Hi Coffeesnobs, I thought I'd follow up on my previous post by giving some info about my purchasing experience and thoughts about my chosen machine.
What I had (purchased new 2009):
What I bought (new):
I'd been leaning towards a Rocket R58 and was looking at the different options (new vs 2nd hand), after posting here for advice I was recommend the Quamar grinder and Profitec machine straight away, I did extensive research and talked with other machine sellers but my research always came back that the Profitec would beat out most other machines based on specs in the same price bracket.
So I bit the bullet and charged the whole lot on the company account :-)
A couple of photos:
Unboxing
http://i.imgur.com/HxFuG0h.jpg
Chosen pesado portafilter and basket
http://i.imgur.com/d1F6cwG.jpg
Choices Choices Choices
http://i.imgur.com/R423pyy.jpg
Beautiful range of tampers
http://i.imgur.com/LIL5nXF.jpg
I should say at this point, that it's never a good idea to set up a new coffee machine at 7pm, I pulled about 20 shots for whoever would drink them, refrigerated the rest, then couldn't sleep until ~3am.
The Quamar Q50 Push grinder is fantastic, it doses out the beans quickly and effectively, way better result than the Rocky. My only criticism is the base cannot support digital scales below the coffee outlet. My Rancilio Rocky would hold my scales below the outlet and the coffee was measured as it was ground, without modification the Quamar can't do this.
The Profitec 700 machine itself is amazing, everything I'd read about and more. One word to describe it would be "shiny". The build quality is beyond impressive and the operation is very easy to use. I plan on plumbing the unit (any suggestions on running a 6mm filter water line to the Profitec supplied tubing would be welcome) which will help immensely as the water tank in the Profitec, whilst larger than the Miss Silvia, seems to disappear very quickly.
My first shot was far better than anything I'd had from any local coffee shops, and they only got better after that. I haven't pulled one bad shot after 3 days of messing around, I attribute that to 1 part magic and 2 parts fantastic temperature regulation in the E61 grouphead. Here's a video of a shot pulled this morning:
https://youtu.be/7Y0-g32Zfck.
My only criticism of the machine so far is that Jet Black Espresso who import the machines, supply the machines with a modified PID controller which removes one of the settings allowing the user to engage both boilers at the same time, setting F.02 setting 5 has been removed from the supplied system. The the ability for the user to run the machine at 15 amps has been removed for safety reasons. Whilst I can understand the reason behind this, I'd already wired up a 15A outlet for the machine and now cannot use the full functionality of the machine without an expensive PID replacement. Still working this problem out...
I'm already thrilled to have this beast in my kitchen, here's a shot of it on the kitchen bench:
http://i.imgur.com/2SfqkZh.jpg
EDIT: Images hosted with coffeesnobs weren't loading so replaced with external links
What I had (purchased new 2009):
- Rancilio Miss Silvia with Auber PID Retrofit KIT w/ pre-infusion
- Rancilio Rocky Doserless
What I bought (new):
- Profitec Pro 700
- Pesado Naked Black Portafilter
- Pesado 22g basket
- Quamar Q50 Push
- 500g Colombia Giraldo beans (roasted by ****** :-)
I'd been leaning towards a Rocket R58 and was looking at the different options (new vs 2nd hand), after posting here for advice I was recommend the Quamar grinder and Profitec machine straight away, I did extensive research and talked with other machine sellers but my research always came back that the Profitec would beat out most other machines based on specs in the same price bracket.
So I bit the bullet and charged the whole lot on the company account :-)
A couple of photos:
Unboxing
http://i.imgur.com/HxFuG0h.jpg
Chosen pesado portafilter and basket
http://i.imgur.com/d1F6cwG.jpg
Choices Choices Choices
http://i.imgur.com/R423pyy.jpg
Beautiful range of tampers
http://i.imgur.com/LIL5nXF.jpg
I should say at this point, that it's never a good idea to set up a new coffee machine at 7pm, I pulled about 20 shots for whoever would drink them, refrigerated the rest, then couldn't sleep until ~3am.
The Quamar Q50 Push grinder is fantastic, it doses out the beans quickly and effectively, way better result than the Rocky. My only criticism is the base cannot support digital scales below the coffee outlet. My Rancilio Rocky would hold my scales below the outlet and the coffee was measured as it was ground, without modification the Quamar can't do this.
The Profitec 700 machine itself is amazing, everything I'd read about and more. One word to describe it would be "shiny". The build quality is beyond impressive and the operation is very easy to use. I plan on plumbing the unit (any suggestions on running a 6mm filter water line to the Profitec supplied tubing would be welcome) which will help immensely as the water tank in the Profitec, whilst larger than the Miss Silvia, seems to disappear very quickly.
My first shot was far better than anything I'd had from any local coffee shops, and they only got better after that. I haven't pulled one bad shot after 3 days of messing around, I attribute that to 1 part magic and 2 parts fantastic temperature regulation in the E61 grouphead. Here's a video of a shot pulled this morning:
https://youtu.be/7Y0-g32Zfck.
My only criticism of the machine so far is that Jet Black Espresso who import the machines, supply the machines with a modified PID controller which removes one of the settings allowing the user to engage both boilers at the same time, setting F.02 setting 5 has been removed from the supplied system. The the ability for the user to run the machine at 15 amps has been removed for safety reasons. Whilst I can understand the reason behind this, I'd already wired up a 15A outlet for the machine and now cannot use the full functionality of the machine without an expensive PID replacement. Still working this problem out...
I'm already thrilled to have this beast in my kitchen, here's a shot of it on the kitchen bench:
http://i.imgur.com/2SfqkZh.jpg
EDIT: Images hosted with coffeesnobs weren't loading so replaced with external links


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