I picked it up this arvo from LeafBeanMachine down in Bibra Lake.
It all went extra smoothly. They gave me 2 bags of some very nice coffee along with the machine. I haven't tried that yet but I did have some of their Burundi single origin coffee when I was looking at the machine on Friday. It was excellent.
I had discussed the fittings for the water line in and drain line out and so all the fittings were in place and I just had to hook it up. Very quick and easy.
I did two brews, using the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, the first was with soymilk, the other just an espresso. I changed the grind slightly for the second. Both were excellent shots. It goes to show how easy these machines are to use, a walk in the park.
It doesn't seem to need much cooling down and I love the E61 head.
The only difference I notice in behaviour from my Bezzera BZ40, is that when filling a large mug with water (I probably should use the kettle for this) in order to warm it, the rotary pump turns on and off every few seconds. My Bezzera had a high and low level probe but the technician says, there is only a low level probe. I find that odd. I just assumed all machines had low and high level probes. I guess draining 320mls into a mug is a bit of an ask, it takes about a minute to get back up to pressure after doing this.
The steam it produces is impressive but I would expect that with a 2L boiler.
It does have only one gauge for brew pressure. I would be nice to have two gauges although honestly, the pressures never vary much.
The only other downside is my old Bezzera portafilters don't fit on these so my special pressure gauge portafilter handle will have to be sold with the Bezzera.
I will do a full report in a while but it is an amazingly well built machine and the insides are beautiful as is the outside. It was also $800 cheaper than a near identical ECM Technika so very good value and every bit as good.
I weighed the portafilter handles and these are 560grams with the double basket in it, same as the Bezzera. All nice heavy lashings of chrome dribbled over the brass. Nice.
It all went extra smoothly. They gave me 2 bags of some very nice coffee along with the machine. I haven't tried that yet but I did have some of their Burundi single origin coffee when I was looking at the machine on Friday. It was excellent.
I had discussed the fittings for the water line in and drain line out and so all the fittings were in place and I just had to hook it up. Very quick and easy.
I did two brews, using the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, the first was with soymilk, the other just an espresso. I changed the grind slightly for the second. Both were excellent shots. It goes to show how easy these machines are to use, a walk in the park.
It doesn't seem to need much cooling down and I love the E61 head.
The only difference I notice in behaviour from my Bezzera BZ40, is that when filling a large mug with water (I probably should use the kettle for this) in order to warm it, the rotary pump turns on and off every few seconds. My Bezzera had a high and low level probe but the technician says, there is only a low level probe. I find that odd. I just assumed all machines had low and high level probes. I guess draining 320mls into a mug is a bit of an ask, it takes about a minute to get back up to pressure after doing this.
The steam it produces is impressive but I would expect that with a 2L boiler.
It does have only one gauge for brew pressure. I would be nice to have two gauges although honestly, the pressures never vary much.
The only other downside is my old Bezzera portafilters don't fit on these so my special pressure gauge portafilter handle will have to be sold with the Bezzera.
I will do a full report in a while but it is an amazingly well built machine and the insides are beautiful as is the outside. It was also $800 cheaper than a near identical ECM Technika so very good value and every bit as good.
I weighed the portafilter handles and these are 560grams with the double basket in it, same as the Bezzera. All nice heavy lashings of chrome dribbled over the brass. Nice.
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