If you make a new machine that produces espresso shots indistinguishable from a lever machine, is it therefore a lever machine? No. If I have a spring lever espresso machine that makes terrible espresso, is it a lever machine? Yes. People may be interested in lever machines for whatever reason. What comes out of them

Hoping you guys can be my crutch as I tend to over think large purchases. I currently have a Profitec Pro 700. Great machine, plumbed and drained, powerful steaming, flow control. It's going on 6 years old and only requires minimal maintenance and repairs. I've been using a Bezzera BZ13 PM at my office and

I am pulling slayers at .3-.5b for 30s (or whatever the max time is for stage 1) followed by 8bar with a drop to 3.5 for the final 10ml

I rather disagree. The mounting popularity of lever machines, along with powered machines with lever-like properties, has nothing to do with their appearance and everything to do with their performance. There have always been collectors; and collectors are going to be engagged with the physical properties of the machines. But the audience for these collectors is not interested early

I haven't taken a jet breaker apart, but I just looked at a couple spares that I have, and I think there is just some plastic baffling inside. If you remove the jet breaker from the solenoid, then you should be able to easily blow air through the jet breaker. If there is any resistance, then a soaking/flushing or two

Personally, I would consider this not part of the discussion. The lever that makes it a lever machine is a physical thing and the fact that it may or may not brew better espresso has nothing to do with it's being a lever or not

Hi all, lots to unpack here but please take a read and let me know what you think. I have a P700 since new, its about 4.5yrs old now. 1 month ago the brew relay in the Gicar failed, so when you pull the lever, nothing happened. I went about troubleshooting and working out what was wrong, and

Well yeah, you need more clearance with a spouted portafilter. Why not use the bottomless? Plenty of room. {image} L: 6cm capp cup; R: 11cm mug (thanks Ira)