Having just tried Sey for the first time, I'm wondering if i got a bad bag, or of this is just the style. The coffee is a washed Colombian, 3 weeks off roasting.

The whole beans smelled vegetal, the grounds smelled vegetal. After cooling, in the cup is a prominent citrus...

How do you all shop for your green coffee?

As you can see from this post, there are a lot of places to purchase your greens. How do you all stay on top of each of the different green coffee sources?
I find it to be overwhelming to troll through all the shops and almost always...

The machine has been in development for a while, and has been delayed, but is now in early production and will ship soon. It is a commercial machine. In the future, it will be interesting to see if the technology comes down to home use - where induction might be a game changer....

I'm after a tamper upgrade as I'm not happy with how much effort it's taking me to achieve a level (i.e. not canted) puck with my standard tamper.

I'm struggling to wrap my head around the Normcore tamper.

I can see if you have a spring loaded tamper that isn't self-levelling...

Hi all,

Relative newbie to espresso. Just switched to naked portafilter and am stumped as to why I'm not seeing the good results I was expecting.

Equipment:
Profitec Pro 600 (adjusted to 9 bars pressure)
Eureka Mignon Specialita grinder (with single dose hopper)
IMS Basket...

All other things being equal, anyone believe there is a machine with parts and build quality to rival La Marzocco?

That's a major driver of what I want in my next (last?) machine. While we're at at, anyone have a preferred seller for La Marzocco? The price seems standard, but...

In the market for a new machine as an upgrade to my 10yr old Gaggia Classic. I like the GC for the ease of repair (I've had to put in new thermostats and switch group) and minor mods for OPV and steam wand.
I've recently been more into espresso and upgraded to a Eureka...

Ms Silvia seems to hold its value really well. I've seen sellers demanding $500+ for ~20 year old v2 machines. Most listings are for v2, v3, and they go for at least $400-500. Newer v5+ tends to ask for $600+. Does it make sense to pay that much for such old machines? Wouldn't...

Hello everybody, I'm a new member and this is my first post in the board.

It's been roughly 12 months (i'm in my 30s) since I began my journey into coffee (eith Aeropress)..

In the past week the desire to move into Espresso has constantly increased, been gathering a lot of...

In the last couple of years I have used my beloved Elektra MCAL for travel, but its large 10 base makes it difficult to make the whole kit compact (especially when also packing my Baratza Sette). I also love my MCAL so much that I hesitate to pack it for travel...

So I am...

I've recently obtained a Pro 800 and as such my Synchronika is not being used very much these days. I suspect it will move along, since I really enjoy the lever.
I enjoy medium roasts, both light medium and darker medium.
I'm currently using a Ceado E37SD with SSP 83mm HU burrs...

Lagom P64 SSP MP / Unimodal V1 vs Orphan Espresso Apex

Which one is more recommend for pour over over the other ?!
Which one taste better and have more clarity ?! :)

Having owned both an Izzo Vivi and currently a Rocket R58, I wonder why the e61 brewgroup is so extremely tight to operate.
In both machines I replaced the valves and partially bought new springs too, lubed everything as per instructed by guides online, but I am getting to the...

good evening, fellow baristas,

after taking in the scent of some well-bruised bananas, i came to the realization of how wonderful a banana note would taste in coffee. i was wondering if anyone here had any particular suggestions of coffee with banana notes, whether it be a...

Hey all!

Had my Silvia for about two months now and very happy with the shots I pull. I like to drink about 75% cortados, so I do lots of milk drinks. Wondering if anyone can help me with a single boiler workflow question.

I prefer to pull the shot first then steam, as I find...

I'm seeing a lot of tampers available now with a 'three angled slope' design, This seems a bit counterintuitive to me, since it doesn't look like you can do the polish spin after tamping. Has anyone used one, and how does it work? I'm used to a normal flat surface and have tried...

I turned my pavoni on to pre-heat, and sadly had to run outside and ended up getting distracted. 10 minutes later, I returned to the house to hear the tell-tale hiss of the machine and opened it to find that the water line was well below the heating element, although there was...

Hi - I own a ceado e92 grinder. Ceado has since released an updated version called the Ceado E37k.

While I am very happy with the grinder (fast, quiet, low rpm, fluffy grinds) i do find the lower burr chamber holds a lot of grinds.

Is anyone familiar with the changes made to...

I'm looking for advice on which auto drip brewer to get for our 28' camper. Not living in it full-time, just weekend warrior/week long trips throughout the year.

We currently have a Breville precision brewer at home and like it, but is on the larger side.

Criteria: something...

Ahoy!

I decided to upgrade my vibe pump Bezzera Strega to a gear pump with flow control without any coding. This mod will work for any machine with a vibe pump, and can be done for any rotary pump as well with the addition of an OPV valve. I'll order this thread in terms of...