This is good advice way up at the pointy end. I think that once machine prices are reaching into five figures, other factors besides purely objective factors become important parts of the decision for a particular machine, like aesthetics, the manufacturer's reputation, history, etc. At least in my experience. Grinders, on the other hand

My guess is saying you are plumbed in only disables the blue light for warning you, but the internal logic is still in place. This is why, with the Mini, you have to install the jumper on the sensor springs when you plumb it. The blue light now ignores the reservoir contacts, but the hard coding to prevent the steam

Aesthetics are subjective, but much prettier? Anyway, glad you found a scale you're happy with

Is it beneficial to reduce the boiler pressure from stock? My boiler pressure is 1.5 bars when warmed up. I do mostly light-medium roasts

I might be late to the party on this one, but I finally found the scale to obsolete my Acaia Lunar. It's smaller (slightly), lighter, much prettier, just as functional...and much, much cheaper. My Lunar has been demoted to my dry-weight grinder table, and the KC230 is now my prime-time espresso scale. The branding on this is a little

Thanks everyone. The guys at Clive told me the E65 is 14.5" with no hopper and the E80 is 14.8". Sadly won't work for me

Diving inside tomorrow, we will see. As for the AFLAS o-rings, my first was installed in 2017, all still functioning as intended

Well I'm certainly glad that worked out for you. Are there any o-rings or is it just a pressure fit?

I don't know much about the Alexia, and am newer to espresso, but have been using my Flair 58 and NIche for just over a year now and love both of them. To my knowledge the Flair requires a decently finer grind than many non-manual machines. I think this often finer than people first think. I often find myself