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- September 16th, 2021, 7:50 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1290
1980 La Pavoni Europiccola - Where to start?
That tool reminds me of a matcha wisk
- September 16th, 2021, 7:27 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 65
- Views: 8786
Yes, a Monolith is worth it
Most of this is about espresso grinding. The answer in my experience is the final taste is significantly better as well as a significant reduction in the amount of work it takes with my Versalab. I can only offer my experience I have used a good number of grinders such as a super jolly, pharos, vari...
- September 16th, 2021, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3333
La Pavoni Europiccola upgrades... worth it?
I currently use a La Pavoni Europiccola older 1980s mode with 49mm pf 2 switches, and steam heated grouphead. I have had it for well over 15 years maybe more. It is the fastest heating model of all of the La pavoni levers. I don't need a bottomless portafilter. Bottomless did produce a different tas...
- July 29th, 2021, 9:55 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 47
- Views: 5294
Grinders, grinders, grinders.... what's wrong with me?
What happened with me is I initially refused to believe that the more expensive grinders produced better results and as I got better and better at pulling espresso shots I found the quality of my early lesser quality grinders were the road block until I finally got a Versalab (early single belt mode...
- June 23rd, 2021, 8:41 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 0
- Views: 186
My Versalab repaired by Teranova is still running strong with same belt
It's been about 4 years since my last post about this. I had only 2 stoppages which I assume was hardened non coffee particles that found their way into the grinder accidentally since I could not get it to repeat using hard light roasted beans. That was about 2 years ago. The circuit breaker tripped...
- April 12th, 2019, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 0
- Views: 260
Helor 101 passed the Corey Nicro Vac Pot Test
I have lately been using the Helor 101 with drip burrs for my Corey Nicro replica double disk filter vacuum brewer. One way to tell quickly if your drip, pour over, ect.... non espresso grinder is up to par is to brew with a fine grind using a vac pot of this type. Today I brewed a 1/2
- March 4th, 2019, 4:53 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 5
- Views: 476
Need replacement washer for LIDO ET
I have the Lido E same as yours but with a solid non folding handle. I replaced my nylon washer with a three thin phospher bronze washers stacked on top of each other (It's what I had on hand and better anyway) to approximately equal the nylon washer thickness. I found my white nylon washer was smas...
- February 24th, 2019, 8:26 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 4
- Views: 584
Which part to lubricate on Helor 101?
They don't use ceramic bearings anymore. They use steel because too many people were breaking the ceramic bearings to the point it became a problem. I frankly never liked the idea of hard brittle ceramic bearings that can crack if a mistake is made in use. Steel is much stronger and by far hard enou...
- February 8th, 2019, 1:30 pm
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1300
Grind settings based on what factors?
I hate to complicate things but grind size, water temperature, brew time, and amount of coffee used will all have a significant effect on flavor. When doing pour over in my Chemex I generally like to determine how strong my brew will be by adjusting the amount of coffee I use then adjust my grind to
- February 8th, 2019, 9:17 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 2
- Views: 431
Upgraded Pharos does Rocky Road again (cheap but good fix)
Still working with no problems. I highly recommend this mod or something similar. It's still early but I am confident that this will continue to work fine