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This will be one of two concurrent topic threads I'll be doing to account for the two machines that arrived today.
After two weeks in Portuguese customs I finally received my Faema Lambro. It was a bargain find and am very excited to learn new skills from it. It is in need of...
I'm a long time electric pump espresso user (I joined here in 2007) and I have a very good idea about what features are important to me, why different machines have different price points, and what the tradeoffs are of different designs. But I have long...
I recently purchased a Futurmat Palanca 2 group lever machine. I am almost ready to set it up for a test. However, I am concerned that the electrical cable has 4 conductors. In my past experience with industrial motors, 4 conductors means 3-phase power. I have always understood...
I have a 1974 Series 1.7 Europiccola I am bringing to India for my move next year. I haven't yet used it because it is 240v and it's presently stored in the US while I am in India seeing where I will live. I now have a 120v Series 1.6 at my Nicaragua house with the switch...
Branching off the main Cafelat Robot thread as that one has become so long...
I last replaced my Cafelat Robot piston seal on March 7th (documented in this post ). Since that time (131 days), I've pulled around 400 shots (~3 shots per day with an occasional extra shot here and...
Does anyone know what is the size of the steam valve nut on LaPavoni pro. I will be installing a B-Push valve and need to make a wrench. Some sites say it is 15,16,17 size, not much help. Any help would be appreciated.
What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of these designs?
I imagine that an Hx will be more prone to accumulating minerals in the boiler, can this be counteracted with flushing the hot water valve or will it require draining the boiler or even descaling more often?...
Some of you have probably heard the rumours, some of you probably even know for a while and some may know nothing at all. Either way, I thought it would be a good time to create a thread about the new kid on the Lever Espresso Machine block. Apparently Flair have been working on...
