I was recently at a restaurant where they served Biancaffe coffee. It was probably one of the best single shots of Italian espresso I ever had. The owner told me he used Biancaffe Classica. I assumed that I would be able to easily order it online, but despite my best efforts, I can't find it anywhere.

Hello Cantina Coffee, I'd love some Saka Coffee! Thanks for doing this

Their description says it's for drip. You liked it as an espresso?

I asked Simonelli USA and they told me that this procedure is taken care of at their facility

Up for sale is my "old faithful" Vetrano 2B Evo. This machine has served me well and performed flawlessly since I purchased it new from CCS in February of 2018. It's been used with R.Pavlis water and cleaned regularly. During my approximately one year with the Bosco Sorrento it got very little use a...

Interesting. Since you're US-based, did VA or your retailer reach out to you and provide you the firmware or did you need to take it in? Much has been said about this mythical firmware update. Do you now have the ability to set schedules?

The true commercial machines from La San Marco have what's called Leva CLASS to protect the lever from springing back up when there's no portafilter: {link}

The Decent can do this. I wonder if the Prima can eventually do this with a Bluetooth scale

What's a mirror heating mat? I did a quick Google search, but I'm getting different results, including an actual floor mat. Between this and the reptile mat I feel like I need to get out more

Like you, I hardly ever make milk drinks, so I keep the steam boiler off. Without the extra heat of the steam boiler, the passive cup warmer barely gets hot and naturally I don't have any water from the steam boiler. I just saw that Jura released a tiny cup warmer that has a physical on/off