John Buckman here, the founder of Decent Espresso.

I'll be posting regular Decent news to this Marketplace thread.

I'm also happy to answer questions here. However, there are Decent conversations happening in various places on this forum, among regular forum members, and I'd...

Looks like Lelit is introducing an HX that addresses the usability of HX machines in the area of brew water temperature control. However I only see a low, med, high setting which would mean nothing to me. I couldn't understand how their control system works.

Anyone have any...

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....

I run a small pop up coffee cart and serve espresso based drinks and cold brew. I am looking for a grinder that is filter focused and can grind for drip and coarse for cold brew. I do not need it for espresso as I already am covered for that.

I have been looking at the EK-43s,...

latest edit, 8 May 2022: I added a second paragraph to item 6 under the maintenance section. It is an ifixit guide to removing the group and the steam boiler. This has application if you have an older BDB and want to upgrade to the latest group with the two-piece collar inserts...