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The maintenance issues with the usual go-to home espresso machines are a large part of the reason for me getting a lever machine.
Spent a good few years working in coffee shops and the pro-spec machines tend to suffer from similar problems (and damn expensive to fix at times). Stripping away the complexity of pumps and valves for a big lever takes care of all but a heating element or pressure stat failure.Apologies if this comes across as indoctrination! Each to their own and all that! Just sharing my experiences with manual vs pump-driven machines.
mmccarthy
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I have no experience with home espresso machines but we regularly hear of maintenance woes on this thread, everything from pressure issues, to nothing coming out, to electrical shorts, or whatever. I imagine maintenance on the 9Barista would be no different to a moka pot.
Hey, and I like moka pot muck!