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by Ben Z.
Yesterday, 11:34 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 10
Views: 787

Making the last Pharos [VIDEO]

I gave my bro a lido 2 9 years ago. He still uses it. Just looked in my email and saw that it was shipped to him when he lived on Lido ct
by Ben Z.
April 22nd, 2024, 10:13 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 20
Views: 999

Craigslist Linea Mini

Just use cash. As a seller, I wouldn't accept anything but cash. Are you worried about getting robbed? I don't think the venn diagram between armed robbers and LA Marzocco owners has much overlap. I've bought and sold multiple cars for cash on Craigslist. Sold one special car on ebay - I met the dude
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by Ben Z.
April 16th, 2024, 5:33 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 12
Views: 300

Rio Lisa Junior

It's a standard CMA machine - rio, Astoria, etc
by Ben Z.
April 15th, 2024, 12:09 am
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 26
Views: 957

When distilled water is a good thing...

My Elektra absolutely overfilled when pure water was used. I had it at work running off a 5 gallon container. We used super pure water that we needed for a special test (we can make 100s of gallons per day) and I had a bottle of concentrate I told people to use. Once they forgot and it
by Ben Z.
April 4th, 2024, 6:37 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 456
Views: 47487

Option-O Lagom 01 Discussion

For some reason I thought they made their own burrs
by Ben Z.
April 1st, 2024, 6:55 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1657
Views: 167536

La Marzocco Linea Micra

What serial number (xx the last digits if you want) are they up to?
by Ben Z.
March 24th, 2024, 11:15 pm
Forum: Water
Replies: 3
Views: 92

Australian Distilled/De-ionized water

Just make it. A distiller or ro system will pay for itself in short order
by Ben Z.
March 23rd, 2024, 5:11 am
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 49
Views: 3353

"Slow grinding" - Lance is back with another interesting hack

I was thinking about why the grinds could be bigger. You could usually have "clogged" burrs when free feeding. Means coffee particles have to do more than get through the burrs, they have to squeeze past each other. The other idea is a bit different. When feeding one bean at a time, perhaps grind pa...
by Ben Z.
March 19th, 2024, 3:53 am
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 23
Views: 1900

Versalab M4 - truly WDT free?

Probably something novel and totally not a blatant ripoff of a different product
by Ben Z.
March 16th, 2024, 3:28 am
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 8
Views: 317

How does elevation at site of roasting affect coffee?

Surprised they can't just get a different jet