The Lelit baskets are comparable to other, conventional IMS baskets. They're good baskets. I would avoid the new generation of high-flow baskets until your puck prep is better. Pulling dark roasts, you may be better off avoiding them entirely. If you wanted to try a different basket, I'd see if someone can run some EPNW HQ 14

I am partial having 4 of these (plus the ones that I put in the hands of others), but great looking machine. They also seem to last forever. I repaired a bad seam on a boiler on one, but otherwise regular maintenance keeps these going even in a commercial setting. On one of my machines just today

As others have noted, dark roasts age really quickly and two weeks is quite long. My Sumatran Mandheling favourite is not much good past day 8 or 9. As they age you're likely compensating with finer and finer grinds and that makes channeling risk much much higher. Also, if it were me personally, I'd be

Any thoughts on the alignment? For me a big selling point of this grinder is that it's supposed to come properly aligned from the factory so I won't have to fiddle and waste several hours to shim it like I did with the 078s

It would be great to know what it is, how it works and how it differs from the conical valve used now, as well as the motive for the switch to conical

The next bridge up-river from Tower Bridge is London Bridge, at the south end of which is Borough Market. This is an assemblage of fruit, cheese, bread etc stalls, of high quality, and is worth a visit on its own. Adjacent to the market (west side) is one of Monmouth Coffee's outlets. Monmouth was sourcing, roasting and serving high quality

It's called the helix valve. What do you want to know?

My experience with the Lagom P01 with the 98mm Mizen burrs has been negative for slow to medium grind speeds. There is a change in grind adjustment, slower speeds requiring finer settings for the same dose and timing of espresso; but the taste is unchanged, at least given the five minute gap in tasting. Given the difficulty

When I upgraded from a Behmor to my Bullet, it took me about 50 or so roasts until I felt like I really had a handle on roasting on the Bullet. I was using other people's roast charts as guides to help my learning, but I was not using pre-programmed recopies to guide the roast, even to this day I

I've noticed on my Weber Key Mark i that slower grind speeds tend to enhance the clarity of espresso. I usually grind at the slow end of the range