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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....
latest edit, 8 May 2022: I added a second paragraph to item 6 under the maintenance section. It is an ifixit guide to removing the group and the steam boiler. This has application if you have an older BDB and want to upgrade to the latest group with the two-piece collar inserts...
I just made my first americano using new my Lelit Mara X. The hot water wand imparted a very strong plastic taste. I have it on the highest temp setting. Is this normal? Does this go away over time? Is there anything I can do to speed that up?
I was adding a Lucca flow control unit from Clive (pretty nice) and I noticed that the group supply valve washer topside of the E61 group was deteriorating and leaving bits of rubber in the group. Profitec owners might want to check that out. My Pro 500 is 3 1/2 years old....
It's been a very very long time and logon ID long lost and the E61s, Jrs, Mazzers, and Macaps are also long gone. Getting near 80 and satisfying myself with Nespresso and Hair bender. Yeah, I know...
Was wandering through goodwill as I often do and saw a near mint delonghi...
Looks like Lelit is introducing an HX that addresses the usability of HX machines in the area of brew water temperature control. However I only see a low, med, high setting which would mean nothing to me. I couldn't understand how their control system works.
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...
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...
Hello, at work we have a nice espresso machine, however I am not sure the portafilter basket and tamper fit correctly. It's taking a long time to get help from the work facilities so thought I'd try here. I've attached an image of the basket. Not sure if the tamper is too big,...
I just grabbed a second hand Dalla Corte Mina. Looks like a promising machine, but there is not a ton of comments on this forum nor on the Internet in general (in English/French at least).
So here are my questions, I read the other posts on this forum but I didn't find...
