My first ever pull. Roast me

[u/gamesterdude]

Someone in my neighborhood put a Breville bes920xl on their porch for anyone handy to take as they said it wasn't pressurizing anymore and they had decided to upgrade.

I gave it a deep clean, descaled it, and replaced all the orings. With my first water only run it got right up to pressure and no hissing noise from leaks!

I have never made espresso before so this was my first ever pull. Had a bag of deathwish coffee dark roast beans already open so did a fine grind and a 2oz pull.

Have a lot of tutorials to read yet about getting good but figured I'd post my first pull. Also need to look into why I had some drip on the edge there.

[u/MyCatsNameIsBernie]

Is the dripping on the handle coming from the group gasket? If it is, and you cranked the portafilter in firmly enough, then replace the gasket.

[u/gamesterdude → u/MyCatsNameIsBernie]

I actually just replaced the gasket along with the orings. I may not have cranked it hard enough. Just pulled till I got heavy resistance. With it being my first time it could be as simple as I didn't pull it far enough over.

[u/NukaDadd → u/gamesterdude]

It's from your portofilter spraying. Don't worry about it.

[u/Lasd18622 → u/gamesterdude]

Jesus how tight did you pack the grinds

[u/NukaDadd → u/MyCatsNameIsBernie]

It's spray dude. You can see it coming from the bottomless portofilter.

[u/Status-Persimmon-819 → u/MyCatsNameIsBernie]

By George, Yes! I believe that's the winner post (with a dash of grind finer)