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by bznelson91
1 minute ago
Forum: Knockbox
Replies: 3408
Views: 306645

The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day...

Oooh, please tell me more about this black magic "dialing in" process Brad
by coffeeOnTheBrain
7 minutes ago
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 210
Views: 26528

Pietro by Fiorenzato - vertical flat-burr manual grinders

Thanks guys!
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by Beobu
8 minutes ago
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 31

Brasilia club - boiler keep pushing out gasket

No, pump not running when boiler heat up. About safety valve, Brasillia Club do not have safety valve. Or I do not know I only have chances to work with semi auto single boiler espresso machines. And I have not seen a safety valve on these machines
by SutterMill
21 minutes ago
Forum: Knockbox
Replies: 3408
Views: 306645

The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day...

Today I learned two things: Baristas can double as meteorologists Madison needed 750 words about something
by malling
33 minutes ago
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 210
Views: 26528

Pietro by Fiorenzato - vertical flat-burr manual grinders

No it's normal, it's not a problem, you can't seal that enough and still make it work, to make that more closed off would require no easy removal of burr, meaning instead of push you would need to undo a bolt and then remove carrier and burr, but axis would not be an easy removal piece. If you
by JRising
37 minutes ago
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 31

Brasilia club - boiler keep pushing out gasket

That is possible... Is it a boiler overfill problem and you just did not mention that you can hear the pump running when the problem occurs, Jack?
by Jeff
1 hour ago
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 19
Views: 258

Moka pot question about the amount of coffee in the filter basket

One of the things that I've seen in technique videos is to remove the heat source once the coffee starts flowing. Here's one of many videos for some ideas {video}
by tinpanalley
1 hour ago
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 19
Views: 258

Moka pot question about the amount of coffee in the filter basket

Let me update what I've done... I switched to filling the basket which now requires 8 teaspoons of beans to be ground rather than 5 that I was using before. So that gets me a full basket. I used the same method as before. Boiled water, about 90C by the time I start to brew. Used to take about
by tbombadil
1 hour ago
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 19
Views: 1007

Always brew at 197F?

I did switch to the steel burrs on the Vario. It's still new so we'll see how they season, but so far virtually no bitterness unless I really crank up the dose, grind fineness and temp, and then just slight. I agree lower temps are "safer", but may not reveal the best spectrum. Just a counterpoint to "always brew
by bdbnewbie
1 hour ago
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 5
Views: 72

Breville Dual Boiler 920 little flow through group head

I can confirm that the solenoid is installed as pictured. Also, I would run a bunch of cleaning cycles but there's no water coming through the group head? I would also descale but don't know if the liquid will travel the path it needs to. For what it's worth, I see no scale build up when I took off the