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by godlyone
9 minutes ago
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 1
Views: 30

Help me figure out this model Astoria Argenta - AEP/2N

That's the manual fill valve to fill the boiler The machine is a heat exchange (hx) You run the group and flush water to cool it before pulling a shot
by helicon47
24 minutes ago
Forum: Coffee Brewing
Replies: 230
Views: 14689

Next Level Pulsar Brewer

There's always a trade-off between column height and agitation. I'm generally much more concerned about disturbing the brew bed by letting the water column drop too low, so I keep the height between about the 250 to 300 ml mark. Even with the dispersion screen I can see the brew bed being disturbed if the column drops lower than that
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by DeGaulle
53 minutes ago
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 1
Views: 49

ECM Synchronika will be 4 years old this fall. Any maintanence I should be doing?

I would definitely advise you to displace the water in the steam boiler with fresh water a few times. If scale has been building, it may very well be on the autofill level probe. Use the hot water tap and check if the autofill of the steam boiler works properly. If the probe has scaled up, the steam boiler may
by coffeeOnTheBrain
1 hour ago
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 203
Views: 26340

Pietro by Fiorenzato - vertical flat-burr manual grinders

The unimodal burrs are amasing for pourover. I tried a couple of different recipes with the Orea and the switch and it is crazy how it is not even close compared to the ZP6. I still have to do a few tests with V60. I assume it is closer there due to the nature of V60. On another
by mathof
2 hours ago
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 3
Views: 198

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}
by YFCBanana
3 hours ago
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 247
Views: 17627

La Marzocco Linea Mini R

Thank you!
by PPapa
3 hours ago
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 436
Views: 43184

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
by odor4fun
4 hours ago
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 3
Views: 52

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
by erik82
5 hours ago
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 7
Views: 183

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
by kavenzmann
5 hours ago
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 3
Views: 160

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