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by BobStern
October 29th, 2021, 12:40 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1612
Views: 141354

Breville Dual Boiler, five+ years on

Thanks, Mike! (Edit: deleted erroneous comment about newer firmware not dividing by 10.)
by BobStern
October 28th, 2021, 11:28 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1612
Views: 141354

Breville Dual Boiler, five+ years on

Thanks. How do you access the menu that shows that?
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by BobStern
October 28th, 2021, 8:15 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1612
Views: 141354

Breville Dual Boiler, five+ years on

Is there a service menu that shows the number of hours the machine has been used?
by BobStern
March 19th, 2020, 3:49 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 81
Views: 8972

Support your local roasters- Discount Shipping Codes

Do you have a current favorite from Chromatic? 2 or3 years ago I loved their Unicorn Pony Ethiopian and Honduras Rosalio Ventura Honey, but those same coffees in 2019 seemed nondescript
by BobStern
January 27th, 2020, 5:21 am
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 137
Views: 16697

Biggest Scientific Study on Espresso Extraction - Surprising Results

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by BobStern
July 30th, 2019, 2:35 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 17
Views: 4231

Decent DE1+ vs Modded Breville Dual Boiler

When the Decent DE1 was still a pre-production prototype, Decent advertised that as one of its premier features. It was supposed to detect a sudden pressure drop or flow rate increase indicative of channeling and then heal it by automatically reducing the pressure. If I'm not mistaken, Decent never ...
by BobStern
July 30th, 2019, 2:24 am
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 15
Views: 2103

Help with Dharma Espresso by Temple Coffee

Between April and June 2018, the head roaster and the director of coffee both left Temple. Dharma had been my favorite before that, but I noticed an immediate change, so I stopped buying Temple
by BobStern
April 2nd, 2019, 6:03 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 111
Views: 33831

Breville After-Warranty Service - please post your experiences

I don't want to rock the boat until I receive the promised new machine, but eventually I want to try to reach a supervisor at Breville and point out that their refusal to disclose what specific repairs were done and what parts were replaced is unreasonable if they are returning the owner's original ...
by BobStern
April 2nd, 2019, 5:47 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 111
Views: 33831

Breville After-Warranty Service - please post your experiences

Outcome of my case: Yesterday I phoned Breville USA and told them the leak at the portafilter collar was no better than before and that the presence of my old, darkened silicone ring indicated they never worked on the problem. The rep said this contradicted the repair records, which explicitly said ...
by BobStern
March 31st, 2019, 6:24 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1612
Views: 141354

Breville Dual Boiler, five+ years on

Thanks very much Peter! Are you sure that's the correct group for the 920? The website you linked says it is only for the 900, not the 920, whereas they specify many other parts as fitting both machines