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This evening Paul Pratt announced on Kickstarter that 50 Robots have shipped and that 15 more are being shipped every day. It's time to open a User Experience thread so we can learn from each other. This is also the thread for initial...

Hello All,

I am new to the espresso culture and am slowing feeling my way and learning. I have a question regarding acquiring good quality coffee. From what I have read, freshness is truly key. And most regional roasters/sellers are very...

Hey folks.

I have been having issues with low flow rate with my GS3 AV. I used Peppersass recommendation to calculate flow rate and it turns out it is running about 60 ml/minute using the formula from this link:

I followed Chris Coffee...

I am in my vacation apartment with the following equipment: Baratza 270 grinder, and an old Gaggia Coffee machine. This was built in 1998 and is a precursor to the Gaggia Classic.

I am putting 16 gms into the portafilter, and using a 58...

I'm on my fourth BDB (or rather, Sage as I'm in the UK) but this is my first brand new one. The first three were bought second hand, and I've kind of done them up, ironed out problems (with lots of help from these forums, thank you) and...

New spring lever from Switzerland.

Would like to get more info on this machine. It was on the WOC in Berlin.

Does anyone know exactly what the difference is between the Regolare 600N and the Feima 600N? They look practically identical. I know the Regolare 600N is stepless, but I don't know about the Feima (there are other "600N" type...

Hi,
I can't seem to froth milk with my HX espresso machine. Just shoots lots of hot water into milk, I end up with some foam on top of an increased volume of milk which is mostly water.
Machine is Izzo Alex heat exchanger
Steam tip is 4...

I can't seem to find anywhere where someone has compared the Sette 270 with the Niche.
I've had a Sette 270 since they came out (usual early model pains taken care of by Baratza).

Anyone compared the two? Taste in cup? Workflow (WTD,...

Hello,

I'm new here, trying to get into home made pourovers, got hario skerton pro,,, its a terrible grinder, no consistency at all (will return it through amzn). Thinking of grabbing this one from aliexpress:

Has anyone ever bought...