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by MountRoyal
July 22nd, 2015, 2:13 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1
Views: 169

Help! Quickmill Andreja Steam Pressure Problem

Hmm, I just called a local shop and they said it could be my heating element. The repairs are getting a little out of my element now, I'm going to take it into the shop
by MountRoyal
July 22nd, 2015, 2:07 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1
Views: 169

Help! Quickmill Andreja Steam Pressure Problem

I'm having pressure problems with my 2007 Quickmill Andreja Premium, I wonder if anybody has ideas before I go spending more money on parts! The problem is that when it heats up the pressure is no longer regulated, it continues heating to 3.0 bar and excess pressure leaks out the emergency pressure ...
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by MountRoyal
June 18th, 2015, 12:56 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 10
Views: 1069

Baratza Vario - from dense to fluffy and I don't know why.

Hi, I've been using a Vario for a couple years. I think it's the nature of the beast that it will just decide to get clumpy at certain moments with certain coffees and then decide to get super fluffy at other times. Mine goes back and forth between clumpy and fluffy all the time and as far as I can
by MountRoyal
June 16th, 2015, 9:38 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 5
Views: 198

Quickmill Andreja pump suddenly got quieter

This machine had been sitting unused for a year and a half with water in it. I took apart the pump to check for scale, turns out the pump was perfectly clean inside, quite amazing, no sign of any scale (first time I've taken apart a pump). I think the pump is functioning normally. My guess is that i...
by MountRoyal
June 8th, 2015, 10:01 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 5
Views: 198

Quickmill Andreja pump suddenly got quieter

Yes, so I hear about the rubber. In this case it got quieter after I moved it so something changed for the better. I read somewhere that 52 W pumps are supposedly quieter because they don't have to work as hard. I'm coming from a Silvia which I think was 41 W, I would say that the volume level is
by MountRoyal
June 8th, 2015, 10:53 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 5
Views: 198

Quickmill Andreja pump suddenly got quieter

I just acquired a used 2007 Quickmill Andreja and found the pump to be very loud. I was prepared for it as I had read that they were loud. I went and looked at a new Andreja in a store and was surprised at how much quieter it was than mine, I assumed they improved something with the pump, or
by MountRoyal
June 8th, 2015, 10:09 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 6
Views: 1398

Why the 4-hole 0.9mm steam tip is overkill on the Quickmill Anita

I just acquired a 2007 Quickmill Andreja Premium and it came with the old 2-hole steam tip, which has two large holes close together, it didn't make good microfoam on small quantities of milk. So I ordered the 4 hole tip with 0.9mm holes thinking it would fix my problem (advertisements say it makes ...
by MountRoyal
October 2nd, 2014, 5:32 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 18
Views: 4079

Adding sugar to the roast

My sister-in-law spends a lot of time in Jamaica visiting friends and family. One of her friends owns a plot of land supposedly on or nearby the Blue Mountain zone. He's a Rasta man named Thunder and roasted some of his coffee for her to bring home. He told her it was Blue Mountain coffee, I'm not s...
by MountRoyal
October 1st, 2014, 12:42 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 16
Views: 6261

Rancilio Silvia way too fast extraction!

Greetings from Montréal. It sounds to me like it's your grinder all the way. If you can choke it with your Hario then I think that is proof. I have a Baratza Vario and it can easily grind fine enough to choke my Silvia. By the way the Vario has the same ceramic burrs as the standard
by MountRoyal
January 15th, 2014, 7:42 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 11
Views: 7312

Baratza Encore post-calibration - too fine?

Recently I recommended to my mother-in-law that she buy a Baratza Encore for her Pavoni semi-automatic espresso machine. I was a little worried to see if it would actually be able to grind fine enough. Low and behold this grinder was capable of grinding a Turkish powder. I was quite surprised honest...