I see a lot of conflicting messages here on whether it's good or safe to RDT with a Niche, so I'm putting it out as a separate thread. What do you think? Does RDT help or does it just gunk up your grinder or does it both help with retention and gunk up your grinder...

Hello, at work we have a nice espresso machine, however I am not sure the portafilter basket and tamper fit correctly. It's taking a long time to get help from the work facilities so thought I'd try here. I've attached an image of the basket. Not sure if the tamper is too big,...

I just got a linea mini and a niche and we went through a few coffees but wanted to get something that is commonly available, not expensive so I tune my grinding/coffee making skills.

not expensive is in the list as sometimes I make 3-4 shots in a row to just taste what I did...

Is this a thing?

Note: I'm not speaking about the prewetting without pressure, where you just lift the lever to mid-position without lifting it all the way up beforehand.

I've been searching and searching but can't seem to find anyone with first hand experience comparing the SSP HU to Cast lab sweets and the stock italmill df64 burrs for espresso. I would really like to know as I am looking for more texture/syrupy body over the stock italmills.

I understand that an HX machine has a single boiler, usually on the steam side (I think) and somehow the heat gets to the other side to brew espresso. The boiler is pretty self explanatory. I called one of the retailers to discuss selection of a new espresso machine but they...

I recently purchased a used LMLM. Truly (at least in my opinion) a beautiful machine and I have really enjoyed the simple classic design and function. I did start to wonder what else it was capable of and went down the rabbit hole of MOD options. I considered (and purchased) the...

most baskets hole patterns are not edge-to-edge (the unifilter might be the exception). so essentially there is a wall of coffee along the edge that when water passes through does not have a direct exit and needs to migrate inward to reach an exit path. This essentially means...

I got my Breville Dual Boiler back in late fall of 2011. I was getting ready for a promotion at work that I was going to celebrate with a saturated brew group machine, probably a GS/3 because of their value in comparison to the single group Cyncra (that I really wanted) and...

Hi I'm new here. But I have enjoyed these forums for more than a decade. In fact, my first proper grinder and decent machine were informed by discussions on HB.

Now, have anyone thought about something like this?
- I seem to have fatal issues with my espresso machines every 6...