Nurri Leva S.A.

At this point on a quick technical level, it’s worth mentioning that the Lever group was never designed to be vented in the same way as other groups E61 etc… Venting it does introduce some issues, these were clear at the show in Trieste where the Vostok one group was demonstrated.

These are issues of design, a design that didn’t require venting and thus didn’t cater for it. The group stays pretty clean above the shower screen, although there is a little residue after the number of coffees we pulled on the machine at Trieste.

Paolo and I discussed some ways this can be mitigated to give drier pucks and less time the PF has to be left in the machine to drip drip drip. Especially important because the tech I helped Paolo come up with for releasing the lever automatically on pressure (or time) was meant to assist the production of accurately poured espresso on multi group machines in coffee shops. They don’t have the time to wait as at home, it needs to be faster.

When I tested the Nurri (ages ago), and the Vostok I found them materially slower to vent, then clean up the messy portafilter, than to let the lever work old style. Certainly not suitable for a shop. On my trip out on the 17th Jan I want to inspect the Vostok one group to ensure the changes meet with the requirements of Baristas in a shop, as well as at home….if it’s to be used in multigroup machines.

The software is actually designed for a multi group machine as well, each group would have a separate small control panel, so it could be set differently.

chlorox when you pay a bajillion pounds for a kees machine one simply cannot just back flush 😜

DavecUK

Hey Dave.
Do you know if there are options for the timber sides on the Vostok?

Cuprajake for me personally its not a feature id use even if fitted, it probably will become the norm, im hoping im not in the market now for another 10yrs.

I don’t know about you but I sometimes find features I thought were a must have I end up not using, and features I predicted that would be useless, I end up liking.

Regarding the ‘venting controversy’, my personal take is that it’s nice to have innovations provided they don’t have negative side effects on what worked well before. In the case of the Nurri Leva, there doesn’t seem to be any side effect when using the machine the ‘old way’, which is great.

Personally, I like Dave’s tupperware solution, as this makes cleaning the machine much easier after each coffee session. The few drops of water from brushing the dispersion screen or of diluted coffee in the drip tray can easily be removed by a sponge, leaving the drip tray shiny and clean with little effort… and the maintenance routine remains as basic as it can be.

Eiffel

It’s sure vastly preferable to the Teaspoon Trick favoured by Neapolitan baristi !

DavecUK

Hopefully someone will come up with a better solution to venting the grouphead in the future…

In a non-commercial environment, does it really matter? Whether you vent or simply remove the cup, surely it all amounts to the same thing?

dfk41 In a non-commercial environment, does it really matter? Whether you vent or simply remove the cup,

I don’t think it does - but it’s nice to have the feature in case the users want to use it for whichever reason.

It’s like Microsoft Word - 80% of the home users (and potentially office users) use 20% of its functionality. But it’s nice to have the functionality if/when you want it.

MediumRoastSteam Explain more matey. I thought the idea of the venting system was to cut the shot primarily, so how will it affect taste of what is already in the cup, as to whether you remove it from the flow or vent to stop the flow. Apologies in advance if I am being slow again!

dfk41 - Of course. I never said it would affect taste :-) - It’s just extra functionality to play with. If you want to cut the shot (by means of pressing the paddle) you can. If you don’t want to, you don’t. Maybe you want to make 10 coffees in a row faster than letting the machine depressurise naturally.

Another example: The Elizabeth has timed buttons. I think they are a waste of time and useless. But they are there if someone likes that idea. :-)

bit like volumetric

Amberale Do you know if there are options for the timber sides on the Vostok?

Not at the moment, but there could be. I met the guy who does the woodwork extras in October and I will mention to Paolo to put some options out. Some woods are not cheap at all!

chlorox Hopefully someone will come up with a better solution to venting the grouphead in the future…

That’s exactly what Paolo and I discussed after I tested the system on the Vostok 1 group in October and used it at the Trieste show. Those changes have been done and I will be checking them when I go out next.

chlorox I was the owner of an izzo for a long time and I used to just let it drip or remove the cup and let it drip into the driptray.

I would have liked the venting on my Izzo Valexia - as the cup clearance with a double spout is too low to put anything underneath without a juggling act, especially not with scales and if you’re retarding the lever manually.

So I dripped into the tray as well and tried to clean before creating new species. (Sidenote: Aldi beans must be sprayed with mould inhibitor or something - they don’t spore.)

Here the cup clearance looks much better - so feel I wouldn’t value it as much - however let’s face it, we will upgrade int the future and it’s an attractive feature when reselling!

Same with the preinfusion - I’m happy with mains preinfusion and would prefer no pump, tank and the complex Gicar in the Nurri - and would jump at a Nurri without those- but they give men semis when re-selling.

I ordered mainly because of the heat up time, LSM group, smaller boilers and looks.