For anyone considering a Linea Mini and wanted an idea on size. Here it is compared to a Sage Dual Boiler. Any questions about the machine feel free to ask [URL=https://i.imgur.com/F9cV3Ae.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/F9cV3Ae.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Great to have another La Marzocco owner here, pretty sure that makes two of us 😅 Congrats on the new machine, you’re in for a treat, and for people regularly telling you you could’ve bought X machine for X thousand pounds less.

🤣 already had that a couple of times!

So nice….. I am just trying to convince myself to spend the money… think it would be perfect in terms of size the looks and making great drinks without too much tinkering 👍

So some random questions… Did you get a water testing kit with it ? Are you using bottled or filtered for the machine ? Is it as quick to heat up as has been said ? Or is it a longer period if you want to make milk drinks from turning on the machine? cheers Matt

Not to jump in and answer on behalf of @"KyleT"#495 but I can confirm the Linea Mini heats up incredibly quick, well under 10 mins for the brew boiler, not far off 10 for steam at 1.5 bar. If you leave the steam at the default 2.0 it takes slightly longer, but since I like my milk to stay in the pitcher and not all over the kitchen I lowered the pressure. With that in mind I’d say the claimed warmup times of the Micra are probably accurate. Mine also came with a water drop test although I know my water is the hardest of hard so I use Lockhills exclusively. It’s not the perfect scale-free water, but it’s a risk I’m knowingly taking.

Thats great, very compact size is it grey or silver?

@"MattH"#p36927 Hi, no water testing kit came with it. I’ve heard from others who have purchased the Micra that despite the manual mentioning water testing kits they didn’t receive one either. I am putting only Tesco Ashbeck in to it. About 5mins and its ready to go both brew and steam, i will normally let it warm for 15-20mins though.

@"Cuprajake"#p36937 its grey, i saw everyone posting pictures of the white one with the occasional red or black but never saw a grey. Also, grey is the only colour where the back plate (where the two gauges are) is painted in the same colour.

Lovely machine that, partial to a bit of grey

Agreed, looks really good there in the grey.

Linea Micra size comparison

MattH

phil28 A good deal ? Was that because you visited the showroom ? - I am also dithering so not ordered one yet 😂

DavecUK

MattH A good deal ? Was that because you visited the showroom ? - I am also dithering so not ordered one yet

bet their gonna chuck in a radio for free 😉

phil28

MattH Yep and I’ve also signed up to the mailing list, where they send seasonal offers. This was an easter offer.

Current offer is 10% off the Micra plus at home Barista training. Only caveat is that the 10% discount expires tomorrow (13th April) at midnight 😬.

I also have a code for around 25% discount off the Mini. Again this expires tomorrow at midnight.

Im personally gonna go for the Micra over the Mini, after watching Lance’s comparison video over the newer internal parts. Plus I’m only person using it in my house hold.

I’ll DM you the codes.

Phil

Cuprajake

@MattH

Giphy - do it jewish GIF

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK bet their gonna chuck in a radio for free

Or even a cassette player. ;-)

Ernie1

May not be helpful but I measured the Mini as I’m interested in the difference.

140mm from group to drip tray.

phil28

@MattH I have no idea how to DM you 😂

DavecUK

phil28 I have no idea how to DM you 😂

How is in his profile, which isn’t visible to spammers…just click on his name.

MattH

You can use the email in my posts 👍 - i cannot even work out how to get in the mailing list - is it on the international marzocco website ?

Found the mailing list 😂

unlikereality.xis0l@simplelogin.com

MediumRoastSteam

DavecUK - Nice! I wasn’t aware of this feature. Of course, it takes no time for a spammer to create an account and check the email on the profile, but it’s an extra hurdle. 👍

Ernie1

25% off the Mini is a heck of a deal in my opinion and if you have the space I’d really say that was the better option.

I know the Micra is cute but a Mini for £3375 is the better buy I reckon.

One huge thing to note with the Micra is that temperature is controlled exclusively by the app whereas it’s a mechanical wheel on the Mini. My concern would be that if the app no longer gets updated, or becomes obsolete with future phones etc, as it stands you would have no way of adjusting temperature.

I haven’t seen the video Lance Hedrick did but I wouldn’t worry about internals, the Mini is built and wired in a way that looks like it’ll last about 50 years. Also you can fit a gear pump for proper pressure-profiling should you wish to.

DavecUK

MediumRoastSteam Nice! I wasn’t aware of this feature. Of course, it takes no time for a spammer to create an account and check the email on the profile, but it’s an extra hurdle. 👍

It’s not that simple, if they create an account, they still can’t. I won’t go into any more detail…but I already tweaked it. It was in the announcement below.

https://coffeetime.freeflarum.com/d/229-private-messaging-important/2

and in the main menu dropdown under New? A certain tab a user who got very upset with us didn’t bother to read.

MattH

Ohh I missed that totally - I will do that shortly

caffeinated-carp

Well that’s a bummer! I’ve literally just ordered a micra, it’s being delivered tomorrow. I was not aware of the discount codes, don’t suppose you could send them over to me as well @phil28? Unless they are single use codes, in which case I think Matt has dibs on them :)

And also hello everyone, just joined, used to be on coffeeforums.co.uk (well, still am but don’t post much).

Edit - I don’t think I can set a bio, or see anyone elses bio which I presume is due to the tweak mentioned above by Dave. Probably because I’ve only just joined.

DavecUK

caffeinated-carp Well that’s a bummer! I’ve literally just ordered a micra, it’s being delivered tomorrow.

Tell them you will cancel unless they price match!

phil28

caffeinated-carp sure email me at proximity_masses726@simplelogin.com

It expires midnight tonight.

caffeinated-carp

DavecUK I have e-mailed them :)

caffeinated-carp

phil28 have emailed you!

DavecUK

caffeinated-carp I have e-mailed them :)

I expect they are loving you…..😜

MattH

Well they ( the codes ) worked last night !! I have ordered a micra.

caffeinated-carp Can I ask how long ago you ordered and which colour you went for ?

cheers

Matt

caffeinated-carp

DavecUK haha I’m sure. Half tempted to order another tonight so they can’t say no!

caffeinated-carp

MattH I ordered on April 6th so delivery has been fast. Went for white, I did ring them before though and I think they said all colours were in stock.

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