It's leaking where it attaches at the face plate. Small drips of water and some steam. I'll try tightening the attachment nut. Not sure if anyone else has had this issue.

I am interested in trying out some flow and pressure profiling AND As I have owned for many years a double boiler e61 machine with a PID, I was thinking if buying an after market e61 flow control device to have my machine installed with it.

On the other hand there have been...

Hi,

I brought back 29 bags of beans from roasters in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, and want to freeze the beans after vacuum packing them. Is there a reason to open the bags (besides wanting to weigh doses or whatever), or can I just vacuum pack the whole bags? I am thinking...

Anybody know anything at all about the Zerno grinder?

I'm likely content with my Niche for a while, but it appeared on my Instagram feed and looks like another potential addition to the new wave to single dose grinder.

No work on price or release date but could be...

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...

Has anyone tried emulating Turkish coffee using an espresso machine?

Crazy-fine grind / low pressure / low flow rate / 3-4 minute 'pull' time, followed by psychotherapy to understand why one would even want to do this.
I'm gonna skip the psychotherapy (lost cause) and...

For some time, I felt there might be a leak in my steam boiler. My machine used a lot of water, I needed to refill the tank every day.

Now, there is no steam at all. Dead. I guess the board shut down the steam boiler. No steam, but when I push the tea button, I have cold...

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, just started brewing my own espressos at home. But I did watch a ton of videos, read a lot of pages on espresso and am trying to follow the advice that I found. The issue is that the recommendations are contradictory.

I have a Solis Barista Perfetta...

I've all but settled on upgrading from my 2007 Gaggia Coffee to a Breville Dual Boiler. They are a bit scarce it seems but I can get a black one direct from Breville I think. On the other hand, I may have an opportunity to pick up a used BDB locally for less than $900.

Never...

Hi everyone- my ECM Synchronika needs some TLC after 5 years, so I thought I'd check here for suggestions so I can be more efficient once I open her up.

About 1.5 years ago I installed the high pressure steam upgrade. In general, I am very lax on maintenance and cleaning and...