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by sashaman
Yesterday, 10:34 pm
Forum: Water
Replies: 3
Views: 38

Breville Dual Boiler

Search for "rpavlis" water, it's a popular non-scale forming solution. It's simply 0.1 g of potassium bicarbonate per liter of distilled water, so to make it just dissolve 10g of potassium bicarbonate in a liter of distilled water to make a concentrate, then you just add 10 mL (or 10g) of that conce...
by sashaman
Yesterday, 10:17 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 6
Views: 334

Curious: Espresso-only machines with a NanoFoamer Pro?

Yeah, that's why I've never considered doing this previously. The difference between true microfoam and frothed milk from a cheap frothing want or even something like a Nespresso Aeroccino (which is about $80) is night and day to me. It was only when I saw that video review for the NanoFoamer Pro di...
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by sashaman
March 26th, 2024, 1:21 am
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 2
Views: 325

Aliexpress Lever Machine

I came across this lever machine advertised on Aliexpress, and I have to admit I'm pretty curious. While I would never take the plunge on a complicated electric pump machine on Aliexpress, looking at this one it seems like there are a lot fewer parts to mess up or be of crappy quality. I mean it's b...
by sashaman
March 24th, 2024, 9:42 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1323
Views: 187210

Breville Dual Boiler Mods and Maintenance

Hi folks, I apologize if this has already been posted, or if this is a very basic question, but my searching attempts didn't come up with anything. Has a diagram of the BDB internals been posted somewhere online previously, or better yet, actual photographs with overlay captions showing what most of...
by sashaman
March 21st, 2024, 7:54 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 6
Views: 334

Curious: Espresso-only machines with a NanoFoamer Pro?

I'm curious if anyone else has considered a setup that includes an espresso machine that can only make espresso (no steaming) paired with something like the NanoFoamer Pro. It seems like so much of the expense and complexity of espresso machines has to do with the contrasting requirements of brewing...
by sashaman
March 20th, 2024, 10:31 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 21
Views: 543

1 hole versus 3/4 hole steam wand?

Hah - "d'oh"! Seriously, thank you thank you thank you! I was literally just going to post a thread asking about this. I've been on a Breville Double Boiler for years, and can always get great, silky microfoam - it takes a while, and I have to have the tip close to the surface like you say, and get
by sashaman
March 19th, 2024, 1:16 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 5
Views: 183

Gevi Espresso Machine Help

I think "Stable Extraction and Smooth Coffee Grease" (assuming they meant crema) is my favorite mistranslation: {link}
by sashaman
March 18th, 2024, 10:05 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 14
Views: 551

Espresso machine budget of $2000. The decision is now!

Since I posted a topic just after you, I feel like my standard response is now going to be "just get a Breville Dual Boiler". My post: "An ode to the Breville Double Boiler" A fantastic encyclopedic thread on BDB maintenance and modifications: "Breville Dual Boiler Mods and Maintenance"
by sashaman
March 18th, 2024, 9:54 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1
Views: 98

An ode to the Breville Double Boiler

After being into espresso for some time now, and after owning a slew of different machines (an E61 heat exchanger, a bunch of antique machines for the fun of it, a La Pavoni lever, a couple of Breville Double Boilers, and now a Rancilio Silvia Pro X), I just want to highlight what a fantastic machin...
by sashaman
July 14th, 2020, 3:36 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 111
Views: 33391

Breville After-Warranty Service - please post your experiences

Just wanted to say thank you to Peter. We sent my 920 back to Breville for service (had it about 3ish years or so, past warranty) for constantly tripping the GFCI, and they cleaned it up and it worked for about 5 months before starting to trip the GFCI again. I found Peter's post linked above ( "Bre...