My original plan was to buy a Kafatek conical. Perhaps the perfect matching grinder for a low usage setup. But doing so would have meant holding off until 2018. The November run was sold out by the time I decided to move forward on the espresso setup. I started reading the reviews and noticed no mat...

The small chain I frequent is called Buon Giorno. There are 3 locations. Grapevine, Southlake, and Ft Worth. All their shops are equipped with Londinium. Link is. {link} I've gone through 3 different coffee beans, 2 espressos and a SO From Peru. I have to tell you the SO Peruvian coffee is a sweet c...

I wanted to have a known flavor profile. I chose a local high quality roaster connected to a small local chain. Buon Giorno Coffee in Grapevine (DFW suburb). I've been going there for years and know the management. They also use the Londinium espresso machine (3group). That way I had a reference. Th...

Making progress. After 4 pounds of coffee, numerous sink shots, I'm getting there. Biggest thing to get used to was the conciderabke steam power of the L-R. What used to take approaching a minute, now takes less than 10 seconds. Plenty of practice has resulted in a good product. The portafilter view...

Mine were marked N/C (no charge). When I committed to Reiss there was a promo and Reiss apparently honored it. Edit: I would email him. I know he's a bit challenged with his new web site and is chasing gremlins. Thanks Reiss. Bob

My steam wand is on right,not an issue but the last machine I had was a righty also. I don't think it would matter, just something to get accustomed to. I "think" they can be ordered the other way around, but that's something to reach out to Londinium about. Shipping was 4 days. Was fun to track on ...

Silvia goes back some years, Breville filled in the gap. Go for it. It more than meets my expectations. There is a free shipping promo and duty is half the taxes the state of Texas would want. Most ove the competing (lever) machines with this group were more expensive. Bob

Ok, part II for prospective buyers. The equipment came in 4 boxes, all appeared to be in good shape and when I opened, everything was packed well enough. The only heavy box was the main machine sans group head. Along with the Londinium (two boxes) I also ordered a Compak grinder, Acaia Lunar scale a...

Hehe, sneeze. What I had done was zero the grinder burrs. I set my first guess on grind too fine. So when I pulled the lever, the first shot didn't drip for 15-20 seconds. Oh oh I knew. So I though let it run out. After a couple minutes the lever had returned to the top resting position

Done, only misstep was to raise is counterclockwise. Bob