I am in a current dilemma, Been awaiting the Synesso ES1 to make a final decision but according to a local vendor it won't hit near us until December and the price range is in $9-10k (Way beyond the budget). My current setup is a Lelit Bianca V2+ Lagom P100+Niche+Kopi Deva So my choices are either: 1- LA GS3 MP. 2- Any Saturated Group head that is worth it. 3- Safe Lever Machine (is there one?). 4- Just forget about upgrading. The Bianca is so decent I find it hard to find an upgrade. Use is mainly 50% Sunshine Lattes, 50% Underworld dark drinks.

\~ACS Vesuvius or ACE Evo or Decent!

I'd make a list of what you want from it.

Are you upgrading for upgrades' sake, or do you feel your current combo is missing something?

Have a look at https://www.sanremomachines.com/en/products/you/ (Edited: previously suggested that the Nurri Leva may have been a "safe" lever but that is not the case.)

What's life without a little danger ![Giphy - Steve Irwin Danger GIF](https://media0.giphy.com/media/LpkLWXTp0v0qy70xPp/giphy.gif?cid=bb77869fwiddj5crsyh7hfqnaejlaerqyfs0qsghuc6stdr9&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

> @"Otaibimn"#p24681 4- Just forget about upgrading. ![Giphy - Schitts Creek Comedy GIF by CBC](https://media0.giphy.com/media/jQDbxgBuGcsbkd1C47/giphy.gif?cid=bb77869fkiv0o5i2s3a4xcwe6d2rmtcahczb0b8ggazagyh0&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

I often wonder, if you could assemble a veritable line of coffee machines on a bench, and then someone put earphones and a blindfold and brought you random coffee one after the other.........would you actually learn anything! When I used to practice Transcendental Meditation, following a group session we were all asked to share our experiences in a couple of short sentences........my own contribution was 'TM is like having an itch, but it does not really matter......the itch that does not itch'.

@"tompoland"#p24686 I'm not sure the Nurri is 'safe'. It's safe from portafilter sneeze (as long as one remembers to release the pressure with the paddle), but the lever itself is free to move. Not that avoidance of portafilter sneeze is anything to - ahem - sniff about, as I can attest even from this morning, when I changed beans and choked the machine… As far as I know, only the LM Leva-X/Leva-S and (some?) Kees van der Westen lever machines have 'safe' levers with a clutch preventing unintended release, but they are priced beyond even @"Otaibimn"#p24681 's very generous budget (at least new). This said, in 2 months of lever machine use (and a couple of slips…), the victims have been 2 coffee cups and a healthy respect for the 250 kg of force the springs exert once fully compressed. However, I think the stories of broken jaws have to refer to coffee-shop environments where multiple levers are 'on the move' and people are in a rush; I really can't see that sort of accident happening in a home.

@"Cuprajake"#p24687 I miss this man 😢

@"Otaibimn"#p24681 if you just want to satisfy a buying urge, may as well put a punt on the odyssey Argos. Otherwise GS3 seems nice. Where I am you can sometimes see them floating on the used market for roughly 20% more than a Decent

Upgraditius hits again!

Knluk

CoyoteOldMan I am in discussion with david of BB on the white one with wood. He said he needs to check with Nurri first before accepting the order. And this is now getting slow due to summer holiday.

CoyoteOldMan

Knluk Fingers crossed re: delivery times/availability… Italy still tends to ‘shut down’ during August - even if Nurri may still be working, their suppliers are likely not to, and that will end up causing delays.

Re: the PIDs - I don’t know. I haven’t seen any testing done on the Nurri (probably because there are too few around). I know from several reports and personal experience that the ACS is a) VERY stable and b) easily and quickly adjustable. Bear in mind that - other than the smaller boilers adopted from the Minima - the Evo has the Vostok’s internals and firmware; ACS has had 7+ years to get these well tuned.

DavecUK

chlorox AFAIK the nurri has the following abilities that the evo does not have:–

To purge or flush the grouphead or to even make an espresso entirely with he rotary pump and without pulling the lever at all by engaging the right paddle
2. To terminate the shot and vacate the remaining water in the piston chamber by engaging the left paddle which can do away or reduce the likelihood of needing to whip the cup away so as to not catch the watery overextracted trickle at the end of the shot
3. To use the left paddle to remove the pressure almost immediately so that you can quickly remove the portafilter without the danger of portafilter sneeze
4. If you have choked the machine, then you can remove the portafilter without an explosion of coffee gruel all over the machine by engaging the left paddle
5. The ability to backwash the groiphead screen with a blind basket and using both paddles (although this ability isn’t really needed for traditional levers usually)
6. A shot timer that switches on automatically
7. The ability to set and change preinfusion pressure without needing to lift the top off and access the pump inside the machine

