Nice! I just watched a few of your videos. Very nice machine. I found a nice 2 group Simonelli lever in a small town deli, and they love it too much to sell. Boo for me. Shot from my (pump) Simonelli this morning.

nice, keep on looking, I'd never go back to pump.

BTW, is the helmet on your avatar a Arthur Fulmer ??

Close. It's a Biltwell, silver leafed and striped by a guy for a very good price. Here are the details, and a few pages of awesome work. He does Fulmers as well, and they are DOT, unlike Biltwell. http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/show ... hp?t=56154

Here is our 1st ever Espresso set-up. The grinder was purchased used from a member over on Coffee Geek. It was in great shape but the Mrs wanted the raw aluminum look so rather than perform a re-paint I went the sand and polish route. The espresso machine was purchased from Chris' Coffee.

Bob

Bob, wow that looks great! has that Andrea been used yet? it appears to be warmed
this is my current set up Eric

Hi Eric,

Nice observation...........here is the scoop.......

The new set-up was my wife's Xmas present that she has wanted to open and use since early in Nov when I purchased for her (I never even drank coffee till we were married when we were 40!) Anyway, I had ordered some RedBird coffee beans and was trying to get them to hold them till around the 20th or so........anyway, they shipped and she got them last Fri which then led to me hooking up her machine as she said the coffee smelled too yummy not to try!

First, she copied the setting off your grinder pic you sent (I purchased Eric's old Mazzer) but with new burrs, her first shot "chocked" as the setting was way too fine with the new burrs. She then started grinding coarser than your picture showed and got a really decent shot. Only the 1st one got "dumped". I would say that even the 2nd ever shot pulled was as good or better than anything we purchased at the local coffee shop so we are both very excited!

I also have a timer setup so the machine goes on at 6AM each morning and off at 10AM and again in the eve from 5PM to 9PM so it is ready to go when she wants it!

Bob

Nuova Simonelli La Musica & Mazzer MAJOR

Just for everybody's entertainment - Has Garanti 2kg and ECME "Who The Heck Knows".

Just a few quick pics of my home setup. Nothing fancy.

I'm new here, so I'd like to to say a quick hello & post a pic of my first espresso setup... A good friend recently gifted me this Francis X5 and my interest in coffee has changed for good.



I have already learned a lot from reading the forum. Thanks for having me!