So there’s a lot of people buying Minimas on here at the moment and a few experienced users so I thought a thread dedicated to the Minima with questions / information on the machine would be useful to myself and the others who have recently purchased and are about to take the plunge (and to prevent myself from hijacking other people’s threads).

One question I have to kick us off is about the brew boiler and PID. For some reason my Minima does not seem to like bring set at 93 degrees. Despite me having it set at 93, the display shows it settling at 94. I’m not sure if this is indicative of an issue or standard behaviour. It occasionally will drop to 93 but then goes up to 94 again

Edit…I’ve just found the PID Values Explained section at the back of the manual where it explains this is normal.

    Mine does the same and I confirmed with other Minima users when I bought the machine.

    PortafilterProcrastinator they are fine. Easier to pull a nice looking bottomless shot - in my opinion that doesn’t mean much. I moved on to a 18g VST to optimise my shots as much as possible.

      It’s been a bit of a transition for me this week as I’ve changed from Sage 54mm baskets and didn’t have a 58mm tamper until a few days after the machine arrived. I got a new distributor yesterday which has also helped so still finding my feet a bit with the stock baskets, but pretty happy with them so far

      Thanks both, if they’re a similar ID then I can get a tamper (thinking bravo ATM) first and upgrade the basket later when looking for refinement, rather than just trying to make something palatable!

      Yeah - I’ve got a Nomcore 58.5mm tamper on order and coming this week so will get a better handle on things once that has arrived

        Absolutely loving it - so glad I went with it I’m really enjoying using it. How about you?

        Made my wife a tea using water from the service boiler to drain some water this morning and she commented how much better it looked and tasted (using the zero and remineralised water I’ve been making up).

          Oh wow haha and you’re already thinking of uograding the baskets? I’d suggest you wait and see how you get on with them before deciding to buy different ones. I think the stock baskets are generally pretty well thought of

            DavecUK Thanks Dave, I know he does the Vesuvius deal so will wait and see what he says.

              dutchy101 Agreed - which is why I am hopeful I can get a tamper to cover both. Once I’ve got it here I’ll be able to work it out properly. Getting a bit carried away.