No more 599 .....

im also using breville dual boiler, do u know where can i send for maintenance?

hi guys need some cleaning solution recommendation and recommended seller for my BES920:

1) backwash and group head cleaning solution
2) water filter
3) descale solution

Thanks in adavance

Where can I buy good coffee beans in Ampang area? Or KL area?

Thanks

Like what I said, it's a debate on value perception. For me, the flow of making morning coffee is greatly enhance with machine grinder rather than the manual, which I juggled between to prep breakfast, waking up kids, getting them ready, dress up, yadda yadda ...

Another plus point is I could do back to back brewing should I wish to do pop up stall later.

i see sifu here recommending flair, but if i want to do milk based drink then i have to buy a milk frother. for those who use flair, how you guys do the milk frothing?
i have a Baratza Encore electric grinder and OE Lido 3 manual grinder, planning to tweak my current grinder to see whether it can produce grind size suitable for espresso, i understand how important is a grinder and why stepless adjustment is important in getting the right grind size for espresso.
 
i have some planning, after getting a flair or maybe any used machine, then buy grinder suitable for espresso.

I have the same grinder, and the answer is no.

If you are on a budget, do consider a manual hand grinder from China as recommended by lowkl.

https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10....id=539696451330

You can read the comparison/ review for it against the more expensive german hand grinder Kinu m47 few pages back.

My first espresso machine was an entry level Phillips Saeco Poemia. Pressurised basket, thermostat-controlled, thermoblock, pannarello wand. Grew out of that phase really really fast, but not by spending more money (at least not a whole lot). Started modding the machine; depressurised it, installed a PID, drilled out the bottom to make it as bottomless as possible.

The Flair is coming from the other end; totally manual, but being lever-based, you have (subjective) control over pressure, timing, temperature. This allows you to explore a greater range of beans, roasts. Be prepared to put in some effort and trial & error.

If you need to pull multiple shots back-to-back, it's a real challenge for the Flair (though some say it can be done). But bang-for-buck, it is incomparable.

Wow....the Breville Dual Boiler is already an extremely good machine. The Flair can however complement it as a portable espresso machine, to the very least.

Wonder is it just me, or delonghi is bad in making froth milk? Seems that temperature is not stable, and the wand could die in the midst of frothing milk! Not sure if my machine is faulty??

LOL I like steam pun, well played! 

Okay, I understand the part that the steaming is controlled by steam thermostat. And when I turn the side knob to steam mode, boiler heats up the temp to, for assumptions sake, to 120c, retain, and kicks in again after it drops lower to 100c? It's hard to agak2, coz usually the steam dies (or as you put it, run out of steam!), before the milk is even half-way to its intended temp. Not sure if letting the cold milk to thaw a bit would work?

And on the same subject, do I wait for both lights to turn on, or have one goes off before I start steaming?

If I may contribute: used to have a Poemia too.

What I used to do is do a few tests to estimate the heating time. Eg. After turning the knob to steam for the first time, wait until the light goes on (reached the max temp). Release the steam. The steam pressure will start strong then get weaker. At some point the light will go off. Start the stopwatch. Turn off the steam nozzle. Stop the stopwatch when the light comes on. This will be the high-end time before the stored heat exhausts itself.

Repeat a couple of times. On my machine the second time onwards the time will get somewhat shorter.

When you really want to steam, don't use the first cycle...too much stored water. After clearing the first cycle (light goes off), get ready your pitcher and TURN ON the steam a few seconds BEFORE the light comes on. This way, the heating coil will continue to pour energy while you are steaming, stretching out the steaming period.

Hope this helps.

Not the +. That time + variant not out yet, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm looking for some recommendation. Looking for cheap electric burr grinder that can grind for espresso with budget about RM300. Been looking at DeLonghi KG89 but some reviews says it can't do espresso that well. A little hesitate to get it. If somebody can share their experience with the grinder, it would be very appreciated. Especially if someone can compare it with a Hario Mini. If it's on par (hopefully not on the finest setting), I'm already happy.

Just playing around with cheap espresso machine, so not looking to invest serious money right now.

thanks for the reply!

I do make a cup or 2 daily, but thinking of ease up the process as well.

When I said "cheap machine", I am not kidding. I bought a RM300 machine to play around first (and I know some might say that's not espresso, that's pressurized portafilter coffee) so I am not looking forward to spending 3x of my machine on grinder alone.

I did take a look at Cuisinart DBM-8 as well and wonder if it is any good. But if doesn't, I am going to just buy another hand manual grinder that won't wear out as quick as hario mini then...

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I have an aeropress that looks like this, result from a fall.

I wonder if anybody knows if I use some kind of glue, will it still be okay to use this? Or I might make a mess someday. And will I get poisoned? I know that area doesn't get in contact with the coffee, but who knows some might sip from the side of the filter and had absorb the glue material and get into the glass?

Plan to use it at the office if it's fixable... else, I'm just going to throw this away and use my old trusty french press.