Thank you Paul. I received my element yesterday and my Caravel is back to life!

Nice! Let me know when they're ready. Thanks

If you do decide to return it, a friend of mine returned items sent to China from Amazon (US) and after a phone call, Amazon paid for most of the return shipping costs

Fantastic... Since my element stopped working, I've been resorting to boiling water and it doesn't seem hot enough.... I'm looking for a 220 but will take whatever I can at this point

Does anyone know if these have become available... my element just burned out

I'm don't know about the mills you've mentioned but I would look through this thread - there are some really nice wooden hand grinders out there and they're pretty fast (50 - 75 revolutions for 15 grams - depending on the grinder). "Hand (grinder) Jive - a photo essay" I've purchased a few and I rea...

I've plugged the cork in the funnel once, and so has my husband. I was able to use a sharp kitchen knife and pry the cork out. The 2nd time I opened the Pharos, since I had already taken it apart for a good cleaning and burr alignment several times before, it was just easier. I've never gotten the

There's Fish Eye Cafe in the Village at Sanlutun in Beijing. I haven't had anything recently there but they use Ritual's seasonal espresso beans which they get delivered weekly. Over in 798 there's Cafe Flat White. Again, I haven't tried it but they use a local roaster's beans which I do enjoy (Rick...

I have a Europiccola and originally used it with a Hario Slim. I was pretty happy with the combination except it took about 300 turns to grind 13 grams (for the 49mm portafilter) so I just had more of a workout when I pulled more than a couple of shots. I upgraded to Orphan Espresso's Pharos (35 or

I got my pharos grinder (#012) a few weeks ago and brought it back to Beijing from San Francisco yesterday. I packed it in it's original box and had it checked in. In my hand carry I had my Pede Dienes and Lehnartz. Airport security did'nt stop me (except to look at my burritos). When I got home, in...