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- 5 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
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1959 Faema Urania Three Group Hydraulic with Hotel Group
I've been checking out the machine in more detail, and I have to make another quick post because I got super shook by the weight of the hydraulic group. When taking off the four pipes (in/out pipes for the thermosyphon loop and in/out pipes for the hydraulic circuit) and group mounting nuts, I was thinking to myself the
- 9 minutes ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
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Help purchasing ECM Home, Profitec Go, or Pro 300...
I would first decide on a budget for machine and grinder. Right now you're comparing top-end models with barely functional ones. A top-end machine and a crap grinder can be outperformed in the cup by a decent machine and a good grinder. These days I would say that PID control on the brew boiler is a requirement. I would
- 24 minutes ago
- Forum: Blog
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Mazzer Philos Comments
I would like to comment on alignment before this thread goes off the rails. Per our own Jake-G, who rebuilds grinders and can do extensive testing, as well as high end grinder builders like Titus, simple tests at the zero point, like using a marker test or the gap betwen chirp and lock are not good indicators of the
- 34 minutes ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
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Thought on this theoretical pressure profile?
I think that a compressed spring is ideally suited to provide pressure due to the fact that it's pressure decline somewhat matches the reduction of resistance as the puck erodes
- 35 minutes ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Shot inconsistencies with SSP Cast LS
SSP Cast V1 (silver knight) here, pretty much as consistent as any other burrs I've got. There's a tendency for fast and accelerating shots, puck integrity is not all there, but that's the same for every shot.. Try the stock burrs to (partially) rule out other factors
- 38 minutes ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
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Is Heat Exchanger Temperature Stability Really That Bad?
This is what fascinates me about making espresso. It turns out that making espresso is an thermodynamics challenge, an electronics challenge, a hydraulics challenge, and a fluid flow dynamics problem all wrapped up in a compact physical package. Understanding it and designing the control system has been fun. BTW, the fact that steaming milk requires different temperature
- 39 minutes ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Help with brew pressure on izzo espresso machine
I'm not an expert and I think you can be a bit more specific with the descriptions: Are you plumbed in now or reservoir fed? What does machine on mean? On and not brewing or when you lift the brew lever? Do you have a flow control kit? If you do which gauge is showing 12 bar?
- 44 minutes ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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What's your view when you make espresso.
White wall. Very zen
- 54 minutes ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
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Latte Art Diagnosis
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- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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La Marzocco Linea Mini R
That's on the shorter end of the timeline. What color did you order, and from who? Congrats!!!