Hi everybody - 1st post here! I read many times about a 5 seconds (approx) delay before coffee flows from the portafilter, but mine appears immediately. My workflow seems to be generally good - I use a Rocket Evoluzione, bottomless portafilter, 18g of ground coffee (dialled in on my Baratza 270) producing 36g of espresso in 30 seconds. I use

10,000th DE1 ! It's hard to believe we shipped our first espresso machine just 6 years ago:{video}Yesterday, we celebrated building our 10,000th machine. And no, we're not selling it! It'll go into our about-to-be-built fancy in house café. And $65 gift certificates to the grocery store, to everyone. {image} To celebrate, there were

If you remove the back panel of the machine (requires removing top sheet metal first I believe), try rotating the pump motor manually via a screwdriver or similar. If it's sticky or hard to turn (harder than finger/wrist tight), then you may need to rebuild the pump or motor. Worn or corroded bearings could prevent motor starts. If the

Thanks WWWired, reading your older posts on these machines convinced me to take a stab at mine For closure, I found out from NS directly that the older control boards used manual potentiometer style adjustments behind the buttons. The newer style control panel will have the button method. Thanks for all your work on this board!

{image} Now available: optional lid for DE1 water tank The DE1 water tank slides under the espresso machine, with a few millimeters cap between it and the bottom of the machine. Usually, that is perfectly ok to prevent dust and insects from getting in. However, some places have more insects than others, and so a well-fitting

Sorry, I was referring to the "Timemore Sculptor 078s". And this wasn't the only grinder I had to shim right out of the box, I had the same issue even with smaller burrs and well established manufacturers (Eureka Specialita 55mm) but at least in Eureka's case, the access to the burr chamber and the entire alignment procedure was a breeze

I just purchased a brand new breville dual boiler that is gurgling. Surely this can't be normal? {video}

The sweetness descriptor sounds lots like many cast burrs that also have this effect on light roast. Making them sweeter a tad less clear and nuanced than say the high clarity ones but precent light roast well, something traditional espresso burrs really do not doz

Kaffelogic can be used successfully with limited roasting knowledge using one of the many available roasting profiles, and is totally repeatable. Batch size is small, but running a few roasts back to back is super-simple

Yeah I try other beans and ratios sometimes but always come back to the old Faithfull. It's true a different burr may be able to bring out something I like in lighter roasts or longer pulls but it's a huge expense 500-900 NZD if I don't like it. Also the cast LS wug bused to offer have been