so...after 20+ cups of espresso not done to a tolerable drinking level, I took a day away from it. The following morning, the wife made a normal pot of coffee with it. It was not right there either!! I roasted it just a bit darker and was solely going to use it to tune my espresso skills in... LMAO!! I must have made 10 of those cups, as good as they were gonna get! I freakin dumped them and put some new roast in, and boy howdy....I am back to feeling that I can make some very drinkable espressos!!!