benvh wrote: I ordered a new seal kit and replaced all the seals as well. Descaling took a while...went through about 3 boxes of Dezcal along with some CLR which really did the trick).
Ben

You must be the same Ben from the Sweet Maria's group!

Good to see you on this side of the lever. How are you coping while the Behmor is down?

Jef

I replaced the motor on Thursday night and roasted a batch last night. Thank god...I was getting desperate. While it was down I went to a local shop and asked what they had in terms of a light roast. She suggested some Harrar. When I got the bag from her it looked like a Vienna roast. I made it one morning and that was it. Almost undrinkable. On the plus side, I can use the remaining beans to dial in my Rocky for use with the La Pavoni.
Ben

New Guy here. just got my Gaggia Achille tonight.... some had a burnt taste but a couple pretty good . not sure what a good one tastes like but i'm liking my shots very much. started off this christmas with a nespresso machine that has alot of crema but the body of the shots seem pretty weak in comparison to some of the better shots from tonight. thanks to wll for the achille and 1st line for the grinder. having lot's of fun. the nespresso is at the office now.
thanks for the great forum
steve

benvh wrote:I replaced the motor on Thursday night and roasted a batch last night. Thank god...I was getting desperate. [snip]
Ben

Hi Ben,
SWEET! Did you get your Lever Machine World Domination Plot number yet?

stevess wrote:New Guy here. just got my Gaggia Achille tonight.... some had a burnt taste but a couple pretty good . not sure what a good one tastes like but i'm liking my shots very much. started off this christmas with a nespresso machine that has alot of crema but the body of the shots seem pretty weak in comparison to some of the better shots from tonight. thanks to wll for the achille and 1st line for the grinder. having lot's of fun. the nespresso is at the office now.
thanks for the great forum
steve

Hey Steve, Welcome aboard! I see you got your number!

What coffee are you using?

Jef

hi jef. bought some black cat from intel. thanks for the welcome
steve

Hi, i am Roeland and i'm hooked on good coffee since my little sister gave me a Moka and with that thing i learned that coffee could taste much much better than i was used to. Some six months later, i was pondering about buying a Brikka which would make my coffee taste even better. A week later when my mom washed my moka with soap (can you believe that!) i caved in and bought the Brikka. And some while afterwards my PeDe followed suit. That was the time my grandmother started asking if i could bring my coffee machinery along when i visited her
Another six months later, after some research here, i started searching on Ebay for a Caravel because i really liked how it looked. After losing a couple of auctions, i found my old style Peppina. At first i didn't look for a Peppina because although i appreciated the valvesystem, i didn't care for the angular design. But, the old style Peppina looked way better, i bid on it and I won! The rebuild turned out to be some sort of a nightmare (see the redux thread), but it really works well now and i'm really happy with it! I've been pulling shots all night and although consistency is woeful i really enjoyed myself.

at first this post was rubbish but i had to go suddenly and afterwards forgot that i had to fully write it Sorry everyone!

I wanted to wait till I finally got a decent pull on my rebuilt LaPav before I signed up for my LMWDP number. I finally did, so count me in!!! I wanted to earn it and I think I did.

After 18 years my Gaggia Coffee died. When I opened it up to see what the problem was, boy was I surprised. I cracked open the aluminum boiler to find it had disintegrated. How much aluminum had I been drinking? The search for a new machine was on. I definitely wanted a copper boiler, steam wand, and no wait for steam. Then I found out about lever machines. Just my style. I decided on a Ponte Vecchio lusso and a lelit grinder and set off on the quest to learn how to make real espresso. After a few weeks of educational over caffination all I can say is what a difference. The posts here have been very helpful. I learned that I enjoy espresso but can no longer take the swill that I used to put sugar in while dining out. I still have a ways to go with my microfoam so no latte art yet but the caps are big hits at dinner parties.

I had been using the spice bottle tamper but I finally had time to turned down an $11 steel cuisinart tamper to fit the 45.5 mm basket. I'll be making one from scratch out of brass soon.

Please accept my application for LMWDP #234

Yey! The ranks are swelling!

Welcome everybody