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- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
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Travel grinder
I have a J-Ultra, and it makes great filter coffee and espresso. Know that any hand grinder is going to be a slog when grinding for espresso, but the J-Ultra isn't too bad if you slow feed it by holding it nearly horizontally while grinding. Brad
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Help with brew pressure on izzo espresso machine
Sounds like the bottom group valve for exhaust is not opening fully and functioning smoothly. This should be checked, verified and lubricated
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 4
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Travel grinder
Hi! I'm new to espresso and am looking for a travel grinder. I will need it for pour over with a V60, moka pot, and espresso with a Robot. I think budget will limit me to hand grinders. A Lagom mini would be great, but I don't think I will use it enough to justify the cost. I have been
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Sculptor 078 & Ode SSP - keep both?
I have a Sculptor 078 on the way, and have an unopened never used Fellow Ode w SSPs, outside of a return window. I'm curious if anyone has tried both / has both and if they produce very different cups ? I'm considering just keeping the Ode as well if I can't resell it for around $400.
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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Breville Dual Boiler rattle and loss of brew pressure
"Breville Dual Boiler 920 little flow through group head"
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 8
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Switching between Flair 58 and Robot - grind size?
What kind of IMS basket is that? Do you mean Flair's 'low flow'? Pulled two shots this morning. Same grind setting, low pressure pre-infusion and then 8-9 bars declining to 6. * Flair 58, high flow basket*. 18g in, 10s pre-infusion + 13s pull to reach 1:2.2 ratio. * Robot, regular 'barista' basket. 16g in, 10s pre-infusion + 23s
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
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La Marzocco Linea Mini brew boiler overheats the water
This morning the boiler did not heat up. I restarted the machine and it heat up ok. However, I suspect the software update since I did not have any issues before that
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 12
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Presso Smartshot by ROK
So... I stumbled across the product page via Google, with "earlybird" pricing of £100 (RRP £149); for whatever reason, you couldn't navigate to the page on the website, no links. Anyways, I decided to take a punt - if it made good coffee for £100, wouldn't that be great?! A couple of surprises out of the
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Grinders
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Differences between Ww core 80mm and Ssp 83mm HU in espresso
ULF have a wide espresso range in the Wug since it has a fixed carrier. I've choked shots on accident a number of times and with most coffees am pulling traditional pressures and ratios 100 micron from chirp. Turbos are in the high 100s to low 200 range
- 3 hours ago
- Forum: Espresso Machines
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Breville Dual Boiler gurgling, brand new machines x 2
Of course any machine will need periodic preventive maintenance, but constant o-ring failure, damaged electronics, rusted components shouldn't be considered typical preventive maintenance fixes. Temp stable? Lots on the market... Pre-infusion is like flow control as in way overrated and more of a training wheel approach... Under $2,000? Lots of machines just as capable, much better built and will