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Home Barista MVP Celebration!

by HB » Feb 15, 2019, 9:37 pm » in Marketplace

La Marzocco is really popular among the HB membership. Given that they have a dedicated "home" line of equipment, the feelings are clearly mutual. In fact, they recently announced in their newsletter a "home barista"...

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Pour Festival in Charlotte, NC

by jebmn » Mar 14, 2019, 1:24 pm

I went to the Pour Festival last Sunday in Charlotte NC. Wow, what a great event and a great day! I hope others here got to go. I really hope this continues and grows. I don't have time to give a complete review of it today but it was...

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Portafilter weight?

by Radio.YYZ » Mar 08, 2019, 12:33 am

Hi,

I am trying to find out if most portafilters weigh around the same?

As the portafilter is in the grouphead while heating so it adds to the thermal mass of the grouphead, which has implications on heat time and thermal stability of...

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Mar 14, 2019, 9:45 am View the latest post
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Rekindling love of coffee

by mdmvrockford » Mar 13, 2019, 12:52 am

I am being intentionally vague because I will not violate HIPAA regulations. Penalty is fine and criminal. I work as a home care physician. In brief, I see patients at their residence (i.e. I go to patients' residence; patients do NOT come...

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Mar 14, 2019, 8:55 am View the latest post
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Japan gear coffee request

by happycat » Mar 10, 2019, 7:10 pm

My wife is headed to Japan for a couple weeks and keeps asking if I want any coffee stuff brought back.

I already have a Kalita, v60. Last year she brought home some Toraja coffee (Indonesian area but... monopolized by the Japanese...

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Mar 12, 2019, 8:34 am View the latest post
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Hot Water Valve - Important Or Not

by jyl » Feb 03, 2019, 8:02 am

I am curious:

Do you use the hot water valve on your espresso machine much? What for? If your machine didn't have a hot water valve, would it matter to you a lot - a little - not at all?

And please mention if you have a HX machine....

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When Espresso Becomes an Idol

by jevenator » Mar 08, 2019, 12:00 am

I just recently got in the whole Espresso game and am hooked. It started off with my dad buying a $100 Capresso machine from Costco a few months ago and living in this day and age with all the information at your fingertips started doing...

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Mar 08, 2019, 12:33 am View the latest post
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Espresso in Miami

by Elfmaze » Mar 07, 2019, 10:22 pm

I just got back from my trip to Miami and was surprised to see espresso machines in every grocery store, corner market, restaurant and home there. That said they pretty much all used pre-ground coffee and as expected the espressos just...

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Food safe silicone grease

by slipchuck » Mar 03, 2019, 9:34 pm

Would this work on e61 group etc

Hard time finding some in this area

Thanks

Randy

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Mar 06, 2019, 3:23 pm View the latest post
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Open Source Espresso Scale

by jousis » Mar 03, 2019, 7:33 pm

Hello fellow makers, this post is mainly for you :)
I just released the first version of my scale project and you are welcome to contribute/fork/copy/sell, respecting the mentioned licenses.

Everything is open source, from schematics to...

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Mar 04, 2019, 3:49 pm View the latest post
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Moda Museum, Atlanta GA - Passione Italiana: The Art of Espresso

by Moka 1 Cup » Feb 25, 2019, 3:52 pm

Just noticed it today what driving by the museum.

It ends on June 9.

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