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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...

Hi,
Just pick up Cremina 67' with serial number start at 83.
The machine set on the shelf without working for at least 5 years, and I intend to fully restore her.

First thing I notice is that the electric plug is upside down and getting...

Hello. I currently have a Flair PRO and I'm looking to get a Cafelat Robot so that I can experience making more traditional espresso with a 58mm PF. (I'm looking to stick with levers as well.)
The Flair PRO has a 46mm PF, and as such, the...

So I have a Baby Lusso replaced a few thing but the gasket they sent me for the piston head seem a bit big... I read on the forums they have slightly different gaskets.. Can anyone help?

Hello:

Looking around the web I found what seems to be a modified La Cara type EP.

As you can see from the only photo available to me, it is rather unique in that it has a water inlet/outlet port (?) at the back of the boiler, which...

I guess I am a lever owner now!

So my pump machine is a flow profiler through a needle valve I use on the fly, for flow control...

We can do more or less the same thing with our Pavoni or Cremina direct levers though maybe without the same degree of dead flat...

I bought a Zacconi Riviera online this summer, a little research points to an early 80's model, that turned out to be in really rough shape. During the initial tear down the boiler bulkhead fitting that accepts the plumbed water supply...

Hi,
This is a long shot but...
I recently purchased a Conti Prestina and unfortunately the pressure gauge is not working. I've contacted a number of individuals including stefano and Moschetti (still waiting to hear back) and have taken it...