I had same questions as you have right now. I went stratght for Slayer and Malkhonig peak grinder.... Tuens out that it probably slowed me down in my learning. Too much variables when you are not ready.... Like driving an f1 to pass your licences.... In my opinion, you kind of grow with your set up. You

Hi, New to the group but have found posts and tips incredibly helpful over the last few years - thank you all. I've a BES 920 which has been going OK for a few years. Started mis-behaving so it came time for a good service. I've replaced o-rings, the steam water pump and the solenoid. First run with empty group-head

I ordered 4 pounds of Fresh Roasted Coffee light roast blend. Ill do ~80 grams every 20 minutes (unless someone thinks that would be too stressful on an Ode) That would take shy of 2 hours per pound. I'll aim to do it over first one to two days. If anyone thinks 80 grams every

If you don't need milk, strietman is hard to beat in my opinion

There seems to be a new kid on the block that may be worth it: {link}

When I sent my Vario in to be refurbished and swap the ceramic burrs for steel burrs so I can dedicate it to pour-over duty I believe that I was one full rotation coarser plus at least two two full numbers to set the Key for my Behmor BraZen coffee pot. BTW, I moved the numbers around so that the

My Linea Mini is coming up on 2 years old in a few months. Tonight, I noticed that during its heat cycles (I think anyways), there is a tiny whistle noise. Any idea which part this may be coming from that I should check, please?

This roaster in Germany has some hand grinders, not sure about pricing or quality. Maybe find one of the German coffee forums like {link} for some recommendations. I haven't purchased from The Barn before. {link}

There was a hissing sound (probably steam that no local repair shop was able to fix). Got a brand new one

I'm not sure, the hopper in the Gen 2 holds a 100 grams so I would say do each run with a full hopper and then give it a break. The MPs are still great well breaking them in