Rocket Appartamento Tca Workflow - What’s It Like to Use?

Making espresso, flat white & Americano with the Rocket Appartamento TCA paired with the Rocket Faustino grinder.
Links Of Interest:
Rocket Appartamento TCA from Pro Espresso: tidd.ly/4d9EXEV
£50 Per Month Subscription: coffeeblog.co.uk/fc
My blog post review: coffeeblog.co.uk/rocket-appar...
My review of the Fuel Club: coffeeblog.co.uk/rocket-fuel-...
Freshly roasted high-quality coffee beans from The Coffeeworks (my website): cworks.co.uk (use discount code yt25 for 25% off your first order).
Coffee blog: coffeeblog.co.uk
Buy me a coffee: ko-fi.com/coffeeblogkev
Current Gear:
Quick note. I'm including all of this info because when I was starting out, I found it really difficult to figure out what gear to use, so I'm hoping if there's anyone looking to set up for KZbin, this might help. If you need more help just email me, kev at coffeeblog.co.uk - if I don't know the answer I'll ask the professionals.
I'm listing the current setup first that the pros are using, and then my original more budget setup.
The pro stuff (new studio setup, with brickovenmedia.co.uk)
Blackmagic Pocket 4K amzn.to/3EnYAKJ
Samyang 35 mm T1.5 VDSLR II Manual Focus Video Lens amzn.to/3RB4Q4I
VILTROX EF-M2 II Focal Reducer Booster Adapter Auto-Focus 0.71x compatible with Canon EF mount Lens to M43 Cameras amzn.to/3e37Qcp
Glide Gear TMP100 Adjustable iPad/Tablet/Smartphone Teleprompter Beam Splitter Glass amzn.to/3C7hRgt
Promptsmart Pro bit.ly/3CAhXPl (tablet prompter app, includes voice tracking, very good! If you have it more than a couple of metres away from you, just use a lav mic with an extension so it can year you).
Aputure LS COB 300D II LED Continuous Fresnel Light 300D Mark II amzn.to/3SVy4ft
Aputure Accent B7C 7W RGBWW LED Smart Bulbs amzn.to/3RD0ABu
aputure light dome ii amzn.to/3M5XjcY
Sennheiser MKH 60
Sanken Cos 11 Lavalier
If you're interested in any of this gear but you don't want to buy new, check out www.mpb.com/en-uk
My budget setup (prior to working with Brickoven):
Canon M6 Mark ii amzn.to/3zoczes (quick note, knowing what I now know I wish I'd have gone for the pocket 4k, which you can get used from MPB for a few hundred more.
Blue Ember Mic (used mainly for voiceovers): amzn.to/3pT6WR1
RØDE VideoMic Pro: amzn.to/3DV7xHg (note, it's good for the £, but with what I now know thanks to the guys at Brickoven, I'd recommend the RØDE NTG4 amzn.to/3M8nIXy or RØDE NT5.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3rd Gen USB Audio Interface: amzn.to/3e3qwFn
Amaran 100D LED Video Light, 130W 5500K (Key light): amzn.to/3oQYrqY
Aputure Light Dome SE Softbox: amzn.to/3ESdHcJ
Neewer Bi-color 660 LED Video Light and Stand Kit (Fill light): amzn.to/35jUtwp
Neewer Portable 56 inch/142 cm Aluminium Camera Tripods (I have a few of these, very good value) amzn.to/3pPlCke
Cayer BV30L tripod with fluid head amzn.to/3fJdEbr (mega tripod for the money!)
Please note, affiliate links included above.
Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Grinder
0:48 Making Espresso
2:29 Making Americano
3:58 Making Flat White
5:22 About Pre-infusion
5:40 About Shot Time
6:03 About Shot Temp
6:29 Coffee Kev's Comment of The Weeeeeeeek
6:59 Tatty Bye
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[@kimbridge5592]

great video

[@Baristasteve]

Do bottomless porter filters go on forever? ❤😂

[@stoicar]

Is nice to know the cold to hot time ( heating time in the morning)

[@Coffee_Kev]

The manual says 18 mins but I'd say more like 25-30 mins if possible. Ta, Kev.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

I much prefer the aesthetics on the new TCA. I never really liked the holes on the original, but now I get it.

[@Coffee_Kev]

I do really like the way it looks

[@scotteh885]

I've been tempted with this. What is your opinion on their grinder? Is it better to pair with say a niche zero/duo?

[@Coffee_Kev]

I really like the Fuastino. It's a 50mm flat burr grinder with two programmable doses and continuous, so on paper there are other grinders that would give you better bang for your buck. Having used it, though, it looks the part with the Appartamento, thick steel case, looks and feels very well built, it's really quiet, fairly quick, the adjustment is easy to use, no static, not much clumping. If you're thinking of NZ/Duo though, it's a case of figuring out if you want to do single dosing or not, once you've made a choice there, then the Faustino isn't for single dosing so that would rule it out, but if you decide to go with more traditional hopper grinder workflow, I think the Faustino is probably the best option in terms of how it pairs visually, it's one of the quietest grinders I've used too, and there's no static at all. For a similar price though there are a lot of options, so it just depends on what your priorities are really. Ta Kev

[@scotteh885]

@@Coffee_Kev Thanks, Kev. I decided to pick up the DF83 to go with it after watching and reading various reviews. TCA is delivered on Wednesday, looking forward to it!

[@thomasthomson6031]

Was that Chocolate brownie blend ?

[@Coffee_Kev]

It certainly was 😎👍

[@user-mm5zd4xw4h]

👏👏👏👏

[@d4rk_entityy]

How long preheat time?

[@Coffee_Kev]

As with most E61 group espresso machines, Ideally 25-30 mins plus, they do state 18 mins, and it'd be fine after 18 mins but for best results you'd be better off setting it with a smart plug to turn on 30 mins or so before your first coffee of the day. Cheers, Kev.