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- March 13th, 2024, 12:14 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 5
- Views: 230
La Marzocco vs la Spaziale - maintenance and failures
I had a La Spaz for years. Just three things went wrong: Twice I needed to replace the brew tank temperature assembly. Not hard, but takes a little disassembly. The third thing: My wife decided to use the top to soften butter for cookies . . . then fell asleep
- February 11th, 2024, 11:15 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2273
DE1 vs GS3
That was an interesting video, and something I wish I could do at home. I made the same type of decision about 5 years ago and went with the Decent. Normally I have the chance to compare or test drive my purchases, but espresso machines are a bit of a leap of faith. For home use, the
- January 18th, 2024, 6:23 pm
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 104
- Views: 22602
Decent vs La Marzocco Linea Micra (or Mini)
One added plus for the Decent is the ability to set a water temp for the water spout. I like an Americano with breakfast, and this really beats the boiler water I used to use
- January 18th, 2024, 1:40 pm
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 104
- Views: 22602
Decent vs La Marzocco Linea Micra (or Mini)
I've had a Decent for about 5 years now. No repairs or problems with one exception: I had a tablet problem so I replaced it. It probably would have been replaced by Decent, but I decided to upgrade to a Samsung instead. There are a lot of benefits for a home machine.Warmup in just
- January 12th, 2024, 4:12 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 1039
- Views: 74525
User Experience with the Strietman CT2
Thanks David for the videos. Especially the video showing a shot being pulled. Funny how hard it is to find a video like this, as everyone seems to focus on the portafilter during the shot!
- December 20th, 2023, 1:33 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 337
- Views: 39693
Odyssey Argos owner experience
Congrats! Wonder how much you could sell that for . .
- September 30th, 2023, 9:39 am
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 337
- Views: 39693
Odyssey Argos owner experience
cebseb, a really basic question. When Odysseys asks for left or right steam arm, is it looking at the machine? In other words, you ordered "Left." By the way, the new steam arm looks great
- September 28th, 2023, 9:33 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 337
- Views: 39693
Odyssey Argos owner experience
Another Decent DE1 here--and thinking about an Argos. Any thoughts comparing espresso from your two machines would be much appreciated
- September 10th, 2023, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 337
- Views: 39693
Odyssey Argos owner experience
This has been a fun thread. I am really close to ordering one myself. About 20 years ago I had a Baby Lusso lever. As a complete rookie, I could not get used to it--I did not play with pressure changes, and thus it brewed really hot. Now I know a little more, and I have
- January 18th, 2023, 10:18 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 711
- Views: 69179
La Marzocco Linea Micra owner reviews
FYI, I did not want to drill my counter either. So I used a little PVC pipe to create a little "tunnel" from just above our backsplash to below the counter. Above the backsplash I used a hole saw to get a nice circle. Below the counter, where it does not show, I cut a larger square