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So, the actual Breville ball valves are NLA (no longer available) with the exception of a tip that Forum Home Appliances in Canada has a few left, (and I ordered one on a kind tip from someone over in the thread).

Anyway, all is not...

Hey all,

I'm new here but have been a creepy stalker on HB for the last several years, quietly observing and occasionally retaining some of the great pearls of wisdom that have graced this forum. My current setup consists of a mostly...

Hey guys,

I've got a Breville Dual Boiler 920, and I've started to doubt the accuracy of its displayed temperature. I think that my machine has started putting out water that is several degrees colder than it states. Without changing any...

New DC Mini prototype was introduced in DC Partners Meeting on Sep 27, 2018 at Orta San Giulio.

I've heard somewhere, that it still use 54mm portafilter, but rotary pump (!) and manual flow profiling (!).
Does anybody know more details?

To flush or not to flush has nothing to do with PID or not (ok, very little to do with). It has everything to do with the thermosyphon loop being tuned properly. You can set a boiler pressure with a Ma-Ter or other low-deadband...

I got my Breville Dual Boiler back in late fall of 2011. I was getting ready for a promotion at work that I was going to celebrate with a saturated brew group machine, probably a GS/3 because of their value in comparison to the single...

My employer provides high-end espresso equipment in our break room - specifically we have a Mazzer Super Jolly and a Kees van der Westen Spirit Duette. I've been using this for many years and have pulled some great shots, and about 2...

I'm really happy with my levers but with all this talk about the E61s and HX machines I just had to try one out. This was just another step in the path of figuring out what the ultimate espresso machine will be for me, and knowing that the...

My Strega worked fine right out of the box & so far I'm quite impressed with the build & finish quality although I do have a few minor quibbles function wise. The reservoir lid definitely needs a lifting handle so you don't have to...