You should contact them. They may have some 98mm mizens for sale. I paid about $370 US dollars with shipping- back in October

I wonder how much it would be to use a metal 3D printing service

I heard back from Pat and sent him the Giemme controller. On another note, I will also need a new reservoir, and still trying to figure out how to remove the filter from it? Anybody has a source for it? The one I found at mpespresso costs 70 bucks and if want to include the tab for

In hindsight it may be the "sleeve" around the group that needs to be full of water, not the group itself. In the first video above he runs a lot of water through the group before releasing the lever. I am sure that DaveC will confirm at some stage

Up until the point you reach the middle of the cup, you are doing a great job. Here's a screen shot from one of your videos, and it truly looks great. The pattern is forming in nice wide open leaves. {image} But then moments later the flow becomes too thick and the pattern gets squashed.

Price seems to only slightly more than the Mini, if you take their Instagram clue seriously

Now that I actually *have* the beast, I have some comments and questions. There is a lightbulb icon next to the on/off button instead of a C/F. I suspect I have some Vostok software in my machine? Th group and brew temperatures were both set to low 90 degree celsius, very far from the manual's recommended 92/101 for brew/group

Their website says it's designed for modern light roasts if that helps in any way

When I had one I looked around too. Mine was fine, but flaking. I thought to maybe get one machined or cut out of brass, then nickel plating it. But seemed much too expensive. One place to try would be ipoktala on instagram. They make other aftermarket parts for the peppina. I bought a tamper and

That makes sense. I wonder how it is demonstrated in the above videos. I guess the water is running. I'll try it and see