I am interested in trying out some flow and pressure profiling AND As I have owned for many years a double boiler e61 machine with a PID, I was thinking if buying an after market e61 flow control device to have my machine installed with it.

On the other hand there have been...

I'm not sure which of the following machines would be best for me if I choose to upgrade from my fully tricked out Gaggia Classic. While I have a PID and every other upgrade replacement on the Gaggia (except flow control) I've not been totally happy. It could be that I'm just a...

Hey everyone,

I have always wondered about the differences between the MonCon grinders and would love to compare the MC3 to MC4 or even earlier generation if you have them. Has that been done already? Would anyone be interested in having a get together to compare the different...

Hi,

I brought back 29 bags of beans from roasters in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne, and want to freeze the beans after vacuum packing them. Is there a reason to open the bags (besides wanting to weigh doses or whatever), or can I just vacuum pack the whole bags? I am thinking...

Thomas added some major new details about the second edition in his blog today. We're starting to see what the price increase from the first edition can bring, e.g., 316 stainless steel instead of 304.

ETA: Other changes and the build process are on IG at: Some of the other...

Dear all,

I spent quite some time with google and within this forum but still feel a bit lost so I hope you can help me with my query. While I do know how to run barista machines, I am far from being a pro, so apologies if any of the below statements do not make any sense.

I...

I have an Acaia Lunar and a Brewista, but I would like a cheap extra scale that can get knocked around. Has anyone tried the cheap Acaia copies on AliExpress, like this one

Are there any ones to steer clear of?

Hi all,

My Mahlkönig E80 GBW arrived today. Delivered by an official Mahlkönig dealer in Germany. With the 250g bean hopper as an accessory for a total of EUR 3,000 incl. VAT/sales tax and shipping (that's USD 2,670 before sales tax).

First pictures can be found here:

To put...

Nuova Ricambi lists two kinds of lever bearings for the LSM lever group here:

The first has 10 roller bearings in a cage:

The second 18 free-floating rollers:

The SproParts page indicates the former is made by SM

DVG and CafeParts only list the latter

Does...

I've all but settled on upgrading from my 2007 Gaggia Coffee to a Breville Dual Boiler. They are a bit scarce it seems but I can get a black one direct from Breville I think. On the other hand, I may have an opportunity to pick up a used BDB locally for less than $900.

Never...

As an old auto racer, I'm well schooled in proper monitoring, maintenance and renewal of vital organs in mechanical devices. So when I bought my Technika Profi IV in January 2017, I vowed to disassemble the group every year for inspection, cleaning, and light lube. And I...

I vaguely remember that when I first setup my BDB I had to test the hardness of the water and set some thing in the machine.

I followed the instructions back then. But now my house is switching to soft water. Does anyone have the instruction for what I should do? Should I...

Advice requested: Should I get this grinder?
My current setup is a Sette 270 with an E61 machine. My wife switched to decaf, that means constantly changing grind settings, so... perfect excuse to get a new grinder! Sette will be the decaf grinder.

I like everything about this,...

Hello,
I have two grinders I use with La Pavoni lever machine, the Aergrind and the Comandante (standard axle).
All the rest being equal (coffee, coffe weight 14g, water, water pressure, tamping, lever pressure):
- When using the Aergrind, I need to keep a setting that's...

Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, just started brewing my own espressos at home. But I did watch a ton of videos, read a lot of pages on espresso and am trying to follow the advice that I found. The issue is that the recommendations are contradictory.

I have a Solis Barista Perfetta...

Hello,

I just got back my appartamento after a long international relocation.

For some reason the machine turns off exactly at the two minutes mark. It just goes into blinking. It is always at two minutes mark. It maintains pressure in the boiler but doesn't start the pump...

Is the TWW Espresso profile fine for stainless steel boilers?

I am not asking about the Classic Profile ... only the espresso profile. The espresso profile does not state that it includes chlorine. Ingredients are as follows: Magnesium Sulfate, Calcium Citrate, Potassium...

In response to this thread on Trader Joe's Barista espresso (no longer available) Trader Joe's Barista Espresso I asked if there were any other bargain priced Italian style blends with Robusta out there worth trying.

As one of the suggestions, I tried some Nicoletti Espresso, a...

Hi all,
I'm using a fellow ode with a recently bought acaia dosing cup. The cup just slides under the chute with about a very tiny maybe 5mm clearance.
When I grind beans, sometimes I see a faint blue static spark every 1-2 sec on the outer rim of dosing cup and the plastic...

Greetings -
As I continue to tinker on my self fabricated machine, which is based upon a 2 group conti PMS Evolution, or Monaco, I came across a chance to buy a lever group head that belonged to a Victoria Arduino Athena Classic Leva. I have only one group hooked up to the...