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The Go looks like a good machine. A dual boiler was important to me because I make a lot of milk drinks so being able to steam milk while the temperature stabilizes for the next shot is really nice. Other than that my requirements were temperature control and a relatively small footprint (though I have to say, upgrading from the Bambino Plus to the Elizabeth was still quite a shock as far as the size difference)
Also, a URL option would be nice. It seems Lemmy has trouble with the "moving" image format, so I ended up hosting elsewhere.
You got me curious, so I did some research -- this paper is pretty informative. The most likely explanation seems to be that it is a "snag" that was lifted out of the water, to prevent other boats from running into it.
Emoji kitchen is great, I'm glad this makes it more accessible on desktop etc. It's fun to browse all the possibilities using emojikitchen.dev. There are some really funny ones and it seems they're always adding more.
One of my favorites is ๐ค +๐ค :
Though ๐ค+๐ฃ is particularly... questionable:
I remember the feeling ๐ though it's kind of nice to really know what you don't like about the lower end machines when you upgrade.
I upgraded to the Bambino Plus and (a little later) a Niche. Definitely a whole different game. I've had them for about a year now, worked on my puck prep and dialing in, and both my espresso and latte art have improved 100x. The steam isn't super powerful (still leagues above the Stilosa, and it has a proper steam wand) so it takes some practice to get a great microfoam but it is very doable.
At this point my main issue with the Bambino is the lack of temperature control. I drink a lot of light roasts and it generally does well, but I'm getting a lot more picky about the espresso so I'm starting to look at higher end machines with temp control. But the Bambino Plus has been a great machine.
The Stilosa also can't do steam for very long at a time. When the "ready" light on the front goes off you want to turn off the steam and wait for the light again. In the mean time make sure to keep the milk moving by gently swirling the pitcher.
When I had my Stilosa I also found that after the first round of steaming, there would still be lots of larger bubbles in the milk (which you don't want as they prevent a good microfoam), but at the right lukewarm temperate, while waiting for the machine to heat again I could get close to the pitcher and breathe onto the milk and that would help pop a lot of those bubbles. Which is fine as long as you're not making drinks for guests ๐
Will I use it? Absolutely not.
Do I hope that it gets used by others? Yeah, at least a bit. Because if Meta assigns more engineers to work on fedi tech like improving ActivityPub that would be a huge win for the fediverse in general. That assumes they actually contribute to open source, but Meta/FB actually has a reasonable track record there.
I think you misplaced the apostrophe. If you think it's just going to be one American I have some news for you.
Does this point to an inherent problem with the federated approach; i.e. that every instance has to be able to handle the load of the content on all other instances it federates with?
Pardon if I'm misunderstanding something. But it seems like a big barrier to entry for new instances if e.g. an instance with 100 users has to sync the contents from 100,000 other users to work properly. As the fediverse keeps growing and the requirements to host instances keep increasing, won't it end up where only a few instances have the money / resources to handle the load?
Boost was my favorite app for Reddit, super excited to see this! Thanks for sharing!
Add object unpacking:
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Are you using the Stilosa stock, or do you have a bottomless portafilter etc.? How long have you had it?
For me, I wouldn't have wanted to upgrade to the Elizabeth directly. After the Stilosa I moved to a Breville Bambino Plus. That solved my biggest issues with the Stilosa (lack of temperature stability and a crappy steam wand), and let me get a bottomless pf and unpressurized basket and learn how to get really good puck prep and dial in by taste. Plus the steam wand was good enough to really learn latte art.
My main reasons for the upgrade to the Elizabeth are to have more fine-grained control over temperature, pressure, etc. for better shot consistency and control when dialing in, plus an even better steam wand. But back when I had the Stilosa, personally I wouldn't have known what to do with that level of control. Obviously your experience may differ, but I wouldn't change my choice of the BBP as the second step on my espresso journey.