Originally posted by pcrussell50
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Good to hear from you! Thanks for the Home Barista link to the Slayer-like BDB mod. Your explanation of what you did and how it works sounds good and an easy mod to do. Clever!
I understand the Breville replacement parts issue...however, I'm not a proponent of suing places like McDonalds cause I spilled hot coffee on me :-0 I thought long, too long, and hard about switching away from the BDB but it wasn't just because of the spare parts issue. Its also due to their repair policy of sending our machines to their subcontracted Carol Stream, Ill appliance repair center where I had several bad experiences. All in all, after six years living with Breville, living without the machine as it was being "repaired", I simply decided to call the relationship quits and go elsewhere.
I use the same locally roasted coffee, the same grinder with the same settings as I did with the BDB but my new machine extracts a much different taste - in a good way - its a deeper coffee flavor and the crema is outrageous. I'm not looking back, does no good but am certainly happy to hear what you have done and that you are happy. That's all that really counts in the end, right?
Marty

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