Hey all,

The Bentwood Vertical 63 looks like my perfect grinder...Almost. The only issue for me is the hopper. Since this is for home use, I'd prefer a single dose setup with bellows, much like Brian Quan and Lance Hedrick have demonstrated ( and ). However, when it comes to...

A question for folks here.... for the most part 99% of the manual grinders I have seen are conical (of all sizes both table and hand) and ghost burr (seen one hand one table top)... but I have never seen a flat hand grinder..... do they even exist?

Hi all!

I got into espresso a while ago with a nice entry level Lelit, bought all the accessoires (as you do) and considered myself happy.
Unfortunately I then discovered the madness of lever machines. First by playing with pressure on my Lelit using a Lance Hendrik hack, then...

Hi all! I took apart my niche zero grinder to clean on Sunday. I followed instructions to calibrate it, but I'm still getting extremely fast flow rate despite using same medium roast beans I used previously... (like the shot finishes in 12sec vs 30sec) - I'm not too sure if...

Hello,
Has anyone restored such a valve?

hey roasters,
Hope you are well.

I am in the process of setting up my roaster (complete newbie / first timer)

Could you please suggest the types of pipes you have used for the vents in your roaster. I have a small 2kg setup and I am now looking to buy some venting pipes but keen...

Hello first post here:

prior history of coffee making are French press to aeropress to technivorm to Breville oracle. Oracle broke after 3 years (2x and replaced one with new under warranty, now out of warranty)....

Currently looking for around $3000 plus or minus a thousand...

Do you think its important that the roast dates are printed on the coffee bags? I usually stick to bags that are within 3 days of roast and go through it within 10 days or so. However, I recently visited a roaster in san Diego and none of their 100+ bags were marked with dates -...

I have owned my Pro800 for a few years now, have always kept it clean and regularly maintained the group (new seals annually). Beyond that, the machine has not undergone any maintenance or repairs. Has only had Crystal Geyser bottled water (Mt. Shasta source).

I've been in...

Hi there folks. Some time since my last issue, but I am having issues again with the boiler not heating.

I have been following various threads on here and have concluded (I think rightly) that the water level in boiler is not sufficient to engage the element. So am focussing on...