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- 10 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Kafatek MC6: How to Grind Finer?
Your questions have been answered here, but for future advice you might turn to Kafatek's own forum: {link}
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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La Marzocco Linea Mini R
Thank you!
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
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The Londinium R24
I wouldn't bother but the current set comes with sleeve seals. It's just not easy to pull the sleeve out. Mine are finally due at 5.5years, with machine being turned on between 7am and 1-2pm. There's occasional pump bark and I've seen few drops of water at the top of the group, so got myself an extractor tool
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Breville Dual Boiler 920 little flow through group head
You can see the position of the power wires in the attached picture You could check if the solenoid is supplied with the rated voltage and opens fully, it's more difficult if you don't have a voltmeter and knowledge of electricity. I don't know how you maintain the machine and what water you use to brew coffee, but you can
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Stain on df64 burrs
I know what grinder it is. I was interested in what burr type. I've up to this never seen TiN coated burrs for a DF, only uncoated en red speed or silver Knight SSP
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 3
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La Pavoni Europiccola tamper size
If you can't messure the basket diameter, then post a picture of the machine/grouphead. We will be able to tell if it's the smaller/pre-millenium or bigger/post-mill grouphead. Personally, I find 49mm for pre-mill to small and prefer 49,5mm
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Knockbox
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The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day...
It seems like they posted this a week early, like it should have been featured on April 1st
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 10
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Identifying machine and troubleshooting
You may not be able to pack as much coffee in the filter basket as others suggest. It may max out at about 13 gm because you will want some headroom between the coffee and the shower screen, where you want about a nickel's thickness. Let us know. There have been different versions of this machine, but your
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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ECM Synchronika will be 4 years old this fall. Any maintanence I should be going?
I have a plumbed in ECM Synch. I run from 8am-11pm most days so that it's available when desired. I usually pull 1-2 shots a day on average (decaf on many nights, and some mornings or afternoons a shot or a few shots depending on if I'm drinking filter). I did leave the machine off on counter with water
- 4 hours ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
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Puck Screens Too Small for Straight-Wall Basket?
Hi guys, I have a 16g Unibasket and I've been noticing pinhole channels on the edges of my puck before I knock them out (after extraction). I'm coming from a 15g VST + bottom paper filter setup and never experienced those pinholes before. After further inspection, it seems to me that the mesh puck screen doesn't fully cover the top