Hoping to learn more about this machine as used in the US. Clearly it's gorgeous, and can make amazing espresso. Wondering how it achieves temp stability in the group. The website says just walk up and pull a shot no temp management needed. How does that work - surely it is an...

After the recent cleaning of the sleeve it was now very easy to take it out again. A little mechanical push from below and the rest by hand. A good opportunity to take a few pictures and video water flow.

In the evening with 50Hz light so some flickering.

I recently acquired a La Pavoni (pre-millennium, probably from around 1980). I did some work on it, replacing gaskets etc. I just tried to pull a shot, but ran into an odd problem.

I don't have an espresso grinder, so I bought some ground La Vazza espresso to try. I used 14g...

In the last couple of years I have used my beloved Elektra MCAL for travel, but its large 10 base makes it difficult to make the whole kit compact (especially when also packing my Baratza Sette). I also love my MCAL so much that I hesitate to pack it for travel...

So I am...

Hello everyone, at home I have some some coffee machines: Faema Faemina, LP Europiccola, LP Professional, Elektra Microcasa, Cafelat Robot and Faemina Baby (incomplete). But I want another machine, I want an open boiler one. I know there is the Caravel but it has the volume...

Hello,

I always wanted to get a WAFO basket for my LSM group head after watching Brian Quan's YouTube Video:

So I reached out to WAFO and was told they only make 58.5mm basket. When asked about customizing a 54mm basket, the answer was:

Not sure what that suppose to mean, but...

I've just started using Strietman's CT2 and I can not figure out how to make a longer shot.

My full stroke lever pulls are 39g and about 40 ml.
A bit too long for me, but family want longer pours.

I use 16g of dark roast in the 18g basket. No more will fit or the puck touches...

Yep, exactly! :) Francesco knows what he's doing!

Do you mind sharing some info on your PID? Mine is 220V and I was going to pull the plug (ha!) on a plug adapter and a 110V heating element from Brooks.

Mod note: Moved from Post a pic of your home espresso setup......

I turned my pavoni on to pre-heat, and sadly had to run outside and ended up getting distracted. 10 minutes later, I returned to the house to hear the tell-tale hiss of the machine and opened it to find that the water line was well below the heating element, although there was...

Hello,

I finally got my Vesuvius recently. Absolutely love it. The first shot I pull was great. Now it is just a matter of tuning in. Questions:

Tamper: the goal is to get a tamper that fits in the basket perfectly:
The included tamper seems to have a reasonable, but not...