Rancilio Silvia... Part 2!

hopper1

Ands wrote:

Philip S wrote:

I switch my Silivia on before I go for my shower in the morning, so it's had 25 mins or so to warm up before I use it -> decent crema every time.

Our house rule: first one up goes down to switch the machine on

House rule at work...

First up best dressed!

mikeeye

hopper1 wrote:

Philip S wrote:

On my Rocky, for espresso I tend to have the grind set at around about 14 on the scale.

:shock: :shock:

Mine's set on 8 :shock:

I'll try a bit courser, see how it goes...

I have had a Rocky and Silvia combo for almost two years. I find that the grind setting does need adjusting depending on the beans, humidty etc as already stated; but for the beans I use most often (Monsooned Malabar from Waitrose) my Rocky is normally set on 6. The point being, I don't think you should worry about what other users have theirs set at - I don't think the scale is particularly consistent form one Rocky to another.

If you look on sites such as Coffee Geek and Home Barista you'll find lots of good advice and tips. One thing that's suggested quite often is that you should find where the "true zero" on your Rocky is. That's done by setting it running with the hopper empty and adjusting the setting finer and finer until you hear the burrs contacting each other. You need to do this very carefully and back it off as soon as you make contact. Personally, I'm not so convinced that knowing your true zero is so important. Just try to home in on a setting that gives you the mythical 25 second shot :-)

I have my Silvia set on a time switch so it's warmed up and ready to go when I get up in the morning and then again when I get home from work. It'll sit on happily all day and takes about 60w on average when idling like this. Just be sure to top up the boiler if you've been steaming milk (by drawing water to the group head (top switch)) so that it won't run dry! (which could be what happened to Stone Glider)

Stone Glider

@alfablue it's a "Siver Crest" from LIdl :oops: I told you I was a cheapskate!

Off to John Lewis next week :roll: