It's essentially a large brew pot/moka pot. It draws water from the boiler to use as its brew water as it goes through the massive portafilter on top that then goes into a large glass container. You can dispense the brewed coffee with the little plunger on the bottom of the hotel group. I think the name is just a

Lovely machine! Excuse my ignorance (and Google has been no help), but what is a "hotel group"? Thank you, Matt

Looking for a short hopper for an e65s or similar

Now that the trees have filled out, it's a great view. In the winter, it's a view of my neighbors' backyards. {image}

Pictures would help. I have seen a needle puller where you take the needle off and reposition it without removing the face plate. If the back comes off the can be "calibrated" Rarely some have screws to adjust, most have a horseshoe shaped calibration that gets adjusted by squeezing it more narrow or widenening as needed. I have also seen

I've been checking out the machine in more detail, and I have to make another quick post because I got super shook by the weight of the hydraulic group. When taking off the four pipes (in/out pipes for the thermosyphon loop and in/out pipes for the hydraulic circuit) and group mounting nuts, I was thinking to myself the

I would first decide on a budget for machine and grinder. Right now you're comparing top-end models with barely functional ones. A top-end machine and a crap grinder can be outperformed in the cup by a decent machine and a good grinder. These days I would say that PID control on the brew boiler is a requirement. I would

I would like to comment on alignment before this thread goes off the rails. Per our own Jake-G, who rebuilds grinders and can do extensive testing, as well as high end grinder builders like Titus, simple tests at the zero point, like using a marker test or the gap betwen chirp and lock are not good indicators of the

I think that a compressed spring is ideally suited to provide pressure due to the fact that it's pressure decline somewhat matches the reduction of resistance as the puck erodes

SSP Cast V1 (silver knight) here, pretty much as consistent as any other burrs I've got. There's a tendency for fast and accelerating shots, puck integrity is not all there, but that's the same for every shot.. Try the stock burrs to (partially) rule out other factors