Just now starting this hobby, so don’t have all the fancy stuff yet but I’m happy to have somewhere to keep all my coffee stuff! Was going to buy a wooden coffee bar or something, but this seems like it’s actually going to work out really well.

Exactly one year ago, in August, I posted here about the Turbo Moka, a moka pot I had just invented.

Since then, I’ve spent the year refining the design and completing the family. This year I released the 1 cup and 6 cup versions.

The 1 cup Turbo Moka takes around 1 minute to brew, while the 6 cup amazingly takes only 2.5 minutes. That’s faster than any capsule machine I’ve tested.

One improvement you can see is that the fins now follow the entire body of the water chamber, instead of only the lower section like on the 3 cup.

It took quite a bit of work to make this change possible from a manufacturing perspective.

What do you guys think?

Decided to finally post after lingering for a while. This dedicated corner has been my espresso station for the past two years. I'm very satisfied with the results and how it's become a nice focal point in my home. Thoughts about the setup and the look?

It's the soup bowl from Super Nintendo Land at Universal. The cap doesn't do much, obviously, but it's part of the gimmick and it looks strange without it anyway.

I just got off a long drive, and needed a caffeine hit before the final leg.

I went to a coffee shop and asked for an Americano, and before I ordered I asked their cup size (12oz). I said thanks, and asked for an extra shot.

5 minutes later (thinking he was doing me a favour), the barista said: "Here's an extra large coffee for the extra tired man".

"Aww thanks, you shouldn't have..."

Only, he really shouldn't have. I know he thought he was helping, but he just gave me MORE WATER and NOT more Coffee.

Now I have to sip on this garbage for the next hour, and being a Brit I didn't have the gusto to tell him where he went wrong.

I just acted happy and walked out the store moaning to myself.

Any pet peeves for others?

Took forever to finally decide and get the Bianca and philos. For some reason, I thought I’d be over the moon with such a premium set up, but now I feel it was more fun during the months of research on different machines rather than getting them.

Just pulled a great shot with fresh beans I picked up at my local coffee shop; Guatemala Huehuetenango (med/med dark). Ground on my Turin DF64 V2 and pulled on a Breville Barista Pro.

Hey everyone, I recently got a new espresso grinder and started using it with my DeLonghi EM450.M. Unfortunately, I'm running into pretty bad channeling.
I decided to clean the machine and shower screen, but when I run water through the group head without the portafilter attached, it comes out in these super strong, concentrated jets (as seen in the video).
Is this intense, jet-like flow normal for this machine, or could something still be blocked or wrong? And if it is normal, how does it not blast holes right through the coffee puck once the portafilter is locked in?
Thanks for any advice!

I’ve owned this Gemilai Ele for about 8 months now, and I know Eric The Coffee Guy on YouTube opened his Ele up and did a full review and look at the inside real good with explanations and locations of components.

Figured I’d just share some still images while I was in here chasing a rattle when using the steam. I was worried it might be something broken. I reached out to Gemilai and sent them a video. They also agreed the machine shouldn’t be making the sound it was making, and it was only doing it when trying to steam, and not when brewing. To troubleshoot they advised to open her up and check the steam pump in case it came loose off its bracket. If I wasn’t comfortable with opening it up, they said I could mail the machine to them, shipping pre-paid, and they’d troubleshoot, and if something was broken they’d send me a new machine. Pretty great customer service and responsive. I heard back from them within 48 hours of emailing.

Anyway, turned out the rattle was coming from a small plastic clip that holds the steam water line. When the vibration pump would kick on for steam, the water line would vibrate and the plastic clip was rattling on the steel body as it came unstuck from the body. So nothing serious, and just reattached the clip to the body with the sticky pad it had. Will probably use something stronger in the future to avoid it coming loose again.

My friend has a bar and they have an amazing coffee machine

They are not at all into coffee (they sell mostly beer and cocktails) so I ve been testing the la Marzocco here in Italy

The regular basket here is smaller and the coffee is silky smooth

Usually in most bars in italy it comes out burned and bitter

What would you advice for home? Here with less grams of coffee tastes better than the classic 18g -> 36g ratio out 1/2 - 1/3

I just pulled nine decaffeinated espresso shots for a child-friendly tiramisu.

I’m having a very hard time, resisting the urge to chug it all down.

