Coffee Appreciation

Thanks for this. If you’ve replaced this many things and straightforward is still how you see it - had to be worth a go.

Never fixed any consumer electronics before that. Just take photos as you take it apart. It’s pretty straightforward inside. A lot of coffee stuff is a lot less magical once the covers come off!

As others have said it doesnt matter. Concentrate on flavour rather than investigating the puck. If it makes cleanup messy and annoying you can get a puck screen which can help, but be warned it will make your shots run slower which can throw off your dial. Lance Hedrick just did a great video on puck screens

For a Gaggia? Pm me if so. Got one here attached to a 58mm Gaggia portafilter that I used for setting the opv to 10 bar static when I dabbled in Gaggias.

Oh! Yes please! I'll PM you, thanks!

Ooh, please can I be incredibly cheeky and get in line to borrow too after @allsop?

Yes if @allsop doesn't mind passing it on to you to save posting back to me for me to then post on to you?

Does a fiver per loan sound reasonable gents? @allsop @Ptown will include a roll of PTFE tape with it to ensure no leaks at the joins for optimal OPV modding!

Sounds good to me on both counts. I'll drop you a PM with my address etc (and @Ptown, do you mind sending me your address when you have a moment?)

Sounds fair to me! I'll pm to sort details.

Brill!

I’m looking for a new grinder.

I’ve got a gaggia classic and an aeropress. Mainly drink espresso.

I’m considering the niche but are there other options?

What have you got at the moment? I use a mazzer mini e with my pavoni and before that I had a classic. Faultless setup tbh!

Gaggia MDF. As a grinder it does the job. But it’s annoying with the doser

Entry level: Sage Smart Grinder Pro
Next price bracket up: Niche

Overall I'm really happy with mine for the price. If I were to lose it tomorrow I'd buy another without thinking about it. It's works better than others I have used that cost several times the price.

Couldn't be arsed to send it back with so much nonsense to sort out before the holidays. Started using it when I got back from Christmas family fun and it works great.

Lid rattles a tiny bit when it hits boiling point but it doesn't rattle at all whilst I'm pouring so it's turned out to be a none issue. Cheers.

Good to know. ;)

FWIW, I'm absolutely terrible at things like this and I managed to take it apart to replace the spindle gear and put it back together again. And it now works.

What are people's preferred options for a more than 1-cup travel setup? Currently leaning towards just using a French press as anything else will likely require some sort of server to brew into before splitting into cups.

Seems silly to pick up something like the giant Aeropress for a few times per year. V60 will require bringing something else to brew into, Clever Dripper isn't big enough, Chemex is a bit delicate to be chucking in a backback for the weekend.

https://youtu.be/3VohJapkObs?si=aVEYF-ofzrdF_yqZ

Hoffman just did a grinder round up and yes, there are many options

Damn. £120 for a motor.

Don’t suppose anyone knows if it’s a generic mounting or something that I can get else where?

Literally almost doubled tripled in price :(
Was £60ish £43.88 when I bought mine.
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I’ve got to replace a gear pump on the Sanremo Opera in the shop. I’ve done 2 of the 3 previously, they were about £350 a couple of years ago. £900 now. Fortunately there’s a repair kit available which has also tripled in price to £180.

Think of the warm glow of sovereignty though.

...as you sip on your pint of wine...

Maybe french press + cloth filter v60?

I’m going to say something controversial.

I’m enjoying the coffee out of the rok I bought off here than the exact same coffee out of my gaggia classic.