True, but with conicals you can indeed achieve SUPERB espresso, bwahahaha

Yep as in a Helor 106, totally variable RPM by design!

Hey my brother - congrats on the your new baby. Give it some time and get used to using it, I think you may just find you like it more as time goes by. As to seasoning, I have to agree with what others have said. Every grinder I've ever had has benefited from having a lot of pounds

Thanks Jeff! Price range honestly unsure. I read somewhere on here someone said around 1k for an equivalent electric to the kinu? But I haven't really thought about a price range yet because I don't know the minimum for what I am asking for... So I guess it would be whatever the starting price point 2nd hand is.

No spring ? Then why I say, when extracting... "Look, ma', no hands !"

Thanx. Yes, it's about the Gaggia Mini with 58 group, it's open boiler and it has even 2 spring ,(extra spring) makes around 7bar. I also mounted the PID controller. For me it is one of the best tool for espresso

Welcome to HB! The Mini Gaggia was I think the first 58mm group manual (non-spring related) espresso machine on the market. I had one for a little while. It's only shortcoming is the lack of steaming with its open boiler design

I've followed this guy since he was originally tearing apart radios and explaining hurricane lamps. He's quirky, but fascinating. He's not a fan of the USA power grid and layout, which tells me he's clued in

Great, thanks for the feed back, but in term of taste/palate feelings did you got dramatic improvement than before?

"3 minutes"... Is that intentional, or that's simply how long it takes to get to a 30F rise? I ask because I've been doing it in a bit under 2 minutes and wondering if that's too short