Hi all,
I recently moved out and after a lot of research i decided my coffee skills were up to using a manual lever machine (worked as a barista part time since i was 15), so thats what i bought
heres a picture of one i found on the net identical to mine, ill post photos of mine later

Does anyone else have a la pavoni lever machine??
ive made about 50 shots so far and im starting to get a reasonably thick crema.
do you other users out there make your grind course enough so that you can tamp hard and still have coffee come through (sticking to 30s total time) or do you grind finer and do a lighter tamp??? ive tried both so far and still experimenting. without owning one its hard to imagine how tricky it is to get a really good shot.
Any tips from anyone out there whos used a manual lever machine (ie, without any kind of pump) would be much appreciated
I plan on modifying the machine to include the pressure gauge from the pro model, and to put a single hole steam wand tip on it (the standard tip makes it impossible to microfoam).
and heres my grinder:

Cheers
I recently moved out and after a lot of research i decided my coffee skills were up to using a manual lever machine (worked as a barista part time since i was 15), so thats what i bought

heres a picture of one i found on the net identical to mine, ill post photos of mine later

Does anyone else have a la pavoni lever machine??
ive made about 50 shots so far and im starting to get a reasonably thick crema.
do you other users out there make your grind course enough so that you can tamp hard and still have coffee come through (sticking to 30s total time) or do you grind finer and do a lighter tamp??? ive tried both so far and still experimenting. without owning one its hard to imagine how tricky it is to get a really good shot.
Any tips from anyone out there whos used a manual lever machine (ie, without any kind of pump) would be much appreciated

I plan on modifying the machine to include the pressure gauge from the pro model, and to put a single hole steam wand tip on it (the standard tip makes it impossible to microfoam).
and heres my grinder:

Cheers


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