Excellent point, for the same cost to save a shelter animal or feed a starving child somewhere in the developing world, you could have a machine that does pourovers for you! Yes, we are all warped in our values when it comes to our hobbies

So there are two clear plastic tubes that come off the top of the steam boiler and while the one on the right that comes from the vacuum breaker does leak a bit if steam/water mostly during start up, the slow steady sputtering that I think is the primary problem stops when I squeeze the other tube(I think it's opv)

That looks like more than stale beans. It would help to see the grinder output at its finest setting. Along with your puck prep/tamp

Based on several posts, and especially this one: "Commercial water and testing recommendations" I am trying out the Crystal Geyser Weed source water. I started with distilled with the Potassium Bicarbonate capsules, and then checked out the Crystal Geyser at my local grocer. I'm in Northern CA, and as I suspected, it is from the Weed, CA

Hats off to you folks for roasting on the Behmor for so many years! I only used mine for seven years. Glad I upped my game but I felt like it took me a solid year or more to learn and begin to get comfortable with a more advanced roaster. Just something to consider if you ever decide to

My new Bambino Plus is fine, but I had to program the shot size bigger than default. Am I right in understanding that when I get different beans, I'll probably have to recalibrate that a bit, and maybe again for the second half of the bag of beans? If so, that's a great feature.