I have a few days of use on the Eagle One Prima and wanted to share my thoughts and answer the many questions I am getting in one place.

Initial thoughts are:

It has some drawbacks.
1: you have to drill your own hole in the drip tray to set up the drain (stainless drilling is...

Hello All,

I have a Rocket Appartamento. I've watched plenty of videos now on the E61, and finding that sweet spot...just beyond the lever's midway point where water will flow, but the pump will not activate, provide a pre-soak to the coffee.

My question is: Why not just...

Wacaco has announced a new product in line with the minpresso and nanopresso. This one is called the Picopresso . The previous model seems more akin to toys with mini plastic baskets and tampers plus pressurized baskets and promoting pods. This one seems a bit more serious the...

This thread is for early adopters of the Lelit Bianca

It is also for all who want to comment or Q & A about the ongoing bench review

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 group Cyncra (that I really wanted) and...

Hey all - Read the myriad of threads here and have followed the directions to test flash boil point. Looks like mine is closer to 102/103 than 100.
So for next steps do I change the setting on the PID menu (E1) from 27 to 29 or 30?
Thanks!!

I noticed since yesterday that the coffee temperature felt hot.

Today it began streaming and spurting.

I haven't changed anything. The machine is almost 2.5 years old. I make about an espresso a day.

After 3 years my pearl scale has broke. So today I pulled a shot with a overloaded puck. The shot went for about a minute. I didn't care I was not in the mood to redo the shot

However I noticed after a minute the la marzocco mini cut off in the pour. I mean not power wise, it...

So I've read a lot lately about pressure and flow and how they are interrelated. I know with something like a Strada, you can truly control pressure with the pump. I currently have a Pro 600 with FCD, and I've noticed that when I do long preinfusions, at some point the pressure...

latest edit, 29 March 2021: If it hasn't become obvious, I am dialing back my participation on HB. Hopefully this guide continues to be mostly useful to people in the superb community of BDB users. If you are having problems that cannot be addressed by this guide, or by the...