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Hello, I have a beautiful new Bezzera Mitica and I get a cup of coffee in the morning and few hours later another. In between cups, i turn the machine off and then back on when I need another cup lets say 3 hours later.
I wanted to know if I should keep the machine on for the...
A few months ago I purchased a used La Nuova Era Cuadra and it worked swell until within the last month when the steam pressure would fail when I first try to steam. The pressure in the boiler would say 1.2psi but when I turned the knob it would sputter and the gauge...
I went to take apart my newly bought used faema and after taking out the element, all this stuff dumped out. I don't think it's scale cause it's black. Anyone know anything about this and what I should do?
About 3-4 months ago I noticed that the Jaeger pressurestat on my Vibiemme Jr. HX was beginning to fail (increasing deadband). I bought a replacement, installed it, and my pressure went back to between .95-1.1 great. Well now it seems that my pressurestat is starting to lose the...
Most cafes I see have at least a 3 group, sometimes a 4. At most, there are usually 2 people on the machine. Usually just one person at non peak hours. Rarely are each barista so fluid that they both are working two groups at once putting all...
I'm hoping people may have some advice or thoughts on a recent problem I've experienced with my expobar elegance compact one group. It has been fully descaled approx 1 year ago and has run on mostly filtered water. Used lightly over that time. Run with no problems.
I purchased the Rocket Cellini EVO V2 about 6 months ago. I have it direct plumbed and it has worked fine mostly from day one. However it has done something strange on 2 occasions so far, once about 2 months ago, and once 2 days ago.
A couple weeks ago, I purchased my very first espresso machine and it was a used Rancilio Classe 8. I managed to get it and a Macap MXT grinder for a very nice price. Note that I have a Mazzer Major on my way to me in a couple weeks.
I read and revisited Dan Kehn's excellent article, How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love HXs, several times before noticing the part about how it applies to prosumer machines, but the routine for larger HX machines might be quite different. So my question goes out to those...
