Yes. In the serial number there are four consecutive numbers. They are the year and the week of the year, of manufacture. Mine is 1829, which means my machine was built in the 29th week of 2018. Compare that to the print on the boiler in your photo, which might be when the boiler was fabbed. There

Ps, the atom 75 with the red speed burrs is 940 delivered

Yeah I wouldn't put too much trust there I live in Italy and the grand majority have no clue what they're doing with the pots. There was recently a case where someone died because of an exploding moka pot. Anyway, my anecdotal experience is that the bigger pots tend to overextract. I stop at a 3-cup

The Mara X measures near the outlet of the thermosiphon from the group head. It appears to be a reasonable proxy for the group-head temperature as the Mara X is typically repeatable within a degree or two in brew temperature. This is better than some E61-style DB machines. There is an ECM model that seemingly is trying to

Thanks, that's very helpful and sounds like even beyond diminishing returns! I'll need to slide the grinder out from under the upper kitchen cabinets to refill the hopper so suction cups on the Atom, which I wasn't aware of, don't sound ideal

Hi all, I am thinking to acquire my first LMLM. I have done my research, and as I about to pick them up, I saw the machine has this gold/yellow serial number plate. All the LMLM i have seen in the internet come with black serial number plate. Does anyone can explain the difference? Does it mean anything?

Completely agree with the above, I went from a Robot to a CT2 a few years ago (with a very brief break with a flow controlled E61 in between) and I haven't looked back. I still use the Robot occasionally for travel and while I think it's more or less unmatched at that price point, I prefer everything about the

I wonder why they don't put a thermometer on the HX line and PID off of that, which I think is what the Mara X does, right? Not perfect, but if it was close to the PF, it would be better than measuring the boiler. Has anyone tried measuring that at home? Is it doable?