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I picked up what I believe to be a Zacconi Rivera manual lever machine. The previous owner had lost the portafilter and the unit has more or less been sitting for god knows how long. It starts up just fine and holds pressure steady to 9-10 bar. I was able to get...
Hi all, just got a Flair 58 last weekend - I've had Bianca and Decent recently. I see a lot of potential in the 58 and I am still getting used to it. For the time being, I am just doing 5-8 seconds of preinfusion at 2 bars and than ramping up to 9 and holding there until the end...
Any Canuks here ever order Olympia parts or machines/grinders from Cerini? If so, were you ever charged duty across the border? Quality Coffee Systems in Vancouver sells Olympia but they sometimes don't have what I'm looking for. For example, I have been considering buying a...
I want a portable espresso machine and thinking of the Cafflano Kompresso or the Picopresso. Is there anyone who experienced both of them and can share which one be the most easy to operate and clean, and make good cup of espresso? I know a lot of people complain about...
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 quick grabs after I had: read all I could...
I stupidly let my Cremina run out of water yesterday - luckily I caught it fairly quickly. The heating element and pstat both work but the boiler knob does not appear to be sealing when heating up. I suspect I have cooked this blue gasket and will need to replace it. Does that...
I just found out about the Sprover (Espresso Machine Pour Over Style Coffee) method. So I coarsely grind 12g single origin coffee median roast, put it in my billet basket, tamped, then on to the ACS EVO Leva. I pulled the lever down, and waited till I get around 144g...
Met up with Ross last week here in CO and got a chance to pull a couple shots with one of his units. He mentioned after CNY concludes he should be able to get enough parts shipped over to build up a few machines for sending out to reviewers. Having had an opportunity to meet...
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...
