Problem with eSantos
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 11:10 pm
I've not attempted to research this problem anywhere else. I hope you guys can help.
I bought a mini eSantos from my good friend SL because I was drinking some very delicate coffees and wanted to see if the eSantos gave a clearer flavour to the brew. For quite a while it did. Then all of a sudden the brews started to tast sour - as if the extraction temperature was low or something, or maybe the brew is just under-extracted.
One of the problems with the eSantos as a device is that you cannot control the extraction time directly. I've always thought it a bit short, and it does vary a bit. It's supposed to be sensitive to how level the surface that you place it on is, and you're supposed to be able to fiddle with the brew time by varying the slope of the base (by propping one side up I think).
Does anyone know anything about this please? I'm finding that my Mbwinjeru (for example) is losing a lot of "information" in my normal press pot brew.
I bought a mini eSantos from my good friend SL because I was drinking some very delicate coffees and wanted to see if the eSantos gave a clearer flavour to the brew. For quite a while it did. Then all of a sudden the brews started to tast sour - as if the extraction temperature was low or something, or maybe the brew is just under-extracted.
One of the problems with the eSantos as a device is that you cannot control the extraction time directly. I've always thought it a bit short, and it does vary a bit. It's supposed to be sensitive to how level the surface that you place it on is, and you're supposed to be able to fiddle with the brew time by varying the slope of the base (by propping one side up I think).
Does anyone know anything about this please? I'm finding that my Mbwinjeru (for example) is losing a lot of "information" in my normal press pot brew.