Mine's not the Oscar... Comes with it already... My hissing sound is just before the anti vacuum valve sets...

Could your hissing be some of the water hitting some hot surface and flashing off sound?

BTW...nice mods... I prefer the knob to I can have slow steam to steam buns

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I'm a latte guy. So i stumbled upon the Rubix Blend by Cloud Catcher, according to the roaster's notes:

Harmonious balance is they key to exceptional coffee, though when you add milk to a well balanced espresso the harmony is completely drowned out by the milk! To solved this puzzle, we roast Rubix differently than we roast our espresso’s. Then just like solving the Rubik’s Cube puzzle, we are able to solve the puzzle of achieving delicious harmony in our milk based coffee’s

Somehow I feel the blend lacks a punch, as in the espresso seems to have been diluted/drowned in all the milk, perhaps that's what they mean by "harmony", though it claims it has solved the puzzle.

Havent tried their other blends though.

i didn't time the last round when brew but to me it look normal on the brewing duration.

yesterday machine pump sound weird and it is quiet loud like it is try to pump for water when the tank is empty (Last check the tank was full)...try to brew the coffee and check water brew from the brew head ... everything seem fine, so i try to measure the pressure fearing could cause by it. When i switch off the brew button after checking the pressure, there is a high release of pressure, when with a loud "pop". It even lifted up and push my dip tray out abit.... then when i tested again.... it when back to normal sound....

Weird....

By remove my parts and reassemble them again.... haha...that really scares me to take off the machine apart  again....maybe next round....but for now i try to start a website about the mod....

Guy which machine is good upgrade from poemie, as i decide put my free poemie in my pg office ....

prices range below 2.5k
just normal cappuccino or latter drinker. (one day 2-4 cup)
don't need grinder, as i already have
but some how prefer simple and easy type, me not those ppl willing to spend a lot of time here (or not this moment).
Reason no more poemie, already have one at home, another one at kl office, now plan to move my home poemie to pg office, so i can upgrade home unit.
thanks

Seriously the cheapest semi auto machine with 2 group head....only rm1.2K...not sure if it is due to typo or something because coffee machine like this will cost rm10k++ .....haha

Semi Auto machine

Thanks Dan, but it's called SAGE only in the UK. There's a sizeable Breville community in the US, no name change there.

I'm personally using a dual boiler 920 myself and am loving it!

Yup, if you set the the finest grind setting in your grinder.

i didn't change my last setting on my grinder (i set to finest grind setting on the machine) that i used for the previous beans that already been 2 week from roasting also you can tell that extraction that came out from the brewing. Generally, those bean that close to losing all the freshness tends to have the shot starts flowing at 5 seconds at a good rate but then suddenly you get  flowing become way too fast and comes out watery.

if you bean tends to be fresh like a fews days, normally the puck will be dry and hard. That how my machine got choke .if you beans generally about 2 weeks or more then you get muddy puck type but i never get puck stuck at the brew head before even i had tried with 2 machine, your the first case i heard before.

It is all based on my observation and reading in this forum.

Guys, do you have any suggestion places to buy freshly roasted beans in seremban/ nilai/ bangi/ kajang/ putrajya/ serdang area?

Just getting into homebrewing. Noob here. =)

Nice knockbox 
I do own a fancy Joe Frex Knockbox base with Drawer, but to be honest, its now more for show than actual use.
I only make 1 cup of espresso a day, so to think of washing the drawer everyday for just that single puck is quite a hassle 
Instead of using the knockbox, I now use my dustbin as a knockbox (just knock at the sides of the bin, the puck falls out)
Simplicity is still the best 

hey guys, I am just into the coffee game.... Any good value for money beans to recommend? (affordable)

I will take your recommendation Shipper blend is a brand? Do they offer free delivery? They state the roasted date on the packaging?

Once a month. I don't know I tend to overuse the coffee beans or what but currently I consume 500g per month. Daily intake of coffee

Beanshipper had alot of unique mix of origin bean blend together.....i give a thumbs up for that  .....but sadly the price ranges is kind of so-so 

Agree we should form a team then we can taste all the beans that beans shipper offer us at the same time we can share our brew taste and correct the mistake... It would nice if everyone live near by .... haha 
I was planing to get cream and purveyor too.... but seem cream sudah habis....  but the name "milk killer" kind of grabbing my attention....

Lolz, all or most comment say killer milk is no good .... just drop order already somemore expensive ...300kg for 55....