At the expense of correct information, for the unit I had which was an early version, so perhaps it has changed. I never really got any feedback on changes

Yes you can purge the group, or flush it, but making an espresso entirely with the rotary pump, although theoretically possible, unless there has been a change (I recommended), is not practical. To make an espresso using the rotary pump, you would have to access the pumps balanced bypass through a hole in the case, and use a screwdriver to raise the balanced bypass pressure from preinfusion pressure to whatever shot pressure you wanted e.g. 9 bar. As for flushing the group, yes you can with a paddle, but also equally easy by pulling the lever down a small way.
Yes you can do this, but you may well want to move the cup fairly soon, as you will still get some drips from the portafilter as there will be a water layer above the coffee that needs time to dry out.
Correct for the portafilter sneeze, but you would want to leave the PF locked in for a while to avoid a watery soupy mess when you knock it out. I used to leave it for 20 to 30s
Yes you can do this which is handy. On a machine without this feature e.g. Evo, you would need to apply forward pressure on the lever until 0 showed on the gauge, then remove the PF
Yes, this can be done and would be necessary to keep the vent system clean
It does, and it switches off when you use the paddle to vent the group. On the early machine I had, if you didn’t manually vent the group the timer carried on and had to be manually stopped/reset by pulling the paddle to vent the group before the next shot
Yes, this is done by accessing the balanced bypass screw through a hole in the case. I seem to remember on my machine this was at the rear, so wasn’t so easy for me to get to. as I couldn’t easily move the machine far enough forward (risk of falling off the counter).

This is just an addition to the features you mention so that you fully understand them as they existed on my early test machine.

chlorox

DavecUK

Thanks DavecUK

chlorox

DavecUK

By the way Dave may I ask how deep is the counter on which you barely managed to put the nurri? I am keen to know the minimum depth needed to accommodate this machine.

DavecUK

chlorox 600mm deep.

chlorox

Thanks Dave for the info.

Knluk

chlorox

I send this pic to Nurri for advice. He confirmed that the green arrow dimension is 58cm. FYI.

chlorox

Knluk

Thanks for the info!

tompoland

dfk41 I’ve been told that the Australian importer specified an 800W element for brew and they did not arrive at tne factory in time for the July ship. And Antonio scored a dose of COVID as well. The good news for Antonio is that he had over 60 orders for the Nurri Leva at host milano.

chlorox

tompoland

Thats interesting. Do you know why the aussie importer wanted 800W element? According to the Bella barista website, the existing brew boiler element was 1000W - isn’t it better to be higher powered to achieve faster heating?

On the show, i believe the nurri leva won some kind of award also in rhat show also

tompoland

chlorox No idea sorry. That was the message from the retailer who works closely with the importer. They had jointly tested a prototype and provided feedback prior to taking orders. I also heard they were having trouble with the suppliers of the cigars. And people sometimes give a reason based on an assumption so I am not going to hang my hat on the delay being due to one thing or the other. It’s not a biggie for me so long as it arrives in one piece I’m content to wait.

Given the inevitable creep of ETAs over the last couple of years, I’m hoping Santa puts extra heavy duty suspension on his sleigh this year.

CoyoteOldMan

tompoland I’m hoping Santa puts extra heavy duty suspension on his sleigh this year.

A bit old, but strangely relevant: https://phys.org/news/2004-12-physics-santa-claus.html

chlorox

tompoland

Is there a typo with the “cigars”? Sorry not being grammar police but I couldn’t figure out what was the word meant to he typed there so am.asking.

Norvin

chlorox

Probably a typo, I assumed that it should be gicar.

tompoland

chlorox Freudian slip … definitely no problem with a lack of cigars … lets go with gicar (that is what happens when I type on my phone at lunch time with my ten thumbs). mark twain: “I have no time for anyone who can only spell a word one way”. 😀

chlorox

Norvin thats right - gicar of course! Pesky auto correct strikes again

drdre89

I currently have the Timemore Black Mirror Nano scale. Am wanting to upgrade to the Acaia Lunar 2021 model … is this a waste of money?

MediumRoastSteam

drdre89 I currently have the Timemore Black Mirror Nano scale. Am wanting to upgrade to the Acaia Lunar 2021 model

Like most things, it’s about ownership and feeling good about it. Unless you need the solid feel, weight, responsiveness, accuracy, auto tare, blinking dots, shiny nonsense and whatever else, it’s most likely that he scales you currently own already have some of he features the Lunar have. Ultimately it’s a pair of scales, and I’m sure both do a good job, same as my 10 year old £4.99 one, which my only complaint is that it measures to 1 decimal place and it’s a bit laggy. But that doesn’t bother me.

Ultimately if you like the Lunar and are happy to pay the price they command, go for it, if that’s what you really want.

Cuprajake

Giphy - French Yes GIF by Groundhog Day

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