Hey all, I've had a Vario-W since early in its life cycle. It replaced a used Mazzer Mini at the time. I use it to pull a couple shots of espresso a day, maybe a little more some days, but pretty light use. After the first few years of use, its required various maintenance as...

I'm a brand new Elizabeth owner. Thanks to this forum for help both pre and post purchase. I have read the whole Elizabeth user experience thread. You (all) helped me make a purchase decision I've very happy with.
I updated the LCC settings using DaveC's recommendations before...

One of the machines from my recent lot purchase, this is my first La Cimbali machine. What I find particular about the Cimbali Eleva is how small and light the machine is. I can easily move it myself with no issues, and I estimate the whole machine weighs maybe 20-25kg max....

Just roasted a batch of Misty Valley Yirgacheffe that was recommended by the community as a Blueberry Bomb... So far not disappointed! Def strong blueberry notes, juicy, sweet. Its only been a two days, so eager to see how it develops.

What do you think about my roasting curve?...

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I consider my renewed interest in espresso truly began in July of 2021 when I purchased a Londinium L1 spring lever on the buy/sell forum. It's a 2014 legacy model that uses boiler pressure for pre-infusion...

When removing the declumper of the DF64 grinder, I initially forgot to install washers of a similar thickness to the declumper, which lead to the screws holding the chute to the body of the grinder jutting out a few mm and thus blocking the burr from rotating. I turned on the...

I am planning to plumb in my ECM Puristika, using an external rotary pump in place of the internal vibe pump, ditching the external water tank.

As the brew boiler doesn't do steam and doesn't hold much air that could compress it doesn't seems to have a safety valve (at least...

Saw these were opened for preorder today, thinking about them as a replacement for the stock burrs in my DF64. Some videos I've seen on the Ditting 804s have me very intrigued!

Hello lever fans.
Has anyone followed the Londinium forum and saw that Reiss is developing a new compact spring lever model? He won't offer many details but I think it's going to be around the size of a Cremina with a bit larger boiler and a 58mm spring lever group. It will be...