Post a pic of your home espresso setup... - Page 53

by **norfbech** on Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:35 pm

My fairly humble set up: started off a month or so ago with a cheap pressurised/thermoblock machine...but after jumping on this site, soon realised I'd probably never get a decent coffee with that machine. Strictly on a budget I picked up a 2nd hand Gaggia Classic and a good price on an Ascaso iMini grinder...and off I go!
Should keep me going for a couple of years before I upgrade to something a little more special.
Cheers.

by **tribe3** on Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:35 pm

Espressomattic123 wrote:Finally got round to joining up. This is my latest set up: Gaggia Visacrem VX ('94) and a Faema MPN. Other bits and pieces including Aeropress/presspots/Gene blah blah...

Cheers

Matt
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Matt how do you like your MPN? What settings do you use the most?

Best,

-Pablo

by **Espressomattic123** on Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:56 pm

Hey Pablo

I love the MPN. Far outweighs a Mazzer. I use mainly for Espresso (Between 5 and 3.5) and Aeropress (12). It is a great, consistent machine, if a little noisy and a bugger to clean. The sweep is great and very little left hand throw.

by **espressme** on Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:01 pm

Noted the problems myself and here are simple solutions to the Faema MPN goofs.
Here for Doser mod
Here for interlock cheat
Enjoy!
-Richard

by **Espressomattic123** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:34 am

Hey Richard, fancy meeting you here. I ended up removing the whole autofill set up, but kept the hopper on as the missus liked it! I must get to work on that hopper mod though...one day...maybe

by **SlowRain** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:42 am

norfbech wrote:My fairly humble set up...

Nice. Your setup is quite similar to what I'm looking for.

Is that a Grindenstein knock box? If it is, how well does it fit on the drip tray under the portafilter? (A pic would be great if it's not too much trouble, as it may help me with the wife factor). How old is the Classic? If you don't mind my asking: What did you pay for it?

[dumb, nosy question]What's on the back of the counter just to the left of the Classic?[/dumb, nosy question]

by **zin1953** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:13 pm

SlowRain wrote:Is that a Grindenstein knock box? If it is, how well does it fit on the drip tray under the portafilter?

OK, I'll ask: why would you want/need it to?

by **espressme** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:16 pm

:My Bad Right answer to the wrong question. Not Faema request

by **zin1953** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:42 pm

Richard:

1) Your links are backwards (the "knockbox" takes to to the autotamp, and vice-versa).

2) While I can certainly understand the benefits to having a knockbox with a removable bottom for easier cleaning, I still don't understand why you would need a knockbox to fit on top of the drip tray underneath a portafilter . . .

What am I missing?

by **Bushrod** on Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:43 pm

zin1953 wrote:OK, I'll ask: why would you want/need it to?

To have a space to store it off of the counter top.


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