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I have a Bezzera Unica (single boiler/e61/PID) that I use almost exclusively for shots; I think the last cappy I made was a year or so ago. Anyway, the instructions say to do the following after an inactivity of at least 4 hours:
I've owned this Breville Dual Broiler for a long time now and this is the first time I've noticed this yucky issue. When I removed the portafilter this morning to clean and purge the machine before use, I detected some additional wet grounds drop down. Thinking I must have had a...
How often does your boiler kick on to keep temp up? I hear my Pstat kicking on alot to bring the boiler back to temp. Do I maybe have a leak somewhere or is this normal? I timed it and it kicks on every 2 minutes. Is this normal?
Hi - I have a question that is a bit difficult to describe completely, but I'll give it a shot. I have a Rocket Giotto Evoluzione R that is a bit over a year old. For the first 15 or so months of its existence, I used the water reservoir. Recently, I purchased the ChrisCoffee...
Any reason to fret about discoloration/yellowing of the silicone intake/drain tubes? It looks worse towards the top of the water tank. I'm talking about a Bezzera Unica and my machine is about a year old.
I have a Quickmill Carola and just got a Rocket bottomless portafilter to try out. I tried it with the double basket that I have been using with the QM regular (double) portafilter and the results were fine -- about the same as previous (stock) portafilter. The bottomless...
I have a Quickmill Carola - that's the QM without a steamer wand - espresso only. It's an awesome machine and the results are superb. My dilemma is that the reservoir is fairly small - 2 liters - as the overall footprint is small. To refill it I either take out the reservoir and...
About once a week for the past three weeks my steam power will get noticeably weak and I've pulled off the steam tip and there has been an obstruction. A small black bit. Today was the third time this has happened. The object is too small to get a useful picture out of. It has a...
I recently purchased a used Alex Duetto machine and everything seems to be working well. The one oddity I noticed was that the PID fluctuates quite frequently. In my case, I have the brew boiler set to 203 degrees and the steam boiler to 245 degrees. The brew boiler...
I have been searching for wood steam knobs to replace the cheap, ugly black plastic on my LaSpaziale Dream. I have had no luck. Before I begin attempting to make one on my own does anyone know where I could source such an item. We have wood side panels, wood portafilter handles...
