Hi Coffee Community,

I've been struggling with making coffee since I started, about a year ago, so I thought I'll give it a shot and ask this community :-)

Here's a recent example. On Monday I opened a bag of lightly-roasted Ethiopian natural, Guji Region, tasting notes:...

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I own a JX Pro and am overall happy with it, but I like some of the features of the K-Plus and am considering an upgrade. The thing that worries me is the magnetic container. I tried the J-Max and didn't like this feature, mostly because it almost fell off twice while in use (I...

homebarista.be (Belgium) will launch a 64mm flat burr single dosing grinder in spring this year. It is made in China and SSP-burrs will fit.

Pre-Sales starts next week for 399 EUR.

More information (non-English) can be found here:

It will be interesting to see whether...

I have been toying with acquiring a flow control device. I have a Lucca/Quickmill M58, Niche. I drink almost exclusively milk drinks, 6,8oz lattes, using typically medium roast espresso blends, although would like to begin trying more single origin coffees. Will flow control...

Problem started with pump running excessively, possibly the water tank was slightly dislodged but not enough to trigger a warning.

What happens now is that steam is about half steam and half water, and the pump runs more than I would expect. Sometimes the pump is running full...

I recently set up artisan on a different laptop running Linux Mint 20. The software behaves differently on my Hottop B-2K+ than it did on my prior laptop. The fan setting seems to follow the heater setting, which requires me to manually correct the fan setting during each...

I've been a coffee enthusiast for the past 30 years and have had various iterations of the Spaziale S1 for the past dozen or so years, and running a plumbed in 20A S1 Vivaldi II for most of the past decade. That machine owes me nothing and still makes great coffee, but I've had...

So recently ran across some threads talking about the stainless steel shower screens that are now available - i.e. the BPlus etc.

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