Hello, good morning here, in Buenos Aires. My name is Hector. Thank you very much for accepting me in this forum.

I found a very old machine, I guess. It is a Pavoni Shirley, and I am trying to restore it. I am looking for parts in the web, in USA, as my sister is there for...

Hello,

Finally got a box of different fancy aquarium drop tests.
This is what I have:

So, total hardness is within fancy recommendations, but bicarbonates are all over the place.
There are many softening and mineralising devices, but not so many dealkalisers....

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 comments on the Cafelat Robot Review that we...

In a thread about travel grinders someone mentioned wanting to replace the grip inlay. I had some leather handy and decided to try it. Here's what I did.

Step one:
Remove grip inlay.
I first scored the grip, then peeled it off. If you care about scratches on a non visible part...

One of the machines from my recent lot purchase, this is my first La Cimbali machine. What I find particular about the Cimbali Eleva is how small and light the machine is. I can easily move it myself with no issues, and I estimate the whole machine weighs maybe 20-25kg max....

Some of you have probably heard the rumours, some of you probably even know for a while and some may know nothing at all. Either way, I thought it would be a good time to create a thread about the new kid on the Lever Espresso Machine block. Apparently Flair have been working on...

I'm looking at getting a lever machine. The Elektra MCaL is very interesting, and currently there's a vintage one (1994) in good condition not too far away, as well as a new one on sale. The vintage one is cheaper, but not by a lot. I understand the differences between the...

Is the water ratio for a percolator basically the same as for a pour over? That is, something in the order of 1:15 to 1:17?

Hi All:

This thread is a place to post photos of your rare coffee collectible items. Maybe you have a prototype lever espresso machine, or a rare document, or a first-run item that later sold many units. This is for that first-year Cremina in original condition, or ... show us...

As reported elsewhere in this section, I've wrestled with the technical vacuum of a brain I have for digital photography and I hope some casual shots can now be found below.

Now these are not show shots in any sense, just a handful of quick grabs after I had: read all I could...