Save your money and buy a CAP*: {image} Tampers other than bling factor, are the most over obsessed and about the least important thing in making espresso. OR Get a custom from Cannonfodder: "Custom Wood for your Espresso Machine" *CAP - Cheap as possible

XBloom: Nice surprise. And welcome to the Home Barista Forum. Thanks for assisting in this slight confusion. We all appreciate your concern and input in this question. Your input is welcome, can we call on you again if we need. again: THANKS XBLOOM !!

I've only had my MC5 for a week but so far no retention issues as long as I give it a few puffs with my bellows. RDT is required to keep down static at this point

Dial in your grind and try a commercial grade lever. You might find it's not opinion that favours a lever and you might never go back. This lady seems to do fine with a lever. {link}

No, it doesn't. Something is off in the sensor loop. It does make sense if you have the machine in boiler mode, rather than the X mode, so that the boiler pressure stays constant. But if you have the machine in the X mode, and the boiler pressure is going up and down (up to about 2.5 bar

Yes I'd agree with your assessment... if I kept the wand depth very shallow so large amounts of air was injected and I continued to do that until the pitcher reached body temperature I would have a lot more stretch than if I had a very deep wand depth I would end up with just hot milk and no stretch

Hello all! The Orea Sense glass and the reusable dripper were extra perks which were given for free to our Kickstarter backers as a way to further thank them for their early support. Each of these items are not required for the main functionality of the machine. xBloom's added values are: 1, convenience (push of a button and

Nice! I just wanted to check in case it meant the difference between being locked into pod subscriptions or not. This product looks great, for me at least. I missed the Kickstarter so will now wait for early user reports, but if all is well I'll definitely be ordering one

Did mc5 have retention early usage?

I checked with "Brain Quan" And have been informed that all New customers will have the opportunity to purchase the reusable Dripper as an add on to the XBloom purchase. And additional, I am 'assuming' all present owners will also have the opportunity to purchase any new designs concepts offered of the reusable Dripper.