Sorry, saw that now. It is a long thread, but it's good. Will try both (one thing at the time though) to lower my charge temp from 145 C, and also lower the peak. I saw your comment earlier in the thread about the importance of having good circulation of the beans in a vortex. Not sure I

Thx ! Your answer Helped me assess how many days should I be using the 200d burr as I bought a pair of gorilla gear burrs from my another dealer and will probably sell the 200d to him for study purposes

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Hi, a couple of weeks ago my lelit anna (8years old) started to leak, I changed the water tube that was fixed to the valve system and the problem was solved. Directly after, when using the steam pipe, steam leaked from the group head( also when warming up). I changed the gasket and descaled the machine. I added the

no, they only have an expiration date. I bought the first two packages, the ones in the video, on Amazon. The next two were sent to me directly by the coffee manufacturer after having contacted them directly about this problem. Then I bought the cheap one at the supermarket. Expires February 2026, that of the supermarket April 2026

You need to unplug it and look inside

I'm not sure how many different ways I can say this. The roast tastes are not lively on the 200; they are dull, lacking in detail and sweetness. They are better on the 189. It is simply not a burr that I would use for dark or non-acidic roasts. If the coffee has acidity, the 200 will sweeten the taste

Yes, JRising maybe got the point, moreover if you remove the water reservoir to refill it, before you get a message like "refill water tank" or "rinse", the machine will restart the cycle from the beginning, so just follow the machine "instruction", in case you have not a user's manual, i found it on the web, check the descaling parts

Even 5-10% weight/weight is sufficient in many cases. Lower concentrations are slower and easier to manage. Higher concentrations make sense where there is likely heavy scale

Chris King fans are buying if you can find one. I loved mine for my Vivaldi. Passed it to my son. He doesn't have the machine anymore but he kept the tamper