If it's overfilling the steam boiler with the machine turned off, then the boiler fill valve probably leaks. Remove, open, examine, clean, possibly replace it depending on what you see

The boiler-refill problem is so severe that I've never even considered it as being an issue. You fill the boiler in the morning, pull your shots, you're done

My traveling days are over. But before the pandemic when I air-traveled for meetings, I always took a #2 V60 dripper and Porlex hand grinder plus portioned home roasted coffee beans with me. I just used in-room coffee maker for hot water. It was difficult to pour precisely without goose neck, but I manged fine. The resulting cup was

I just went into Everyman Espresso on Monday in the Village and they carry B&W. While I was waiting for my espresso I saw a bag of this! Julio Madrid Nitro Caturra with the same tasting notes. $25 for 12 ounces. I don't see it offered on the B&W website but it was roasted on 4/8 and there was another

3 quick hitters (if you're still around Nick, this is awesome by the way that you did this): 1- I've seen some takes regarding the plastic used in Aiden and other coffee related products from SCA (like the XBloom Studio): With Aiden, what is the methodology behind using plastic for the shell? 2 - Water is the most

Thanks for the insight, Jim. I wasn't necessarily asking for a sight glass as much as I was griping about a small boiler that would need to be refilled frequently with only an indicator of, "maybe don't pull another shot please." I'm accustomed now to just using a kettle with the Flair that, quite frankly, if I'm going

I have some thoughts...do with them what you will: If you don't want another hobby then roasting may not be for you. Everyone that I know of, from those of us home roasters with only a year or 3 under our belts all of the way up to people like Hoos and Rao, I hear saying they

Skip 83mm as SSP tried to copy other burrs so best to get the original burr which works much better. CORE is great for medium and somewhat darker espresso and will also do light pretty good. It's far more versatile than a Mazzer Conical as that's only really good for medium/dark roasts and lacks for everything else. Cast, Ultra

I would still pick Core over the LS83 but it's probably less of a quality difference and both do well

I was wondering Is the key significantly better in taste ? Does it stall ? Is the motor shaft stable during grinding ?