I have an old (8 or 9 years, IIRC) 900XL BDB and it is finally toast... see my other thread. Not yet sure what to replace it with. The 920 has a lot of nice features but the price has gone up 60% since I got mine, which brings it into competition with a whole 'nother tier of...

I have a simple 1 heating element 12-cup coffee maker (Gevalia brand) which turns on, but the heating element is no longer heating. This means that both the base plate is not heating and the brewer is no longer heating the water. Pressing the on button effectively results in...

All of a sudden, my BDB is bypassing a lot of the brew water to overflow. So, I am getting low brew flow even at lower brew pressures and it fills the drip tray after not that many shots. And with larger doses and higher pressures no flow and even more gets bypassed. Note that...

It's been half a decade :shock: since the last thread about shops and roasters in Atlanta. I wasn't into coffee at that time but have explored a lot of the ITP shops over the past few years and would love to hear what others in the area think

Aurora - Nostalgic for me as this...

Since a couple of weeks I've started experiencing issues on my ~ 7 year old Silvia. When pulling a shot, after a couple of seconds the pump quiets down and comes back up repeatedly (see video for a recording).

There are no issues when running without resistance (flushing), so...

Anyone have more information on this? Seemed to come out of nowhere today.

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I bought a Sage Dual Boiler 2 weeks ago. Like all beginners I quickly noticed the problem with the single basket (inconsistent shots/channeling), and I'm too sensitive to caffeine to settle for 18g coffee every time (or throw 50% away). So I started looking for a...

On Edit... We are already there. Not only Slayer shots but beyond, so if you are wanting to skip the theory and development and learning puffery, and jump ahead to the upshot go to post...161 on page 17: Breville Dual Boiler Slayer shots ?

RE Slayer shots from the BDB......

I have a Saeco Xsmall machine and currently struggling with getting it to work properly. The situation is the following:
1. Pump is working: Water is being pumped and hot water dispenser is working.
2. Brew group has been cleaned and is working properly.

However, no water is...

Like every year, at my place in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago, on Saturday any time between between 10 and 6pm. I'll have a main lunch course, some appetizers, wine, and lots of coffees. Please bring anything interesting you want to share -- food, drink, coffees, good...