My microcasa a leva is the same vintage. Given the age, I would definitely get the gasket kit from Stefano as well as new piston seals(these piston seals are a royal pain to do!). Break it down completely. Mine had a little scale in the boiler but the tip of the little pipe that leads from the boiler to the

Just a thought...possibly your machine is heating up between shots and warmer brew water is causing the issue. What happens if you grind the two doses as usual, but pull the first shot with the second dose?

Hey Stefano ! Thank you for you input ! Yes the Hot water valve is solenoid controlled. I did try what you said by removing the wires on the solenoid right after I posted this , and for some reason that I can't explain I even clicked the button to dispense the hot water

Hey Arthur, Welcome to HB! I removed your second posting of this same question to clean things up a bit. I have no experience with this machine, so I'm not able to provide direct guidance on your issue. Your topic title is pretty vague, and your issue is pretty specific, so you probably aren't getting the attention

Hi, Chris, I just wanted to confirm that I got the Peppina working. I used an air gun to warm up the workings, I didn't want to take it apart and put it in the oven. Now working fine, thanks for your help

I've got a new machine recently so I've been spending a fortune on new beans trying to find the holy grail. And tho I haven't tried Apollon or Dak yet, I've realized I have an absolute favorite and must have. It's not artisinal or expensive but it's my benchmark. {link}

I am interested to know if there is a different in taste for filter coffee between Mizen V1 and the new modified V2?

With a lot of inspiration from the IKAWA Home - profiles thread I am releasing a beta version of an online tool to create and edit IKAWA profiles. It is mostly what I would have loved from the standard app to have. Open to feedback to add features to make it more useful. {link} It is by no

Well, that is interesting point! As we know the coated burrs still are same stuff, only coated. Only thing I can guess is coating is so slippery that burrs are not heating?

Finally got this down off the shelf and started disassembly. I was wrong above, not first version but second version. This one has no rear hole for filling. Mostly complete including drip tray and drip tray cover (which I think looks original). {image} I couldn't remove the piston from below, it was too tightly bound to the