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Hey everyone. I studied different styles of lever espresso machines and I just can't understand one thing. All of them have the water inlets in the cylinder exposed at the very top of the piston travel and I can understand why. The pressure won't build up as there are holes on...
Hi all. First post after a long time lurking on these forums. This has been an invaluable resource searching for a machine and rebuilding after I found one. I picked up a pre-millennium in decent shape at auction and have spent a few weeks cleaning and rebuilding (as described...
This evening Paul Pratt announced on Kickstarter that 50 Robots have shipped and that 15 more are being shipped every day. It's time to open a User Experience thread so we can learn from each other. This is also the thread for initial comments on the Cafelat Robot Review that we...
I purchased this La Peppina Termomatica out of Italy. As it turned out there was a mint unit sold out of the USA for not much more than I paid for this one - such is life!
So it was immediately obvious that a new boiler was required. I looked at the glass boilers that...
Hoping some of you Cremina veterans can help a relative newbie re: the topic of descaling...yes, I searched and read several deep-dive threads on the topic, but did not find any that answered my questions/concerns entirely.
I wanted to try to add to some of the info that exists on the CT1 and share my experience. This site and all of you who contribute have been a massive help to me and have saved me many hours of frustration as I've learned to become a more proficient barista, and so I wanted to...
Some of you have probably heard the rumours, some of you probably even know for a while and some may know nothing at all. Either way, I thought it would be a good time to create a thread about the new kid on the Lever Espresso Machine block. Apparently Flair have been working on...
