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I work and live out of the country and I'm returning home to visit family/business for about 3 months starting March. Some of that time will be spent living with my parents so my parents bought a cheap espresso machine because they thought I would be able to use it while I was...
I was cleaning my steam wand tip recently and there's a white pipe in the Teflon body of the wand from where the steam comes. I didn't check this when taking the tip out but does the tip of the pipe need to go as deep as possible in the steam wand before locking it in? I did...
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I read ad much as I can, I need to upgrade my old rocket machine( 12 years old single boiler).
Does the R9 measure real volume or is time base, as I can see it display cc on the screen.
The r9 has more feature, I like that you can do timer for on/off twice daily, but it's...
Long time visitor here. I've benefitted from the many helpful discussions on the forum, but now (unfortunately) it is my turn to ask for help and guidance.
I've got a Quick Mill QM67 that is having flow and pump issues. When I begin to pull a shot, sometimes no...
I've read that some manufacturers of espresso machines that incorporate flow control do not want the user to totally shut off the brewing water flow, otherwise, damage to the machine could happen. Recently, it came up here on H-B, although I can no longer find the post; as I...
Hi All, I'm suddenly noticed that the water coming out of the boiler has a milky hue, I'm always use pure and bottled water and the water tank is absolutely clean. I ran it several times, but the water still remained unchanged white. There is also a white sediment on the bottom....
So I'm not having much luck or finding this setup extremely finicky with profiling mods? I've tried just using and varying water knob no preinfusion, and I'm getting mehh extractions and taste (oddly almost everything taste same), same with preinfusion at 55-75% than ramped and...
Wacaco has announced a new product in line with the minpress 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...
