to check the temp on the Mara X, and now i can coffidanlty say it does have stable temperature control. It reads a 1-2 Celsius higher in the E61 injection point, right about the shower, than what the manual says the temp ought to be in the various modes, so there might be some heat lose when the water hits the coffee. Several times I tried Mode 0 to potentially offset the high reading temperature, it doesn’t seem to be a good match for the medium roasts.
That sounds reasonable.