I adopted a few tricks from either [1] or a similar video from James Hoffman’s Youtube channel some time ago (including the foaming milk with a French press one) and it vastly improved my lockdowns. The one useful thing they don’t say is (imo) it’s easier to get it right with a smaller size pot.

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rpyBYuu-wJI

Youtube upload: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXCa5J7LcO0

thank you

I appreciate it, mate. I'm planning a (shorter) video on gasket priming, which many underestimate :)

Thanks! I just gave a thorough clean to mine, tweaked times and heat and had my best coffee of the year.