Post a pic of your home espresso setup... - Page 25

by **gyro** on Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:34 am

Thanks! The most traumatic part was the downgrade to the French Press when my old machine left! I think its going to take me a while to come to grips with it, particularly with steaming. A 3.5 litre steam boiler sitting at 1.5 bar... now I can begin to imagine what people have talked about when they have moved onto an Elektra Sixties with its 6 litres of puff.

by **networkcrasher** on Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:35 am

I'm in the same boat with the steam boiler on the GS3. Does the Speedster come with a no burn wand?

Oh, and I love those red/black panels.

by **gyro** on Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:51 am

The panels were a special request, they are actually my home town colours and I thought it might work nicely. Its fitted with "Burn you" steam/hot water wands. I asked Kees if "No Burn" wands were available and he had heard LM and ECM had some troubles with them and as such not using them. My previous ECM had them, and I thought they were fantastic. I am sure I will learn after a few painful mistakes that I must move the wand by the rubber finger grip!

by **snaab** on Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:58 pm

my own humble kit. note the hi-tech WDT-enabling device behind the tamper.

by **CRCasey** on Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:10 pm

Smart Man,

You got the color on the towel spot on!

-Cecil

by **Ghoul74** on Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:29 am

Got a Vivaldi V1 and a conical Casadio, both used, for a good price. No need to upgrade now for quite some time.

Regards,
Jochen.

by **cannonfodder** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:53 am

A pointer, do not put a towel over the top of your machine. When it is powered up and hot, cool air is drawn in through the vents in the bottom of the machine as the hot air rises out the top. Put a towel over the cup warmer and you stall that convection. You will overheat your electronics and could have a meltdown.

by **SlowRain** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:48 am

hbuchtel wrote:...and the grinder is a "Little Flying Horse"... a mainland copy of a Taiwanese copy of a Japanese copy of the Jericho J-200, as far as I can tell!

Wow. That's the exact grinder I have. In Taiwan it's manufactured by Yang Chia (Jia as in 'family'). Mine is badged as a Feima 600N. I use it for AeroPress and French press grinding. How do you like it for espresso?

On another point, my wife is originally from Hunan.

by **zin1953** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:09 pm

"Feima" as in stark contrast to Faema, or was that a typo?

by **TUS172** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:27 pm

shadowfax wrote:Such amazing work, Bob! Congratulations on a successfully completed project. I love the lights.
Here's my latest, the T1 is on my bench as of yesterday.
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A match for the Robur...
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A tiger bubble?
So far, I am still settling in with the machine. The temperature control needs to be replaced, as the deadband on the Sirai has gotten to about 0.4 bar; I have an SSR and a PID, still waiting for a TC and an adapter fitting. In the mean time, the shots are well consistent enough to get repeatability and noticeable manipulation of the taste profile. I am still working on actually coaxing the profile I want out, but so far the clarity is noticeably improved over my E61. The acidity at its best is rather pleasant, noticeably higher than the E61 with the beans I am using.

Wow!!! Nicholas that is Great! A T1! Well Ihave been on vacation for a couple of weeks and since I got back from Seattle I have been spending money like a drunken sailor... Pics to follow when I am done.

by **hbuchtel** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:19 pm

zin1953 wrote:"Feima" as in stark contrast to Faema, or was that a typo?

fei1=flying, ma3=horse.

It does sound like Faema, but I don't think they ever made grinders like that, so it would be a strange association...

Henry

by **zin1953** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:52 pm

Not as strange as you may think . . . :wink:

by **Captain Awesome** on Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:24 pm

Enjoyed the thread. I just ordered an Izzo Duetto.
It will be here next Thursday.
I can't wait! I want to post pictures of my setup, but I gotta wait one more week!
Happy Valentine's Day!

by **SlowRain** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:09 am

zin1953 wrote:"Feima" as in stark contrast to Faema, or was that a typo?

hbuchtel is right. It is a Chinese name meaning Flying Horse, but I'm pretty sure they chose that name just to sound as close as they could to Faema.

by **Jabbawack** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:04 am

Hi everyone, I'm new to this site. Here's my setup, if you can call it this way.. quite basic, in front of the large majority seen in here. Hope you enjoy it!

by **zin1953** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:11 pm

SlowRain wrote:hbuchtel is right. It is a Chinese name meaning Flying Horse, but I'm pretty sure they chose that name just to sound as close as they could to Faema.

I do not for a moment doubt their meaning of "Flying Horse," but neither do I doubt their "sound" intentions . . . :wink:

by **zin1953** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:16 pm

Welcome, Marco -- and it's a beautiful setup! (Much nicer than the one I used to have, believe me.) Enjoy!

by **onegirlcreative** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:01 pm

Here is my recent addition. I don't have a pic of my grinder, but it's the Gaggia MDF burr grinder, but my next purchase will be the Mazzer Mini. For now, it'll do just fine. Except I think I'm needing a new knockbox since this one is kind of small for my 58 mm portafilter now.

by **Ben Z.** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:56 pm

Just finished the rennovation of the major. It replaces a super jolly. So far, seems to be an improvement. Until I run a new circuit I'm being careful to time the grinding only when the heater cycles off so as not to trip the breaker. The A3 was from ebay and the major was from a salvage company in New Haven. A new hopper, burs and a coat of paint and it's as good as new. I used an aluminum can to make the schnozz and a cone to cover the center of the doser star.

by **Endo** on Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:32 pm

Nice !

Isn't there a economic slowdown? I can't tell from this thread. :lol:


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