John Buckman here, the founder of Decent Espresso.

I'll be posting regular Decent news to this Marketplace thread.

I'm also happy to answer questions here. However, there are Decent conversations happening in various places on this forum, among regular forum members, and I'd...

Hi, I recently got a new ecm synchronika with flow control. I have tested the flow at 1/4, 1/2 turn etc and it is working as intended. I am also pulling tasty shots. My issue is with the flow control pressure gauge. The gauge will always shoot up to about 9 bars and decline...

Hello there. Its time for me to update my mazzer major grinder. Problem is the selection in my country is not good. I would prefer buying from my country as the warranty period is quite good by law. What i can get ahold now quite easily is:

Ceado E37S and single dose version...

Table of Contents:
1. Why Lelit Elizabeth?
2. Using the Machine
3. Nice Quality of Life features I'm appreciating as I'm using it more
4. Things I wish were different
5. Misc. Observations.

I've had an Elizabeth for around a month now and hadn't noticed many discussions of it....

I bought a second Kinu manual grinder, this time Kinu Simplicity, and I also motorized this one. This motorization is more electronic, the electrical parameters of the motor are indicated on the front panel, as well as the grinding speed.

This thread is for early adopters of the Lelit Bianca

It is also for all who want to comment or Q & A about the ongoing bench review

This question involves going close to, or into, second crack, so I realize it's a bit different than most of the normal discussion around light roasts, but I've been curious about darker roasts for a while.

Obviously the always declining RoR curve dominates modern roasting...

Hi all,
I am totally new to the espresso machines world, but have been tampering with manual shots brewing weight/time, and breville smart grinder + bambino plus.

I mainly make double espressos and milk drinks/lattes, occasionally 5-15 at a time for a family events.

I am...

Want to share this TOP plumb in experience in case it helps. Sorry if it's been shared already.

I am new to serious spring lever extraction. Liking the Strega a lot. Got it at a good shipping damage discount. Nothing seemingly more than aesthetic damage.

After a couple weeks...

Hi All,

I am a newcomer to home-barista although I have gleaned quite a bit of useful information from perusing the forums as a guest when I was relatively new to brewing coffee a few years ago. My (ex)wife and I enjoyed making primarily milk based espresso drinks on an ECM...