Scott Rao announced via email today that he is starting his own roasting company, Prodigal Coffee, along with Andrew Kelly, founder of Shared Source. They will launch this next week. I asked via Instagram whether they'll sell greens so that roasters can try to simulate their...

I think I'm late to the party as usual, has anybody else heard of the Timemore Sculptor 078 grinder, or maybe seen one in person and gotten to try it out?

Mostly, I just think they've knocked it out of the park on design - it's kind of got the overall form of EK43/Fuji-Royal...

Lance does a deep dive on the WDT. John's article Banish Uneven Extractions with the WDT was among the first published on HB way back in 2006. Along with Jim Schulman's The Home Barista's Guide to Espresso , they've been the go-to recommendations when someone asks How do I...

Hello Folks,

This is just me sitting there staring at my Niche Zero and thinking perhaps I could do something with it. Sir far, I found 2 upgrades that I'm interested in:

Bellow upgrade:
I love my Niche 0.1g, sorry Zero. While this is not a big deal, Niche Zero always leave...

Hello!

I am new to the forums and this is my first post. I have a lot to learn and have found the topics to be already so helpful. I've recently acquired a Faema Lambro lever machine in pretty good condition. It could use some cleaning up and I haven't begun to take things...

My 3 year old BDB bit the dust recently and I had an Assurion warranty on it. Sent it to them and they refunded my original purchase price on it. So in the market for a new machine. I have ordered one of the new La Marzzoco Linea Micra machines, but am having a little buyers...

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I'm a bit lost on grinders and therefore seeking advice:

We have a Rocket R58 with the Eureka MCI for five years now. Almost all shots so far have been cappuccino or espresso macchiato, favoring also darker roasts.

Recently, we started moving away from milk drinks (incl...

Scott Rao announced today that he and Shared Source founder Andrew Kelly will launch a new roasting company this week, Prodigal Coffee. I'm posting this in the Greens Alert thread because they will offer greens of their roasted offerings when sufficient greens are available....

Had the opportunity to pick up a Molar Z grinder locally off Craigslist. I haven't seen any threads on it here so I thought I'd share my thoughts.

I'd been tracking these since they came out but never thought I'd get a chance to use one. It's a single dosing grinder with...

If you follow the current news in Artificial Intelligence, you may have heard of the large language models like GPT3 that are very good at generating text. Well, there is a new, free chatbot by OpenAI called ChatGPT that is so good it's creepy. I decided to make a funny inquiry...

In the experience of board members is it faster to make an espresso via a lever with its own boiler or to heat the water in an electric kettle for a completely manual machine like the Cafelat Robot? I know the taste arguments for getting a machine like the Cremina or Streitman,...

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I would appreciate the community's help on this.

I'm fairly new to higher end equipment. Currently have a Slayer SG and Lagom P100. when I work my way down from a coarse grind to a finer one to get an approx. 20-25ec pre-infusion, 25-sec flow on the Slayer with what...

Hey everyone.

Seriously considering my 'end game' espresso machine for home to have long term. What are users thoughts and experiences with their La Marzocco GS3 MP's? Reliabilty? Overall experience of use and ownership?

Open to other considerations.

Many thanks to all! :D

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My Sette 270 is my first grinder, which I acquired along with my Profitec Pro 600 four years ago. It is starting to show its age, and I am curious about unlocking more potential from my Profitec. What are your suggestions for a worthy successor? Monoliths seem to be...

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However, I've had this kit for a week and can't pull a shot without channeling jets all over my kitchen (like up the walls bad). the shot tastes terrible too. I've adjusted just about everything from the dose to the grind and even swapped out the tamp.

I'm waiting...

My 2018 Monolith Flat on/off switch has failed. I contacted Denis who feels that coffee dust infiltrated the switch. Since it cannot be disassembled and cleaned, I need to source a new switch. I can order one from Denis but to speed up the repair, he suggested I source a switch...

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I worked several days this week so I roasted in the nick of time, just before our Minnesota Cupping Group gathered. 1-hr rest.

Didn't matter. They were all hogs on the trough...

Hi all!

Hoping to draw on the collective wisdom of this forum, thanks a bunch in advance! :)

My current setup is a v1 Silvia from 2006 (I'm the first owner, she's been with me for a while!) that I bought as a college student and PID'd at some point around 2018, and a Niche...

Been really debating these two for a while. I'm fairly happy with my ecm classika with flow control. My only reason to upgrade (other than looks as I like the white Bianca or the white decent to match my counter more ) is I want my wife to be able to make her own espresso or...

Hey everyone,

This may be a dumb question... I'm trying to figure out how to develop my roast profile for this NATURAL processed EL SALVADOR. How would you guys adjust your roast profile based on the bean?

To give some context.. I had a great 1LB batch of Yirgacheffe...