Ive been racking my mind about what grinder to buy for home use. Then i thought "duh, ask the good people on barista exchange". I only care about it is it grinding espresso well. I own a Rancilio Silvia espresso machine. I know theres probably going
Read more…Does anyone know how to enable the "programming doses" stage for the rancilio classe 10 because the button "E" at the botton does not respond after being pressed for more than 15 sec?
Any help or advices would be great appreciated. Thanks
Read more…This may be a little taboo but, I'd like to know how much it costs to get your machine serviced in different parts of the world. In my part of the world it seems people would rather wait till the machine breaks down than to have preventative mainten
Read more…Hello to all... proudly use a 2 group NS Aurelia daily and have one minor issue. I'd like to remove the stock steam tips for cleaning often, but find them rather difficult to remove. Have tried the usual soaking and light wrenching with pliers to no
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I have been spending a lot of time thinking about how to systematically improve our drip coffee, and in my examinations, I've noticed that, especially during busy times (Friday/Saturday morning, especially) our FetCo portion grinder (GR 2.2)
OK, I'm positive that this has been covered in detail already, but can't quite put together the right search terms to dig up the discussion...
After hearing so much great stuff about their grinders, I'm trying to find out some info on the Compak lineu
Alchemy Collective's home made brew bar. We're still trying to get the funds together to open our worker-owned cafe, but I couldn't wait, plus it looks bad as hell on my table at home. It's made out of bike chain rings, copper tubes and a glass bot
Read more…Hey Im working on a San Marco 85-16m-3 and my left steam wand isnt pulling anywhere the same amount of pressure as my right wand. Any suggestions as to what could be the culprit?
I have a rancilio z11 espresso machine it is acting up I at first though it was the fill rod in the sight glass as the machine shut down because it had to much water, would not make steam so i drained and turned back on and I have been watching the w
Read more…I picked up an old used U3 the other day from someone that took it out of a racetrack or something. Didnt know if it worked. Got it cleaned up & today I started trying to get it working. Main problem is turning it on & turning up the thermostat & the
Read more…Anyone know where I can find a RELIABLE source of #1 filters for a V60? It's a crap shoot with the suppliers I know of, as to whether or not they will be in stock, backorder, discontinued... etc etc. Driving me nuts... NOT the number 2 filters, th
Read more…About a year ago I tried a clever... My first review in a nutshell was "The brightness seems muted and the coffee doesn't have a ton of body"
Here at Caffe Mela all the baristas are going to get their very own custom tamper. I've been looking all over online for some really sweet creative tampers but I just can't find anything much cooler than colored tamps. Please help me and my fellow ba
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Mini-tower, 1GB RAM, 250 gig hard drives, 15" flat panel touch screen monitors, network card, Windows XP professional (Windows 7 licenses available), 50x
Read more…Hello everyone,
I own a Astoria Astoria plus4you. It is a nice machine with excellent brewing results. However I find it difficult to make a good foaming. Steam seems too powerful and in 90% of the cases the small bubles in the foam "explote" after 30
Lee Sill and Matt Galyon have written a comparison between the Hario Skerton grinder and the Hario Mini Mill Slim Grinder. They give some helpful observations and advice about these two popular grinders. We'd love to hear your input as well. Which
Read more…I just scored a Yama cold brew that has a ceramic permanent filter. I've had great success with a coarse-drip on a 24hr brew cycle, but maybe, there are other suggestions? The filter, if you will, is like a disc shaped pumice stone. Any thoughts?
I have a brightway hd 1500 pro coffee roaster and I broke the 1500 watt Hal. Bulb . Dose anyone know how to get another one of these dame things!!!! Please help!!
Read more…hi, i am working on a commercial scale equipment system to produce cold press. i have considered the Swissgold brand "6-12 cup" basket, but i want to avoid the use of plastics.
Looking for opinions. I need an espresso machine and I am looking at Rancilio Classe 8 vs Cimbali
M22. Also coffee brewer fetco vs wilbur curtis. Any suggestions on espresso grinder. Not sure what
sales will be but expect our spot to be pretty busy.
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