How have I not see this thread before. Hello! I only recently started making coffee at home, I have a Gemilai CRM3605 and a Fellow Opus Grinder at home. Recently I'm having issue with getting my puck pressure up to 9bar, water starts flowing around 4 or 5 bar only. Making my grinds finer causes even faster flow. Any sifu here got any idea why?

How old/fresh are your beans? If the grind size is right and the beans are fresh, it's likely the pump, OPV or water lines (scale). Go by elimination.

Holy thread revival by you. lol.
One of my fav gear for coffee.. is this double walled glass. Keeps the beverage hotter longer, but not hot to hold.

Complete noob here but what's an OPV?

My double walled glass too small, I need to get a bigger one. Recently tried making iced americano but substitute the plain water with Schweppes Ginger Ale, good stuffs

Seems like alot of people are using Gemilai CRM3605, including me

Anyone know of any coffee machine repair service in Klang valley? My machine is getting some hiccups and recently making lots of weird noises

Seems like alot of people are using Gemilai CRM3605, including me

Anyone know of any coffee machine repair service in Klang valley? My machine is getting some hiccups and recently making lots of weird noises

Is it easy to use? You have to buy a separate grinder right?

Can Timemore C2 grinder be used to grind beans for espresso?

Hi, anyone know if we buy coffee machine from taobao, will it impose any import tax if ship to Malaysia?

looks like rebranded gemilai

Yes, it actually has 2 PID, one measuring the boiler temp (which is common for most HX with PID) BUT another one measuring the water exiting the group head, which is an innovation. This measurement allows the controller to adjust the group head temperature to one of the 3 settings you choose (behind the drip tray)

Setting 0: 91-92 C
Setting 1: 93-94 C
Setting 2: 95-96 C

The reason why you might not "see" the PID is because most people think that PID means the temperature display, but it really means the probe that detects the temperature and feed that data to the controller. For Mara X, you choose your target group head temperature using the 3 settings above. Other traditional HX with PID, even though you can specifically choose - say 94C, you still need to flush and surf because a single boiler simply cannot achieve accurate group head temp with the old tech.

I got it for around 6900 from J Coffee Equipment (now out of stock though). Other retailers below might still have:
- KF Chan from MyEspresso https://www.myespresso.my/contact-us
- https://thecoffeexperts.my/

You can also look at Lelit Elizabeth, it's a very good dual boiler machine if you steam a lot and doesn't like HX. Super accurate temp and modern features.

hi bero.. how's the machine? still running good till now? appreciate the feedback. thanks