It sounds like you are volunteering to come over and help us figure out what we are doing wrong

Maybe it's a DC-metro region issue, because I have been experiencing something very similar, very light colored pulls. Interestingly, the coffee looks okay, like a tiny glass of guiness, but coming out it is blond from the very start. I have started increasing my dose and have already reached the lo...

I'm waiting for a replacement group to boiler gasket, but my machine seems to have developed an infestation. {image}

I hope this isn't breaking the rules, but I am a local small batch roaster. For people in DC, I deliver the same day I roast. People who live in the close-by suburbs can arrange for pick up from my house in Petworth. I use high-quality single origin, usually single estate, beans and focus on light a...

Here's a better image. {image}

It is the lower hole in the back of the grouphead that connects to the HX. Peering through that hole, which my camera doesn't really capture, I can see the pitting on the 'sroom. {image}

Pitting may have been a better description as from what I can see it is rust on the chrome plating. I should also mention that I haven't removed the mushroom yet, so my view of the mushroom is limited. The water appears to be coming from the outlet to the heat exchanger

I have an ECM Giotto that I bought in non-working order but which I have recently been able to get up and running. Once the machine was operational, I proceeded to give it a thorough descaling. However, in the process of descaling the thermosyphon, water started to leak from the grouphead. In disass...

It's a dead ringer. The Astoria on eBay has been snapped up by somebody not me. Fate has spoken

Actually, I am kind of hoping someone does buy it before temptation wins out and I pull the trigger myself. It looks like a great machine, I just really shouldn't be spending that much dough right now. Unfortunately, you have done nothing to help me squelch the temptation. So, if I do buy it, it wil...