Re: Teflon tubing, McMaster/Carr has as much or as little as you need in every possible size, metric and inch.
KDM

You just about described a Cimbali Junior DT to a tee.

http://www.chriscoffee.com/products/home/espresso/juniord

RE: Speedster, it's a dream machine no doubt, but I wouldn't pay $8,000 for it till they add true pressure profiling; doesn't have to be programmable, just true, on-the-fly, full range, brew pressure control.

chris wrote:You just about described a Cimbali Junior DT to a tee.

http://www.chriscoffee.com/products/home/espresso/juniord

Thanks Chris - you are right!

It's not easy to get really excited about the dt1, given it's lack of exposed group and utilitarian easthetics. However, open up the case and all can be forgiven. This may well be my next machine.


Mark

coffee.me wrote:RE: Speedster, it's a dream machine no doubt, but I wouldn't pay $8,000 for it till they add true pressure profiling; doesn't have to be programmable, just true, on-the-fly, full range, brew pressure control.

It's good to think of future requirements when buying such an expensie machine, but looking at LM's current implementation of pressure profiling it seems incredibly complex from a technology perspective, and I'm not into that for a home machine.

I have no doubt at all that if I dropped $8k on a Speedster that I would be happy with that decision for a very long time, regardless of where espresso machine technology goes.

Mark

Dogshot wrote:I have no doubt at all that if I dropped $8k on a Speedster that I would be happy with that decision for a very long time, regardless of where espresso machine technology goes.

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edit: many here see the Speedster as their dream, most complete, most perfect, machine and we dream of owning one "one day". I think the keyword here is "one day". To me, that "one day" implies several personal things and one addition tech requirement (i.e. pressure profiling). But if was ready to buy a Speedster today, and because I know I have to have pressure profiling, the 1st thing I'd do is contact Kees to inquire about the possibility and discuss a custom mod. But then, that's just me, a person who liked what he got out of pressure profiling. Brew pressure profiling ability is not new to espresso equipment (levers!) and LM's implementation might indeed be complicated. I've modded my commercial HX to emulate it without much trickery. The mod was functional but not beautiful. "My Speedster" will be both functional and beautiful

There will be a manual (old school) pressure profiling option available for the Speedster in the near future from what I've been told.