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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 finally pushed the bottom and I bought a Robot, which makes me very happy! However, things are not going as expected with my first few espresso shot attempts. Basically, I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or whether my grinder burrs are just misaligned
I've had a 1974 Microcimabli for about a year now-it's gotten a lot of use, probably about 4 drinks a day. I've had to replace the gaskets twice, which I'm not bothered to do. The first repair, about halfway into my year of use, bought me six months of great cappucini....
After a long time lurking on this forum and being inspired by the very many threads, I took the plunge and decided to make a project out of refurbishing a lever. First a tour of the machine:
This is a 1957 2nd gen Urania - mid generation single group. It has a 1st gen...
I'ver recently seen a youtube video by Brian Quan about the Jian Yi lever espresso machine. It looks very cool, but I cannot find any reviews or information on it. Has anybondy in this forum used the Jian Yi or know anything more about it?
Perhaps I need to file this under nothing to worry about ..
I have a 4-month old Cremina SL. After pulling a round of shots, I flush the group to clean it out. On the lever upstroke, the mechanism feels like it catches , roughly when the lever is at 90° to the...
Hello lever fans.
Has anyone followed the Londinium forum and saw that Reiss is developing a new compact spring lever model? He won't offer many details but I think it's going to be around the size of a Cremina with a bit larger boiler and a 58mm spring lever group. It will be...
I am a new La Pavoni Pro user (post-millennium model, brand new) using a Niche Zero grinder. I am consistently seeing channeling to the left side of the portafilter. This occurrs on both the standard and bottomless styles - in fact on the standard it only comes out the left...
Just finished up a full restoration and upgrade of my Mini Gaggia lever machine. Started as a sight unseen eBay buy, and turned into a fully stripped down rebuild. Upgraded 2nd spring, 110v heating element conversion, as well as a not-so-smart temperature controller.
