Hi All,
24hrs in with new Vibiemme Domobar Levetta
Background - old Krups type 885 for ~10 years, slowing down, (nearly 4 mins to steam milk for 2 x Lattes) - wanting to upgrade. Krups BTW never skipped a beat, super reliable. Friend has Elektra Microcasa - exotic, fantastic looking, not really our scene though. Practical choice would have been Rancilio Silvia though steam performance of the VBM convinced us to spend the extra. Considered the Sunbeam 6910 but really worried about long term longeivity.
First few coffees - great espresso, milk very easy to steam, easily as tasty as the best cafe coffee we can remember.
Questions
1 - when using the double PF, the cup on the LHS has around 20% more fluid than RHS - am I packing/tamping the wrong way?
2 - Im grinding a full level PF worth of beans fresh each time, works fine for double shot, though single shot is overloaded, cant even get the PF onto the head - too much grounds - should I use much less for a single? (bought a second handle to avoid swapping PF back and forth all the time).
3 - Pressure gauge is on around 10.5 during draw, and coffee is oozing out like delicious honey - is this pressure about right.
Anyway, planning to get some further tuition, maybe a in-home visit to get the technique up to scratch.
Thanks for the welcome Andy!
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24hrs in with new Vibiemme Domobar Levetta
Background - old Krups type 885 for ~10 years, slowing down, (nearly 4 mins to steam milk for 2 x Lattes) - wanting to upgrade. Krups BTW never skipped a beat, super reliable. Friend has Elektra Microcasa - exotic, fantastic looking, not really our scene though. Practical choice would have been Rancilio Silvia though steam performance of the VBM convinced us to spend the extra. Considered the Sunbeam 6910 but really worried about long term longeivity.
First few coffees - great espresso, milk very easy to steam, easily as tasty as the best cafe coffee we can remember.
Questions
1 - when using the double PF, the cup on the LHS has around 20% more fluid than RHS - am I packing/tamping the wrong way?
2 - Im grinding a full level PF worth of beans fresh each time, works fine for double shot, though single shot is overloaded, cant even get the PF onto the head - too much grounds - should I use much less for a single? (bought a second handle to avoid swapping PF back and forth all the time).
3 - Pressure gauge is on around 10.5 during draw, and coffee is oozing out like delicious honey - is this pressure about right.
Anyway, planning to get some further tuition, maybe a in-home visit to get the technique up to scratch.
Thanks for the welcome Andy!
B

every time I see the machine.
Despite that, the problem with it is that when you screw it onto the Levetta portafilter, it ends up facing the wrong way when tight and the threads will not allow you to turn it the extra 180 degrees needed. If you turn it less 180 degrees it ends up being too loose. I ended up putting the stock one back on. Perhaps the "-A" is different.
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