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I've read a lot about these two machines and I'm aware that a selling point for the GS3 in home use is the MP conical valve that allows flow profiling, which has its advantages for lighter roasts.
My question is- if your main interest is comfort blend espresso (chocolate nut...
Background: we have a breville oracle touch currently. Wife uses everything full auto (grind, tamp, steam) and while she will admit weighing the output rather than just using the timer has helped shots, she wants little do with with...
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...
About to take the plunge with a Decent. It Looks like the 18g basket is included with the machine, What other sizes would be recommended with the Purchase? What about third party baskets, should I consider them instead?
I've had my dual boiler for a few months, and it was running great except the opv was at 11.5 bars from factory. I wanted it at 9, and I opened the machine and adjusted it down to ~9. To my knowledge I didn't damage anything or make any mistakes, but now the pressures seems to...
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I am the owner of a Breville Dual Boiler and I would like to know what the pressure gauge should show while pulling a blind shot in order for the pressure at the brew head to be at 115 psi while pulling a shot with a Scace attached. I don't have access to a Scace device...
Bought a brand new Breville Barista Express.
Was flushing the machine, running water through steamer, hot water spout and group head until I emptied the entire water tank.
I noticed fine white flakes in the cup I was using and figured out they were coming from the steamer wand....
I was reading a write up by Porcupine ; I quite enjoyed about his journey through espresso making, discussing machines and grinders. At one point he decided to move on from the Lelit Bianca to another non-Lelit machine. I will just quote his reasons, more than one, but I am just...
