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- 1 minute ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 7
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Has my brew pressure gauge lost its mind?
Is your expansion valve NOT relieving until after the pressure has already exceeded 15 Bar? When do the drips start?
- 3 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 108
Leave espresso machine on during descaling?
Hopefully a more somewhat precise measure of citric acid. Too weak is ineffective and too strong is overly aggressive. 2T/qt or 30ml/l is about right
- 31 minutes ago
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
- Replies: 236
- Views: 15598
Next Level Pulsar Brewer
Made my first brew with the 18K filter this morning (the other one is 30K). It worked very well, probably about the same TBT as paper filter, and the resulting brew may have had a tiny bit more body than usual, but certainly nothing at all like a French press or anything like that. Cleaning was just a matter of
- 37 minutes ago
- Forum: Cafes and Get-togethers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 332
General question about handling cafe drink quality
I agree with virtually everything that has been said here. I've had many a great conversation with baristas and cafe owners. But often they are there to do a job and don't have the deep interest that I have given that it's a hobby into which I sink lots of time, effort, and money. Or they think what they're doing
- 50 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 20
- Views: 533
1959 Faema Urania Three Group Hydraulic with Hotel Group
Frame disassembly wrap up Not to leave the frame languishing, I wrapped up the last few remaining parts still attached to it except for the lower skirt parts. The inlet and outlet pipes were all removed. Two capped fittings that were inserted where the hotel group was positioned needed to be removed first along with the hex nuts securing
- 51 minutes ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 8
- Views: 162
Sealing boiler
It depends on the area to be sealed. There are liquid silicone exhaust gaskets that set to different shore hardnesses. You might try a bead on one face (flat or round as appropriate), let it harden and then fit the lid...after putting some holes for the bolts in the liquid gasket (if necessary). You could do this once it's set
- 51 minutes ago
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 1
- Views: 59
Espresso coffee comes out worse than before.
The most common issue is coffee freshness. Grocery store coffee is not a good troubleshooting choice, they are likely at least several weeks old before they get to the store but it is common to see grocery store coffee that is months old. Another is that blends do change over time. The types of coffee, especially in Italian-style coffees, can
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 1391
- Views: 192339
Breville Dual Boiler Mods and Maintenance
If you look at my last posts I have an older (2014) BDB and on my antivac I just took it apart other day and replaced the 007 o-ring that basically disintegrated. Apparently Breville made some changes with that through the years as you can see Peter posted as well and his was different from mine. I don't know what
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Coffee Brewing
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3471
Fellow Aiden anyone?
I just saw one at Eight Ounce. Honestly I wasn't super impressed with the build quality for a $500 CAD machine. However I feel like this for most Fellow Products, but I am never disappointed with their performance
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 16
- Views: 638
Who's still buying conventional tampers?
Ditto to all of the above -- except I have a Cafelat tamper for 7 years!