Hey guys,
I've been lurking for a while but thought it was my time to finally post and share my little project i completed over the Christmas break.
I picked up what I think was a pretty good 2nd hand (but great condition) deal:
Expobar Megacrem 2-group compact (5 years old but low usage and serviced annually)
Fiorenzato F5 Grinder
in line water filter
1 x single and 2 x double group handles
A whole swag of accessories including tamper, jugs, about 70 cups and saucers (crap cups but cups nonetheless), syrups, boxes of tea, sugar, chai and choc powder.
All up cost me $2050.
Despite being the compact version, its still too big to fit in my kitchen. I decided to build a cabinet for it and run it off bottled water pumped with a flojet pump. I bought the cabinet and bench top from IKEA and the Flojet pump from the US through Amazon. All up the whole project cost me $2800 and its now making me better coffee every day
Below are some photos from the project which is now up and running and forcing to learn the finer arts of coffee very quickly lol.
I'm hoping if there are people out there that are looking to do the same thing that this might help. It is a VERY easy system to set up.
The thing I love about this mahcine is that it runs off a 10A plug so is perfectly suited to my coffee station. it reaches boiler pressure in about 8 minutes. While I'm still learning the principles of making good coffee, this setup should give me great practice which I can hopefully use to get a part time job as a barista somewhere on the weekends.
I would love some feedback regarding this, especially since I am new to this and if something doesn't look right with my plumbing, or all the pro's out there can give me some tips or pointers, I would love that. On the contrary if anyone wants any more info on this, I'd love to share to fellow coffeesnobbers.
I've been lurking for a while but thought it was my time to finally post and share my little project i completed over the Christmas break.
I picked up what I think was a pretty good 2nd hand (but great condition) deal:
Expobar Megacrem 2-group compact (5 years old but low usage and serviced annually)
Fiorenzato F5 Grinder
in line water filter
1 x single and 2 x double group handles
A whole swag of accessories including tamper, jugs, about 70 cups and saucers (crap cups but cups nonetheless), syrups, boxes of tea, sugar, chai and choc powder.
All up cost me $2050.
Despite being the compact version, its still too big to fit in my kitchen. I decided to build a cabinet for it and run it off bottled water pumped with a flojet pump. I bought the cabinet and bench top from IKEA and the Flojet pump from the US through Amazon. All up the whole project cost me $2800 and its now making me better coffee every day

Below are some photos from the project which is now up and running and forcing to learn the finer arts of coffee very quickly lol.
I'm hoping if there are people out there that are looking to do the same thing that this might help. It is a VERY easy system to set up.
The thing I love about this mahcine is that it runs off a 10A plug so is perfectly suited to my coffee station. it reaches boiler pressure in about 8 minutes. While I'm still learning the principles of making good coffee, this setup should give me great practice which I can hopefully use to get a part time job as a barista somewhere on the weekends.
I would love some feedback regarding this, especially since I am new to this and if something doesn't look right with my plumbing, or all the pro's out there can give me some tips or pointers, I would love that. On the contrary if anyone wants any more info on this, I'd love to share to fellow coffeesnobbers.

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