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TLDR: For the money it costs, the BZ13 is a well built, well performing machine; however, the steam wand isn't the greatest and the brew pressure is way too high from factory.
So, I picked one of these refurbished for work a couple weeks ago. Once I resolved the issues (loose...
I've had my GS3 MP for a few years (2021) and recently brought it to a local shop for servicing / paddle maintenance. The service shop seems pretty serious they do a lot of commercial machines and they also had several other GS3 being serviced when I brought mine - I...
There seem to been a huge development of ultra precision basket ever since the Uni from Weber came out, we already seen WAFO launch a whole series, Weber coming out with one as well as Swork design. Now Australia company PESADO seem to have joined the game with their HE basket...
I have revised this post over the years with updates as I felt necessary. Those updates, in italics and dated, have been moved to the bottom of this post. Dan/HB said something about how it plays better with Google searches that way. So my revision notes are still here. Just at...
Hi everybody - 1st post here!
I read many times about a 5 seconds (approx) delay before coffee flows from the portafilter, but mine appears immediately. My workflow seems to be generally good - I use a Rocket Evoluzione, bottomless portafilter, 18g of ground coffee (dialled in...
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Our rimini coffee machine by futurmat's pressure seems to be quite high when brewing espresso (@ between 10-11 bar) and then looses pressure after a while or after a few coffees have been brewed. However hot water and steam wand don't seem to be effected. Doesn't anyone know...
Really insightful, thanks Jake! Makes sense - the needle is just limiting how quickly the headspace above the puck gets filled and of course then the system can build full pressure due to the resistance of the coffee. I've a couple of pondering q's to wrap my head around.
Hello everyone, I am writing to you from Lima, Perú. Last year I studied barista at an Hello everyone, I am writing to you from Lima, Peru. Last year I studied barista at an institute. Let's say that I still have very little experience in the coffee...
