I'll complicate super easy a bit with a question : do you refer to spraying the empty basket inside and out while lodged in PF handle? Or using force oif steam through the basket to push the stuck out ? That sounds messy. I tried using the basket clip less. That was a PITA because

My unibasket loves the spent puck. Quite hard to separate. Having a clip in place makes pounding it out quicker but compared to EP precision, ims and VST baskets I have used before, there's more work and time in that regard. Maybe it's the straighter walls that causes it

I think you want the breaker just a little above the likely draw of the appliance. I had mine decreased to 20 amp since my espresso machine wouldn't draw that much. My friend has a line with 2 instant heat water heaters, 100 amp breaker. That much current draw gives me the willies, but if the water

Really great espressophotojournalism. Thanks! I may be mistaken but the star of the show, G & B, has the Kent Bakke machine with the slide in portafilters. Hard to be certain from the photograph, but it looks like that to me

April 1 should be loaded with crazy hijinx, like the dressed up hotdog latte, Catalyst from Yakima put up on IG as their new seasonal drink. mustard and wiener and ketchup and coffee

Posh spots. Thanks for posting

Thanks, Lars, for the continued work on Beanconqueror. I like that I can link the Decent scale to it and tare from the app. It makes pre-weighing espresso doses easier than taring on the scale directly

Interesting consideration. Each separate element is about 15 ohm By my math the 3 parallel sets of {2 elements in series} on 120 V is 1440 watts. OR 2 sets of {3 elements in series} on 240 V is 2560 watts. I suppose the cumulative power through the elements and resulting heat determines the lifespan...

This is a good question. I don't have specifications for the elements I sourced like if I could find such perhaps on Grainger, McMaster-Carr or Omega Engineering. The 6 inch elements measure at 14.6 ohm and the 8 inch are 15 ohm. I could use 240 power but I plan to go with the 120

I built a wood fired bread oven. It's a pleasure to use, but a more conventional pompei style oven or really a mini deck oven with steam injector would have been better in retrospect. Tinker & learn seems to be the way. Although propane or LNG may be the cleanest fossil fuel, it seems our solar