11 days later

Dublin, Ireland based long-term food and drink scribe. Now retired.
Been roasting coffee 24 years. Started with a big black iron skillet, a gas stove, a Black and Decker paint stripping gun and the wife’s hairdryer. Thence to a manual and the programmable Hot Top, the first of which pegged out while under guarantee. Then discovered the saintly Mr.Li and purchased an early Huky which I’ve enjoyed for the past 13 years.

I own almost every coffee making device known to mankind. Percolator (the manmmy’s); Kona; Turkish ibrik; French Press; Aeropress; Clever Dripper; Bialetti; cute little handmade single espresso gadget made by ancient artisan halfway up a Sicilian hillside and, of course, my treasured ECM Synchronika, teamed with a Rocket Espresso doser grinder.

Love,love,love Central American coffees - El Salvador,Panama,Nicaragua,Guatemala.

    I’m new to the forum, been a home espresso fan for the past 4-5 years or so, had a Gaggia Classic Pro and recently grabbed an ECM Puristika. I absolutely love learning about this stuff and am psyched to be here.

      New here, and I stumbled across this fine coffee forum in search for @DavecUK ’s Lelit Bianca temperature offset settings….still looking for it :)

      I currently have no espresso machine but looking for the next one, in this process read and watched some 2087 reviews and narrowed my selection to 3 prospects: ECM Synchronika, Profitec Drive (I wish it came in black also!) and Lelit Bianca, Lelit Bianca being the reason I’m looking into the temperature offset settings. I have also thought about the La Marzzocco Micra…the price though, plus not sure I’m going to be able to get over the plastic spout.

      I really wanted to like the Micra, but a lot of things added up to my looking elsewhere. But, those plastic parts help for a really fast warm up time.

      Hi all,

      I started on my manual espresso journey just over a year and a half ago when I got rid of my Melitta bean to cup machine and bought a Sage Bambino Plus and a Niche Zero.

      I probably would have stopped at that for a while if the Bambino Plus hadn’t locked up with all lights flashing at the end of November.

      I decided to take the opportunity to get something with more temperature and pressure control and after researching for a little while found the Gaggiuino. I spent a couple of days over the Christmas holidays modifying a Gaggia Classic Evo and thankfully it worked first time.

      I’m now enjoying experimenting with lighter roasts and different pressure profiles (very early days) and found this forum when looking for some more balanced opinions on the Niche Duo after deciding to take the next step and also upgrade my grinder.

      Looking forward now to my Niche Duo arriving and hoping that my taste buds are good enough to tell the difference.

        Banjaxe Welcome to the forum…I am sure you will enjoy the Niche Duo, same great workflow as the Zero, but flat burr taste profiles. easy to dial in and consistent.

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          7 days later

          Hi my name is Ad from Australia, and I was actually directed here by the fine folks at ACS after asking if they knew a good community with some fellow Vostok users. Hoping to learn more about the nuances with the temperature control and hidden menu along with best practices for light roast extraction. My machine came damaged so I have some good insight into the internals of the machine, as I needed to do the repair myself since there are no distributors where i live.

            Adhod My machine came damaged so I have some good insight into the internals of the machine, as I needed to do the repair myself since there are no distributors where i live.

            Welcome to the forum, shame the machine came damaged, they are exceptionall;y well packaged, so must have had some really rough treatment from the couriers.

            Plenty of Evo/Vostok owners on here as the machines pretty much have identical internals for the 1 group.

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                DavecUK Yes it was definitley a bad delivery with the courier, nothing wrong on the ACS front. but as you can expect Paolo was very patient and acknowledged that it was a very abnormal issue and worked with me through several part deliveiries until we had it fixed. To be honest i was really excited that it was damaged internally as bad as it was becuase it forced me to get really intimate with the inside of it, so i feel a lot more comfortable working on it in the future.

                Actually Dave he personally recommended I join and introduce myself to you. So I am happy to be apart of this wonderful community!

                    Adhod To be honest i was really excited that it was damaged internally as bad as it was becuase it forced me to get really intimate with the inside of it, so i feel a lot more comfortable working on it in the future.

                    Actually Dave he personally recommended I join and introduce myself to you. So I am happy to be apart of this wonderful community!

                    It really must have been dropped from height for internal damage…wow. Still as you say you know the machine much better n ow and probably have lost the fear of doing maintenance on it.

                    This is a good place, lots of experienced members willing to help people in all aspects of their journey and other life events/questions as well.

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                      11 days later

                      Hello all, I have been a viewer of this friendly forum and wanted to be able to contribute and seek some knowledge.  I reside in Florida.

                      Hello there!

                      Have been a member of some of those other forums, but actually found my way here thanks to a Google search for advice and opinions on the Niche Duo and thus found myself reading all 1,063 posts in the Duo Thread over lunch one day.

                      Excellent discussion and has made me want to get my hands on one sometime soon, when funds allow.

                      I have many questions that I am looking for help and guidance with, so will make use of the search function first and then start asking away. Already nabbed a few new roasters to try out from threads on here, so off to a good start!

                      21 days later

                      Hi all,

                      Bart from the Netherlands here.

                      I found this forum since I was interested in a ACS evo Leva and have bought one in the mean time :).

                      Will probably be delivered this or next week. Can’t wait!

                        4 days later

                        Hello!

                        I’ve been lurking here for quite a while, thought I would finally bite the bullet and actually register. I started off here reading about the Niche Duo, and now I have one, so thanks to everyone for all the information about it. Though now I’m in a bit of a twist, it’s too loud and wakes up my family members!

                        My daily espresso machine is the Sage Bambino, though I am looking to upgrade soon to either a Profitec Go or a Sage Dual Boiler, but I’ll have to wait and see what the budget allows for on that front.

                        Cheers everyone.

                          7 days later

                          😁Hey Folks.I find this place by searching how to roast coffee 😁

                          Im living London and become coffee lover just few years back when I discovered lavaza 😂

                          Over the time I end up roasting my own profiles and its super fun.I like to get news about grinders ,espresso machines ,but also alternative brewing methods