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

Ernie1

The grey does look amazing. I don’t regret the white one but if I was buying again I’d get grey.

I like the chromed valve caps too, that’s different to the Mini.

Amberale

Ernie1
Well spotted mate, all intended in jest.

The Studmistress always claimed that her Triumph Spitfire was not leaking oil just marking its territory. (Didn’t leak anything after I had at it!).

None of the old 1950-1980UK/Euro/USA bikes had much to offer in reliability which was why the Japanese bikes captured so much of the market.

Ernie1

Amberale

Honestly the worst thing about Harley these days is the faux tough guy attitude. Makes me cringe every time I see it.

I appreciate there are genuine tough guys in certain bike circles but there are an awful lot who for some reason get on a Harley and get an attitude to go with it.

For a pastime that’s supposed to be fun these guys sure make an effort to look miserable.

DavecUK

Ernie1 I can only assume it’s fallout from the AMF years 73-81 when Harley sold the co and the bikes weren’t great.

I knew someone who had an AMF Harley Aermacchi SX 175 2 stroke. It looked nothing like a HD. I remember AMF from my 10 pin bowling days where they made machines (Pin Setters I think) for bowling alleys.

I can’t remember the guys name, but it’s on the tip of my tongue (said the Dalai Llama)…Ah Martin Amer….used to tear around on that bike like he’d stolen it.

Ernie1

DavecUK

Same here! I was bowling before I was riding bikes and thought it was bizarre I was seeing the same logo I saw on the barriers that I was on Harley petrol tanks.

Those Aermacchi’s look very different indeed, quite sought after now I think.

I’ve heard stories that some of the Shovelheads from the AMF years broke down on the road out of the dealership.

It’s also why the late 80s/90s FXR’s are so highly regarded, the original family bought the company back and built the best bikes they’d ever made to try and recover some of their reputation.

itguy

Have recently (last week) upgraded from my trusty MaraX (v2 modded) to my end game machine, a LLMu as they are apparently called now, but a Micra to every normal person! Loving every minute of it so far. Getting back to basics with a top quality machine is SO nice. That rotary pump, that massive ‘tasty’ window of extraction - ie you can pretty much prepare the puck with a blindfold on and still get very tasty espresso out.

The steam wand is also next-level to what I’ve ever had before. Will take a bit of getting used to again like any machine, but very very impressed so far.

DavecUK

When I first saw one Amer, said it was Amechi Motor Factory e.g. Italian…lol. We soon made him aware it wasn’t. In fairness, it wasn’t a bad little 2 stroke and had a bit of pep.

phil28

@KyleT Don’t suppose you can measure the clearance beneath the group head? Forgot to check when I was at their London showroom a few weeks ago.

Been umming and ahhing over the Micra for ages, and think Im just gonna take the plunge and purchase this week. LM have offered me a deal on the Micra.

Thanks

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.

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