I prefer the Blue PID as well

FWIW, if we are talking about steam tips (I know a little off topic), I have had great success with the Isomac 2 hole tip available on ChrisCoffee. I have used this on my Alex Duetto 2 which came with both the 2 hole and 4 hole tips. I found that both of these would steam too fast and would

The concept is to try to make foam easier but in all honesty, it just takes practice to produce good foam. I have a Toroid, Motta and a $9 12 ounce generic pitcher for my single lattes and I never use the Toroid (since selling my Rancilio) and have been using the Motta and my generic pitcher. I can ...

Any news on the larger Hottop?

MSH, Your setup looks like mine except my workbench is a lot more cluttered and I use my MacBook Air

Wow! Congrats on a beautiful setup! I've been intrigued by the Huky 500 especially with Slickrock's thorough review. Plus I think its the best looking roaster out there for batch size, control and price. I'm not ready for the purchase but it's definitely something that's going on my list for the fut...

Gary, After about 10-12 roasts, I noticed no breakdown in the tubing. Plus, with the new setup where the compression nut is outside the roasting chamber, it should be less of an issue. I was thinking about turning the ET probe the other way as well. But if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Plus it does ...

Gary, Sorry about the wait. But here they are. They're taken with my iPhone and then cropped. Please excuse the partially roasted beans. They must have been remnants the last roast caught in the chute, released when I lifted off the bean chute cover. {image} {image} The last picture is the actual 1/...

Gary, I'll take a picture of the actual fittings when I get home. I should have taken a picture of what I actually did. I found that the brass nuts of the fittings would cause some beans to temporarily get stuck and cause the HT to hiccup. I tried to first angle the sides of the nuts so they

I got my Super Jolly Burr set today and installed them without a hitch this evening. I had a pre and post burr set change espresso shot, after dialing in the grinder. Grinding around 17.5g of espresso (Sweet Maria's Ethiopia Illubabor Camp Cooperative roasted to FC+), pull time around 25 seconds, th...