Price drop, now $1,300 (plus shipping)

Yeah I only got the Commandante two days ago and so far the three test pour overs I did where really subpar. Both my home Ode and office Brataza Forte do a better job. I am surprised why it gets such high praise. The guy who convinced me to get one claimed it outperformed every grinder ever made for pour

When starting with fairly pure RO water it takes very little bicarbonate to bring the pH up into the 7+ range. I was thinking that a low mineral water to rinse might in theory be more conducive to safely dissolving whatever is causing that yellow color. You can use a lot more than that with

I'm somewhat mystified about the app. AFAIK, the Pico is not an on-line device. If the app is some kind of trouble shooting guide, it may be suggesting that you should check the interlock and lens closure on the hopper

Of course they can be, since you are dealing with words, not things."Bank" can refer to the side of a river or a place you deposit your checks. Both are true, in the sense of being correct uses for "bank." The more serious problem is honesty, not truth. If sellers define preinfusion weakly, so it covers lots of

Just look at the burrs they're using. Traditional Mazzer burrs which are known to not do a very great job at what OP is looking for. Just read the whole Niche Duo thread and you'll know everything. Build quality isn't great and can't rival alignment of say a Lagom P64 making the 83mm burrs on the Duo not perform better

This is wisdom I can describe all day long in words the differences between grinders. You may nod your head and think that Grinder X with Burr Set Y is clearly the best for you. You may also hate the style of coffee I make! You can't find out in an hour and one or two

Great choice but ditch the Commandante. The EG-1 with Ultra burrs are a 9 with pourover whereas the Commandante is only a 5-6 in that regard. You'll start to hate the Commandante once use use the EG-1 for pourover. I switch back and forth every day between espresso and pourover with the Ultra burrs and it works great

Hi Everyone, Just cleaned the Pico for the 1st time and it is not grinding after correctly reassembling the burrs. I get the following error in the app but do not know what it means it says "Close the Bell" and can't find it anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. Mike {image}

The point of this thread is that regardless of what's happening inside a specific machine, the term "pre-infusion" seems to have two meanings that don't align with one another. In one it's a phase that exists in every espresso shot, while in another it's a feature that only exists in some machines. Either it's always there, or it isn't. Either