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- 11 minutes ago
- Forum: Knockbox
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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
- 23 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
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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
- 27 minutes ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29
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?
- 59 minutes 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}
- 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
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
- Replies: 19
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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
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 5
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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
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 209
- Views: 26523
Pietro by Fiorenzato - vertical flat-burr manual grinders
It happens to mine, too, but it's easy enough to clean when changing beans and I don't see any damage to the seal. I'm sure I'll re-lubricate the o-ring at some point but it seems to spin quite freely enough after several months' use. Overall I've been thrilled with the ease of use (with the stand) and results in the
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buy/Sell
- Replies: 1
- Views: 144
[FS] Center 101 thermometer
The meter comes with a case. It has an option of self calibration in the ice water mixture solution. Especially good for roasting coffee. Asking $50 shipped OBO thanks
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 2
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ECM Synchronika will be 4 years old this fall. Any maintanence I should be doing?
Just keep doing what you're doing. As Bert suggests, it wouldn't hurt to check for scale, but I doubt you'll find much, given the soft water you're using. The mushroom won't likely have any at all, as there's no possibility for TDS up-creep in that circuit. I have similarly low TDS water and pull the mushroom every once in a