For most of us distilled water is not even an option your autofill sensor will not work without minerals in the water and as other have mentioned the flavor of the coffee will be subpar (this is a FACT) Try drinking distilled water vs. regular mineral water - the difference is not subtle. When we ad...

How's the taste? That's all that really matters The residue on bottom of screen doesn't tell you anything. It's just residual coffee drying when your 3 way solenoid is activated at end of shot. Why is it giving one sided appearance? Check if your machine is truly level. But it doesn't indicate anyth...

Yes the pressure stat should just be left at regular steaming pressure 1.5 bar or so It is a heat exchanger machine (please read about this) so by definition the temperature at idle in the heat exchanger will be too hot (at boiling) so you need to do a cooling flush before pulling a shot "HX Love -

That's the manual fill valve to fill the boiler The machine is a heat exchange (hx) You run the group and flush water to cool it before pulling a shot

I ordered this one based on your rave reviews and must say it was absolutely excellent!! Thanks

Check out "IDT - technique for direct to portafilter dosing"

It doesn't seem to matter what brand it is Look at this prior post w Weber one: "Blind shaker better than WDT??"

The other video has the same awful technique except with a crooked tamper Can't wait to see LH videos promoting it for a low price of only $699

I disagree If you watch the Weber video they don't use a funnel If the device was designed to be used with a spacer/funnel it should have been a part of the device Even after doing the portafilter/shaker swirl at the end it still doesn't look good and needs WDT. Not sure if there is much of

It may be a bad relay but recommend getting the correct one for an espresso machine load That one is 24v 20a