I ordered mine October of last year, opted to wait for burrs without shims, got an address confirmation email March 28, shipping confirmation the next week, and the burrs arrived April 20

{image} I'm going to say that this valve is the "manual boiler fill". There's a threaded connection where the pump would provide flow to the three other high-pressure ports/fittings (Red arrows). Since the 2-head machine would need three ports, one going to the boiler auto-fill solenoid valve, one to the flowmeter for group left and one going

Drinking a lovely Tanzanian peaberry. I cites that it would be considered medium. I think that I got lucky, with a setting of 4.5, 20g with 300 (1.5 cups) water, just off of boil. No spin or bloom, single fast pour (maybe 6 seconds) Took about 3 minutes to draw down. It is getting better as it cools while I

Hey Nick, On the Tally, has the feel of the wheel changed/improved from how they operate on the Stagg EKG Kettle? Maybe i'm in the minority, but that it is the one thing that keeps me from ordering the Tally Pro. The push button feedback and consistency on the EKG is poor and am wondering if it is the

Just got the update email that says they plan to ship soon!

For about the same amount of labor and cost, you can install a roast gas detector. The gas detector can even provide a full minute advance notice for an impending audible first crack. "Humidity sensor on exhaust - other gas sensors ?"

Looks like they added the foldable handle to the C2 {link} I have a C2 that I use as my travel grinder, and I think its a good grinder for the price

"There's an app for that" Sorta. There are several (free!) audio spectrum analyzer phone apps posted over the years since that paper was published. Not optimal for honing in on crack sounds, but an enterprising coder could adapt one specifically to coffee roasting - could get ten's and ten's of downloads Isn't a crack

This guy stuck a microphone in his gene cafe. {link} Has me wondering about adding a microphone, and see if you could use some software to detect first crack? I recently missed first crack on a roast, and because I didn't believe my other senses, went too dark in the roast. Randy

For those with orders or just curious about progress, {link} is now showing production status through multiple steps of various order numbers