After a long time lurking on this forum and being inspired by the very many threads, I took the plunge and decided to make a project out of refurbishing a lever. First a tour of the machine:

This is a 1957 2nd gen Urania - mid generation single group. It has a 1st gen...

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So I've still been experimenting with my home equipment (Lelit Anna 2 + Sette 270) and I think I need to work on my puck prep. Here are some pics of my process...

I can't figure out how to upload a video on here so I'm going to just link you guys to the post I...

Old element cleaned up:

Wacaco has announced a new product in line with the minpresso and nanopresso. This one is called the Picopresso . The previous model seems more akin to toys with mini plastic baskets and tampers plus pressurized baskets and promoting pods. This one seems a bit more serious the...

I am still trying to dial her in, which is a slow process given my once-a-day-ish cup and my lack of experience in general. I took a few pictures of the process of cleaning up the grinder and the mods I have done.

Here she is right after I got her. The hopper was cracked in...

The SF Chronicle just published a list of 25 top coffee shops in the SF Bay Area.

Looks like I'll have to check out Academic Coffee in San Jose some day.

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I recently got a QM achille used, and after a month of usage , yesterday when I was going to steam milk I saw boiler pressure gone to 0.5-0.6 and it kept on decreasing. Before this i had pulled a shot and made a latte too and it was fine. I turned off and turned...

Did a little experiment with some cheaper beans I didn't care for... did 4 1lb batches using a temperature similar to what I might use for a roast, varying only the airflow (which I kept static for the entire roast after soak). As I kinda expected, at a really low airflow,...

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For Sale is a barley used Niche Zero (US version, 120V) in white, comes with instruction manual and all accessories. Bought new in late 2021.I used it twice just to see how it works,Selling this amazing grinder because I moved to a new grinder and there isn't enough...

Really really enjoying this Guatemalan Coban coffee as a SO espresso. Choosing it every morning of late.

If you haven't order from Hacea I suggest you try them. Especially if you roast 1lb at a time as you can just cut the bag and dump it. Also they fully support Artisan Plus.