Espresso Machines (inc manual)

There’s a build quality difference between the original Mini and the new Mini R/Micra. That’s not to say the new ones aren’t well built, they’re still a cut above most machines but the original Mini u...

Ok, seals for the vac breaker arrived today. Just fitted one and the boiler sealed itself up at 108C, 0.3bar. I’m happy with that, I didn’t use any Molykote this time as I’m sure it just got washed aw...

Paolo has been helping me with a problem from Sunday to Tuesday this week. But has gone quiet since.

When did you last backflush with cleaner and did you do it properly as per my videos (morning coffee playlist) how old is the machine The culprit is the lower vent valve, the reason is as yet uncertai...

I’ve never done that, but you can try, it might move the blockage. Just be careful not to use too much pressure.

Who told you I was considering wrapping it…..!

the pics weren’t loading this morning. Thought David had just put a teaser on. I’d defo have a go on both those 🤣🤣🤣

like an arcade in Blackpool!

They briefly had a Kees Spirit in a cafe I used to go in Hoxton called Friends of Ours in about 2016 on my way to work each morning. Incredible craftsmanship. They’re crazy money but yeah, beautiful m...

I love it! I’m going to try and make some custom knobs and PF handles from ebonised oak. I’ll post here when I’m done.

I was looking back at old Sage posts I made on cfuk where I am banned for life. I asked them to delete my entire chat history then and being lazy, all they did was change my forum name to 4 and presum...

It seems Singledosebrew just launched a titanium replacement burr for Breville thats even cheaper than the ones from Baratza or Breville.. can be considered if you are looking to swap to a more robust...

My Lelit Elizabeth worked for a couple of years with no steam leaks, but for the last year or so I’ve had a bit of steam continuing to leak from the steam wand after its turned off, which was annoying...

Good to know. If I have ACS do the installation it will probably be their own flow control which I am not sure how it would compare to your experiences with coffee sensor and bianca. But a lot of vari...

Thank you all so much for the help!. I pulled the refill sensor out and cleaned it. I also noticed the plastic sleeve was not allowing any real exposure of the probe to the water so I ended up cutting...

Hi Adrian: My Craig Lyn Funnel II is packed away in the garage. My reasoning on why this is not a great funnel for our baskets is based upon the diameter of the opening of the Funnel II. It is designe...

Can highly recommend the duo, bought mine off of a forum last year and it is frankly excellent. I did pick up the filter burrs from Peter and have to say they are also excellent, on par or better than...

similar train of thought: that was one of the reasons I wanted to try a Matrix screen - the column of water needs to build to break through the barrier, at which point distribution from the sleeve isn...

😂 not a daft idea at all I have actually used a couple but to be honest, I was a bit worried about being locked out after so many attempts

Thanks both- so i did indeed turn off low flow for my first port of call just after posting this :). That being said, if its programable to a set time., i would assume it “knows” to set a low flow reg...