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- 4 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
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Arthritis and the Argos boiler cap
I LOVE the Argos lever, but I have trouble with the boiler cap (thank you, a lifetime of working with my hands) due to creeping arthritis. Ross kindly sent me a spare boiler cap, so I can think about/make modifications. Since the cap only turns 1/2 turn, I'm thinking about some sort of adaptive ring
- 5 minutes ago
- Forum: Coffee Roasting
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7
Advice on downgrading Behmor 2000ab to Whirley Pop
A pound in a Behmor is asking alot. Using a Whirley pop your at the mercy of the beans. Don't walk away its totally hands on
- 12 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1689
ACS waiting times
Looks like you guys will be getting your machines soon. Hopefully I get mine soon as well. Ordered it in late November. Paid the full amount first week of January
- 14 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 158
Thought on this theoretical pressure profile?
I have the same group that the pro800 uses. I have used it with two springs, one spring, and manual lever configuration (I made a direct-lever conversion). For the coffees I prefer (decaf classic Italian espresso) I like the single spring configuration best. My point is that type of coffee and preference might mean different profiles are
- 15 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11
What's your view when you make espresso?
{image} Here's mine....Lake Michigan
- 16 minutes ago
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 26
- Views: 709
Caffeine break
That place with the very generic company name sells **13** different decaf coffees! Plus a number of different unroasted decaf beans
- 16 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2683
Weber EG-1 noises on fine grind settings
When my Kafatek showed up on my door UPS had banged it up pretty good. They even got rid of the Kafatek box and used a UPS box and newspaper for the last mile so it was pretty bad. That same day Kafatek shipped me a new grinder and sent me a shipping slip to send back the old one
- 20 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 56
- Views: 2683
Weber EG-1 noises on fine grind settings
Valid points IF either Weber was new to the game as growing pains/beta testing issues are to be expected. Definitely should have things fine tuned by now. Also gets annoying when the 'specialty' manufacturers are rarely blamed as most gets placed on the end user. Will no longer add to the conversation and glad I don't buy into the hype
- 21 minutes ago
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14
What are they doing here?
I saw this in a video in the "about us" section of a coffee roaster website: {image} Is this how you "cup" green coffee?
- 22 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 8
- Views: 321
Steam Tip Dial, Cheap
Thanks for the link and the advice on steaming. My steam wand in a slight angle I time it to keep the heating element on the boil. However I found with the dial opened half way is a lot more forgiving that even if I do not time it, it still produces more than enough pressure