what equipment are you using?

Brett_H

It’s an interesting space the prosumer/high-end domestic single group my other ride is a Beamer space. There’s interesting options now in the pressure profiling areas including a Lelit of all things with a bonus-confusion feature paddle strapped to the top of it’s e61 head. It looks like any other bog-standard e61 but with a cute little diy bunnings hat, keenly looking for new and interesting ways to ruin your local roaster’s life. I do marvel... not so much at the electronics and gadgetry, but more the expertise required in not so many years from now to keep these bloody things running. If it was as easy as replacing seals and monitoring water quality I’d be in feet-first. But it’s not and the trickier they get, the fragility index seems to trend ever appreciatively upwards. It’s a going to be an expert senior electronics engineer’s playground (and price-tag) for service and repair which is a worry for the consumer.... They’ll certainly never be an isle for diy electronically actuated pressure profiling Tom-foolery in bunnings.... 😉

K_Bean_Coffee

So many options.... The GS3 is amazing but $9k ish is getting out of range for most. Lelit Bianca (with manual paddle) is great at less than half that and soon there should be a manual paddle Profitec Pro 700 available in Australia. This isn’t confirmed yet but I have heard it’s on the horizon. There may even be paddle kits for retrofitting e61 groups. Again, not confirmed, but likely. That’s exciting !! 🙂

Brett_H

My wife would use the paddle on my bum if I spent any more money on coffee machines!

askthecoffeeguy

Here's my go to home machine La Rocca Express Spanish single group E61 machine - the internals aren't much to look at but it does have a 2lt boiler and 5lts of built in storage in the water tank which makes for 7lts of onboard water capacity - which is a lot of time between refills! Plus it makes great coffee!

And I've modded with custom Pesado baskets, handles, and shower screens!

Brett_H

Looks like a Robust little machine! How’s the temp of that HX E61... did you need to tame it at all?

askthecoffeeguy

Brett H said:
Looks like a Robust little machine! How’s the temp of that HX E61... did you need to tame it at all?

No it came from a market stall at West End markets in Brisbane, and being an E61 the water seems to naturally cool a bit during extraction. I haven't done a temperature check but the coffee tastes good and it doesn't seem to run too hot - so that's a bonus !
Also it has a synesso steam tip and plenty of steam power - takes me about 4 or 5 sec to make enough milk for a single coffee - so that's a bonus !

askthecoffeeguy

just bought one of these as a backup machine while Im waiting on parts for my La Rocca its not a bad machine quite temprementel at first but it makes great coffee once you nail all of the parameters !

koffeeexpress

We love the UniMulti-boiler espresso machine featuring a design inspired from the '50s, the Stella Epic machine guarantees exceptional brewing with its Thermalink Network® technology and its expert mode that gives full control of the settings and allows saving up to 5 recordable extraction profiles per group to enhance high-quality coffees extraction.c Stella Epic Two Group Automatic Espresso Machine. Stella Epic 2 Features

Two group multi-boiler precision espresso maker. This unit is typically operated in mid to high-volume cafés.
Central control LCD color touch screen (automatic night/day mode, auto-cleaning, drinks counter, USB interface)
Capacitive independent touch keypad for each group control boxes with running chronographs
Programmable pre-infusion – Time/Pressure – independent per group
Programmable pressure curve
Large cup warmer
1 programmable adjustable hot water outlet
Directly connected to the water drain
Adjustable tray for cup clearance

askthecoffeeguy

I just swapped out my Sunbeam Cafe Series for a Breville Dual Boiler, which arrives on Friday, looking forward to upgrading my coffee experience!

askthecoffeeguy

Anyone else using Breville Dual Boiler?
Have to say it’s my favourite domestic machine so far in terms of programmability and its ability to produce amazing coffee !

alexzahndra

I personally use at home,
Coffee Machine: De’Longhi Dinamica, Fully-Automatic
Grinder: Baratza Sette 270Wi
Coffee Brewer: Marco Jet6 Single 2.8 Kw
All from FAJ Coffee Machines

askthecoffeeguy

Ok I’ve upgraded sold my commercial equipment now I’m using a Breville Dual Boiler espresso machine paired with a Gevi GrindMaster coffee grinder which I bought during the crowd funding stage of development. The GrindMaster features commercial grade 64mm vertically mounted flat burrs, a 400w motor, pre breakers, and variable speed adjustment from 500 to 1500 rpm. Have to say I’m getting much more depth and flavour from my coffee then I ever achieved from my Breville Dose Control grinder - and I think it’s fair to say that the combination up coffee machine and grinder is capable of achieving commercial grade coffee, the sort that you would only usually find in high end 3rd wave cofffee venues !

askthecoffeeguy

just aded a completly rebuilt Rancilio s24 to my home set up - machine was cheap as chips due to not working properly, but required new pump and thermostat, complete descale of all parts, new gicar, new thermocouple and over heat protection, and a complete rewire as well!

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