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Hi friends! I received my white LM Linea Micra today. Overall it looks just like the Linea but scaled down. Setup was a breeze and the packaging was nice and minimal. The box seems to be the same, if not even smaller than that of my Rocket Appartamento. I've pulled one shot so...
I recently acquired BES870 and attempted to achieve properly extracted espressos.
I started with a grinder setting of 6, grinded a single dose of coffee into a 1-cup single wall basket, tamped and trimmed as per the instruction manual. Then pressed the 1-cup button. To my...
Got the new Linea Mini home just last night after picking it up at Clive Coffee here in Portland. Clive held a nice open house event on Memorial Day where they invited customers down to the store to try out some of the new equipment and check out some of their open box buys....
Hello,
I have recently installed an ITO controller on my Rancilio Silvia.
ITO is by far the most sophisticated aftermarket control option for such machines - SBDU with vibe pump and basically enables almost everything that the industry has developped as an espresso machine...
Hi all!
As you know, the classic is the 18 gr basket. It is the one that appears in most espresso videos. Sometimes a 21 gr basket is mentioned. But why isn't the 25gr basket common? Using a 1:2 ratio, I could get 50 gr of espresso instead of 36 gr with the same time and effort....
Does anyone know how to set the Synchronika up to head both boilers simultaneously instead of sequentially? Is it a PID controller configuration or a jumper wire that is needed to turn it on?
In the ECM manual it states only a special dealer can set that up for us, but I would...
Problem: The descale indicator ( DE-SCALE! ) continues to appear on the LCD screen after completion of the de-scale procedure. Every time the machine is powered on, DE-SCALE! appears on the LCD screen while the water is being heated.
San Remo seems to have thrown their hat into the ring for the high end single group home machine. The design is very similar to the Cafe Racer. It will be available in 110-120v and 220v with a water tank. It has a manual paddle to pressure/flow profile real time and...
