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Hey guys, I am a newbie but love quality equipment and good coffee so we bought a Linea Mini and a Monolith Flat Max grinder. We had an espresso tech give us an at home demo and we were on our way making tasty espresso.
The Linea called for a firmware update which I did. Next...
i've done a complete renovation of the mushroom/E61 grouphead on a Izzo Alex Duetto 3.
Its really done magic. Only thing is that when i turn the machine on, the brewing pressure seem to go up to around 12 bar.. not that anything happens. But i have to open the lever up and down...
After 4 solid years of use, my Dual Boiler has started to give me some grief. The machine is taking longer to build up pressure, and is not getting to 9 bar. When it started happening, I descaled and cleaned the machine and it worked well for another few weeks, but it...
I had been looking at my local ads for a while waiting to pounce on a decent resto project. There are probably better machines out there, but this one is well documented on this site. And anything should be a workflow upgrade over my current Flair with an old DeLonghi EC680 for...
I recently began fixing up a new, but damaged, Breville Barista Express Impress. One thing missing was the inner, cone burr from the grinder. Is it a five or six point star? Can I use one from another model? Does it matter? I'm struggling to find non-salvaged parts to...
I am hoping the wisdom of the collective can help me out. I am currently having issues with my Miele CM5200 Super Automatic machine. Originally very expensive it has provided 10 years of hassle free and decent coffee. What's happening now is that the pucks...
I was watching Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist for a while as I knew I wanted to purchase and fix a broken espresso machine. I'd never worked on one before, but I have some knowledgeable friends and access to Google - what could go wrong!
I picked up a non-functional Fiorenzato Bricoletta to repair, and I started tearing it down to clean it before really digging into the problem... and I don't recognize this part. I did a quick browse on espressoparts.com to see if I could visually match it, but had no luck. I...