There are two likely causes: 1) old, stale coffee; or, 2) you are not grinding fine enough. 1) How old is the coffee? Where and when was it purchased? What is its roast date? 2) From a 2009 post in H-B: "Grind a sample and pinch it between your fingers

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After the water has been heating for, say, 15 minutes, raise the edge of the lid just enough to stick in a Thermapen. They are very accurate, very fast reading, and you can get readings at different locations/depths. DO use something like a towel to raise the edge of the lid; it's hot (don't ask how...

It's a sticky or deformed O-ring. Order a replacement (or two or three) from Cerini. To replace, unscrew and remove the boiler cap, pop the red cap off, remove the clip on the top of the plunger, and the plunger will drop out (do not do this while the cap is on the boiler). Reassemble with a new

False pressure. The Olympia machines (so far as I know) all use the same vacuum breaker in the boiler cap. I've been having trouble for a long time with the O-ring seal on the Maximatic vacuum breaker being a bit sticky, holding the "plunger" in the center up in the sealed position when the machine ...

Is Titus not located in Germany?

Weber Workshops. Variable steam tip and an adapter for Cremina wand. Edited to add: Works with the later wands with screw-on tip

Cerini has the o-rings. They aren't listed, but drop them an e-mail, tell them what you want, and they will come through

Other than having fun, are there any advantages to this Kevex fold?

Not to mention unnecessarily sucking bilge water up into the group