I usually use Molykote 111 but only have Lubri-Film Plus at hand at the moment. It's specified maximum temperate is 210F/98C. Will it work to lubricate the plunger gasket of a Flair espresso machine?

I picked up a bag of this through Fellow Drops. It is crazy!

It's a caturra from Colombia where the producer, Julio Cesar Madrid Tisnes, inoculates the depulped beans with specific strains of yeast and bacteria and then nitrogen flushes the containers.

The flavors are crazy -...

Looking for a berry bomb coffee. The natural Ethiopians from my local roasters are not cutting it. I want some berries.

I had an amazing bag from Red Rooster Ethiopia Worka Sakaro Anaerobic Natural, but they don't have anything else in stock like that.

So before anything else I'd like to say that I'm not questioning the use of fresh roasted beans nor am I looking to switch to Italian bean blends to drink everyday. I do like more medium roast and traditional flavors and am generally not a fan of 3rd wave, light roasted modern...

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Some early observations and opinions between my DF83v and DF64v...

Background :
I have had the DF64v for about a month, I use it multiple times daily, and really put it through some serious testing in the first...

Hi Guys,

Hope you are doing well and drinking good coffee :D .

I just got la marzocco linea mini 2021 (with the app) i can see coffee boiler temp. on/off steam boiler or machine on/off, shot timer etc...

But I want to understand something, I got the brew water not going up...

I've made the determination that I need to replace my steam boiler heating element. I've tested it out and it's out of spec. Going through the parts manual, I saw that there's a third element that's the Preheat Element , part number T.1.046.

I feel like I'm missing something...

Hello everyone,

I've been having an issue recently where the brew switch (activated by the brew lever cam) is getting jammed in the on position.

I'm not sure exactly whats going on as I've never been able to recreate it. However, when it does happen its pretty easy to undo,...

Hey guys I'm new to roasting and have a question about my coffee roasting technique. I have only roasted a handful of times but each roast I do tastes underdeveloped and grassy. I prefer light roasted coffee. Here is a picture of my last roast. The beans are from Brazil. I have...