Robot
Cafelat
Manual dual-piston lever espresso, brutalist design, surprising results.
Cafelat Robot
Two arms, a gauge, and nothing else. No pump, no boiler, no electronics to fail. It pulls espresso that embarrasses machines costing ten times more.
| Roast | Grind | Coffee | Water | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| light | fine | 18 g | 38 ml | 42 sec |
| medium | fine | 18 g | 36 ml | 38 sec |
| dark | fine-medium | 17 g | 34 ml | 34 sec |
Makes one 36 ml cup. That is the whole recipe.
What goes wrong
- Boiling water straight into the basket scorches the puck. Bitter and harsh. No preheat on basket and body: temperature crashes, shot goes sour. Forcing 9 bar because that is the espresso number. The Robot works well lower, and forcing it channels. An uneven bed, which the lever amplifies with no pump to mask it.
No care schedule yet.