ES701

Been there, wore that T Shirt. I then did a whole pile of research and found out where I was going wrong, I'll include my findings over that last year below the line. There's a great feature in the Additional Settings menu for Barista Assist (BA), it allows you to turn it off, please, for your sanit

I think I checked that scale but it was too big, so I ended up with Maestri House Rechargeable Espresso Scale which fits perfectly. So my question: why keep grinding finer rather than just stopping the output when it hits 36g? That's what I do. I am doing ristretto with 1:1 ratio, so I would stop it

First, you're okay, you'll never blow up the machine, but I know what you mean. I am very surprised that it might be suggesting 8 for an Over Ice drink, my 701 was always in the 20's for n over ice. You say you are only 24oz, the machine can only go up to 18oz, no? You only tamp for 16-18oz setting,

Ah, thanks for that last bit of info. Barista Assist is just that, an assistant, not Grind Size Almighty. My personal opinion, go into Additional Settings menu and turn it off, it's caused more problems than anything else. Change the grind size to get the output you want. Don't let the machine ruin

I’ll make adjustments to the temperature. Then I’ll use the manual tamper from ES655 just to see if I have to adjust the tamping pressure. Probably try to brew from both machines to see if both consistent. If I got a perfect shot from ES655 but not ES701 with the same prep ,I know I have issue with

Ah, possible. I think they clean then up and send them out. I'll include below my Ninja Basics script which many have found useful, just in case there's user error. It is a series of sub-headings just look at the ones the fit your needs. Reddit has an issue with the length of it, so look at the answ