yeah the stock has gone and app bb are not bringing it back in which is a shame

big jump up after that to a dual boiler

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    Cuprajake ah, yeah that’s annoying. Will look at other options then. I’m not in a rush.

    Cuprajake - there are lots of items out of stock at Bella Barista - MaraX, Elizabeth, Black Bianca and many others.

    I am wondering whether they are rethinking - and reducing - their options of stock items.

      Hi all. I was in the same position at @condy01 a few months ago. I spoke with BB and they said they don’t think they’ll restock the Elizabeth as the price point would be too high if they did. It’s a shame.

      minima

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      Cuprajake that looks good! I really think these look better in the flesh than they do in photos. Where are you based @condy01?

        condy01 ah okay. Bit too far to come and have a go of my Minima. I’m in Cardiff.

          Abcan @abcan Not sure the wifey would sign off a 4 hour road trip for me to try out an espresso machine! haha. Thank you though :-)

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            Cuprajake I have watched that. Most of what he says is correct. My drip tray cover doesn’t flex like his so not sure if they now use a thicker gauge metal. Also I don’t trust someone who hasn’t got an Alan key to take the cover off! 😂😂

              Abcan i left my allen keys in my toolbox at work apologies 🙄

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                Cuprajake haha. Good point. Have you still got the Minima?

                nah long gone, sold it to buy a londinium l1

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                Abcan My drip tray cover doesn’t flex like his so not sure if they now use a thicker gauge metal. Also I don’t trust someone who hasn’t got an Alan key to take the cover off! 😂

                They do use a thicker metal now, in response to me pushing the issue of the tray flexing. I would say the product is at peak maturity now with all the key issues worked through.

                Thanks for the suggestion guys. Will keep this machine in mind when I eventually come to go for something.

                ST30B They did a hard sell on the Profitec 400 when I asked about MaraX restock earlier in the year

                The Pro-400 is nothing like the MaraX. The former a dumb HX machine with a switch where you can choose 3 temp settings… the latter a clever machine which tries to regulate the brew temperature by means monitoring the temperature in the HX and adjusting the pressure in the service boiler accordingly.

                The closet machine you have to the MaraX is the ECM Mechanika Max - but that’s significantly more expensive than the MaraX.