If construction is important and you want a steel box machine I' ld go Izzo Pompei. Would I want a one group commercial machine this would be my pick now: {link} There are many out there

I don't believe that any other conical burr set performs like the Shurikone burrs. They are the only reason I ordered a Monolith Conical and I haven't been disappointed

I dont think it makes a huge difference. That knocker is all about discarding the chaff, that has a horrible taste. The fines I dont have the problems with them, you need fines to make coffee taste both in espresso and brew. Brews done with 500 to 850 microns sieved are not complex and boring. Fines are good

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I think the thing that you are missing is that the wattage on the kettle is the average; not the peak power. You can draw very high currents for short periods of time that will never trip a breaker. You can take another stock Stagg EKG and run it on the same line and the behavior will be the same

Oh I did not know this. Thanks Craig

Are you discarding the fines caught in the knocker of the 078? I'm curious how people are implementing the fines catcher. Would it make sense to dose slightly higher to end up with the desired weight of ground coffee to brew in order to account for what is discarded? Otherwise wouldn't you end up extracting less coffee when comparing

I was not referring to the product as a whole but that specific kettle. If this happened where I live it would be equal to a defective kettle. There is absolutely no chance the way it works would influence any other product on my circuit enough for such behaviour. 15A in US is very different to 15A in

Post edited for clarity. Traditional single group sorrentos have the option for a steam activated cup warmer. With the smaller case they lost space for this plumbing. Yes it's no problem to warm cups on nearly any espresso machine but with steam you can put a few cups on top and instantly warm them vs radiantly warm

Unless something has changed, the SSP conical burrs are Mazzer burrs that have been coated