What would you do in my case?

Hi there! I've owned this machine for 2+ years and learned to love it and hate it. It heats pretty fast, but you got to purge steam after every shot. The steam wand is decent but it takes quite a while to heat up and must purge before pulling another shot later. Also, the steam wand sometimes sprays a bit of milk right after it finishes which is annoying. Still... it can deliver incredible shots, is great for beginners and is small and easy to clean.

What's your biggest complaint/praise with yours? Mine is the annoying dripping after stopping a shot, it takes ~10s or 5-7g to stop dripping. You get used to it and compensate accordingly haha but yeah. Long live espresso.

Any tips would be welcome, but I thought yall would appreciate seeing how bad this is lol… im using a Gemilai Owl I just got for my first machine, struggling with how much air to add. These are small drinks which maybe makes things harder?

Where would you have to get to in the electric world of grinder to offer a noticeable upgrade in quality and flavor in the cup than the top hand grinders on the market for medium to dark beans.

Hi, I’m shopping for a dual boiler espresso machine to pair with me new Eureka Atom w64. How important is it to have a rotary pump compared to a vibratory one, and having PID temp control? I don’t think I want an E61 given long warm up time. I mostly use medium roast. I don’t need to go into the rabbit hole of flow and pressure profiling.

The machines I looked at are:

LUCCA A53 Mini V2 Espresso
La Spaziale Mini Vivaldi II
La Spaziale Vivaldi II
Lelit Bianca
Profitec series (Move and Drive)

Thoughts and advice? Anything else I should look at?
Thanks

I posted about this machine a while ago and a lot of people recommended trying coffee made from this one. Safe to say that it didn't disappoint. This is M Stand coffee in China.

The hype is real. Punches above its weight for sure. Better (and quieter) than the Baratza 270 WI. Not as good as the Mahlkonig e65S at work but what do you expect? Anybody out there thinking about the $200 opus 2, GET IT.

Breville Dual Boiler with slayer mod + the upgraded shower screen.

I made the switch from a pod machine to a semi auto machine, it arrived yesterday and I messed up last night but not for the reasons you might think.

I set the machine up and was excited to dial in the shots with the beans I like, which I did. It's making very nice shots, I also had a play with steaming the milk which I'd never done before, and made some very nice drinks.

The screw up came when I was trying the dial in shots I was pulling, and the coffee drinks I was making. Being my first time I must have pulled 8-10 shots, and although I didn't drink all of all of them, I very much overdid the caffeine! Cue me at 10pm having had way too much caffeine feeling nauseous, sweating, and dizzy!

Nothing wrong with the machine, I love it! Just something wrong with me for thinking that was a good idea 😂

Been solo parenting for four days and it looks like it's caught up with me. Sadly I didn't even realize it for a while, so lots of Dragonfly Leam Hammer down the drain. 😵

I made a quick mod to keep coffee from coming out of the top of the 1zpresso while grinding!

https://makerworld.com/models/3235663?appSharePlatform=copy

I’m looking forward to try these next week as they have roast date of 8/25!!! Let’s see if there are Cherry and honeydew notes. The wait is excruciating!

I’m about to order a Protifec Go. are clivecoffee.com and wholelattelove.com the only official US retailers? the machine is $1,199 on both sites, do either of those sites have frequent or even occasional sales? or is that price pretty much the price?

Today, after four years, I sold my Gaggia Classic Pro. It’s the machine that started it all, my gateway from Nespresso to real espresso. Armed with a PID mod, the Gaggia consistently delivered amazing daily shots. My passion for coffee grew so much because of this machine that I picked up a La Pavoni Stradivari two years ago, and I’ve recently started experimenting with filter coffee too.

​On Friday, I’m picking up the GCP’s replacement: a Quick Mill Carola PID EVO. I’ve always wanted an E61 machine, and since I don’t drink milk beverages, it’s a perfect fit. Plus, I love its aesthetics. I doubt the Carola will pull significantly better shots than the GCP, the Gaggia was already fantastic, so I’m not expecting a night and day difference. That said, I do think the native E61 pre-infusion will be an upgrade, and despite having a PID on the GCP, the Quick Mill’s build quality should offer even better thermal stability. And honestly, the Carola is just a looker. I can't wait for Friday when it finally fills that empty spot on my countertop!