The S1 Cafe - Helping Your Espresso Dreams Become Reality

Chas, I instituted your PID suggestions below: "After a lot of testing, the final values I'm sticking with are: P=800 I=15 D=1000 Offset = 0F" Has anything changed after 7 years? I know you referenced SW 1.19, and I am on 1.24 now. Would this matter? Are the factory settings in the latest ...

Chas, Thanks for the suggestion. I saw the owner's manual outlines it pretty well on page 19....I swear I read it cover to cover before my machine came so I'd be ready to hit the ground running, but without having the machine to play with along side the reading some of it didn't stick. Anyway, gonna...

Thanks Chas, it's a new machine so I haven't tinkered with it yet, but will give this a try. Once I get 10 -10.5 bar using the blind disk, I'll rework my grind and see if I can't make it look right and report back. I appreciate the help.

Hey ladies and gents, I am a long time reader but first time poster and had a question that one of you may be able to help with. I am the new owner of a Dream T (previously came from a Breville Oracle), and can't get my shot parameters to make sense. I am still dialing in, but here's what I have so ...