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Can anybody explain the strange peak at the beginning of the shot pls? Both elements were heating (with only one there is a lower peak).

The machine is my Red Label one:

As many others here have doubtlessly done, I purchased a Flair Espresso Maker manual lever, late in its Kickstarter funding cycle. I bought the "hostess kit," which includes two brewing cylinders. I also purchased their extra...

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...

how do i go about removing the group sleeve from bosco group

A very kind and generous friend has loaned me his Caravel due to my e61 HX requiring a replacement of a number of failing parts. He is out of the country at the moment with spotty to no internet service or I would ask him.

When lifting...

Hi to everyone, sorry for this basic question, but there is something about pressure reading that is a little confusing to me.

Why in the Europiccolas the gauges tells that 14 psi-0.9 bar is a normal pressure, while in others machines the...

After some further experiments, my steaming preheat method recently looks like this

Procedure for medium roast (Illy, Lavazza and SO from local roaster) is as follows

- pour about 1 dl of water into czesve, put on the cylinder and the...

As reported elsewhere in this section, I've wrestled with the technical vacuum of a brain I have for digital photography and I hope some casual shots can now be found below.

Now these are not show shots in any sense, just a handful of...

If you search the forums for "Caravel" you'll find several threads that discuss these antique Italian home lever machines. In this thread I'll attempt to link to these others in a general discussion of the Arrarex Caravel, their...