Thanks for the insight, Jim. I wasn't necessarily asking for a sight glass as much as I was griping about a small boiler that would need to be refilled frequently with only an indicator of, "maybe don't pull another shot please." I'm accustomed now to just using a kettle with the Flair that, quite f...

I think that's all fair to hear, thank you. It's clear that I'm naive to how to build machines. I largely want to be able to say that I know HOW to fill the boiler and confidently know when I'll need to turn it off and depressurize the boiler to add water moving forward. Yes, there are

I feel like my biggest gripe that has made me trigger shy to buy one is the lack of boiler water level visibility. Then also the process of having to refill it and it runs hot enough to burn you on, what seems to be, a significant amount of the machine. Anyone else feeling like the boiler level

Hot take and click-bait op-ed stuff. Thumbs up (/sarcasm) to the author that needed to find some comfort in letting other people know that they can certainly find a "rational" reason to do something they want to do without seeking validation from the "people." At what point in our lives did anyone t...

Unfortunately, the blog curiously/coincidentally has a lead up to effectively saying that the Autocomb is better without saying that it's better. I get that they posed a question at the end for the curious, but still... I'm not saying that it's wrong, but it's a bit of a WAH-WAH moment and ends up r...

What makes you think that after production and shipment that the Meticulous won't have some sort of setback? Producing thousands of machines and having them in different locations used by different users is different than making a machine and using it yourself. I've received a fair number of kicksta...

Updated as I do not have the shipping box and would prefer just to sell locally. Selling a white Niche Zero that I purchase around 2019-2020 - about 4 years old now. Location: Ontario, GTA Asking price: $550CAD Shipping: N/A Local Sale only - no shipping box to use. I bought the disc

I'm looking for an Odyssey Argos. I'd prefer with spring and the type of spring doesn't matter much although I'd prefer the 6 bar spring. Looking to pay no more than 1000USD considering the option of certain accessories. No longer looking

Manic had the Sublunar Black Cat variant and I got a couple bags. It is really delicious. Like, pretty spot on for my preferences of chocolately/nutty without the roasty flavours that can appear with these blends. I can't compare it to Classic or Analog at this point since the last time I had either...

All opinions noted and I certainly didn't mean to intend that roasting skill proficiency doesn't need to be high because these coffees may never truly be described as memorable experiences necessarily - with the caveat that you've spent several years trying all kinds of different coffees prepared ma...