Coffee machine

[Long Wheel Base]

How are your (coffee) machines treating you?

Lekker thanks. Still going strong. Use them every day.

[Long Wheel Base]

I am Busy servicing my jura f50 and i am looking for food save grease or silicone grease to lube up moving parts anyone know where to find

I am not sure if it will work for you but I have used olive oil before on the seal in my bread maker tin.

[V12man]

I am Busy servicing my jura f50 and i am looking for food save grease or silicone grease to lube up moving parts anyone know where to find

Dow corning 111 (or equivalent) is what you want - not sure where you source it from in CT - but shouldn't be too difficult to find.

[Matchstix]

Thanks

[Skylark]

I am Busy servicing my jura f50 and i am looking for food save grease or silicone grease to lube up moving parts anyone know where to find

Spanjaard makes a nice size tube of silicone grease for R80, I got mine at the local Midas, not sure if it's food grade. If you Google it they have it listed on the spanjaard website.

[ABrooks]

Here is my view on a way forward:

 

1- read this whole thread - one of the posters is the owner of a global top 10 coffee shop, and there are several people who are overly competent - lots of good advice and links to read.

 

2 - once you have a reasonable idea of what you are looking for - then search the second hand ads sites - be VERY careful of scammers - and keep searching them daily.

 

3 - you can never have enough coffee equipment - like bikes, n+1 applies

 

4 - I suspect that you would be well advised to find your own grinder first - that Kenwood needs more skill than a good machine does to deliver decent coffee - but the biggest variables you can control is the freshness of your coffee and your grind - so get on top of those 2 first, then move on to a better machine in time.

 

- and finally - owning a decent hand grinder is always a good thing - because as you become more coffee aware, you will eventually develop a travel kit.... and you need a grinder for that - traveling with a an electric grinder is not really an option - unless you are taking a caravan along...

 

Thank you for your valuable input, I have read the forum here and there, but will take my time to go through it all. For now I have settled with a manual grinder, I don't mind the work it takes to use the grinder as I make one cup daily.

 

I was amazed by the change in flavour and bitterness by being able to fine tune the grind to my liking, so far I tested a few different fine settings working back from where the machine struggled to produce a shot.

[V12man]

Thank you for your valuable input, I have read the forum here and there, but will take my time to go through it all. For now I have settled with a manual grinder, I don't mind the work it takes to use the grinder as I make one cup daily.

 

I was amazed by the change in flavour and bitterness by being able to fine tune the grind to my liking, so far I tested a few different fine settings working back from where the machine struggled to produce a shot.

Now start to learn how you machine temp works - there is a deadband on the thermostat, so learn when the element is on, and when it's off (either the light is on or off depending on the machine - watch it when it starts up to figure it out)

 

Then get ready to draw your shot the instant the element turns off when the machine is fully warmed up (boiler at max temp) and be consistent with that (it's the only place in the on/off cycle you can predict the temp to be the same every time (it might be wrong but at least it's the same every time) - with the really small boilers/thermoblocks the cheap machines use, it's really hard to be correct and consistent to manage the temperature - but consistent is at least half the problem... you will never get that small machine perfect (or even good) temp wise, but you can be reasonably consistent at least

[the nerd]

Today’s market:

 

 

 

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[cadenceblur]

Making some progress

[V12man]

Making some progress

Looks good - and a nice looking cup as well - what cup is that?

[the nerd]

Looks good - and a nice looking cup as well - what cup is that?

Almost certain that’s an acme

 

 

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[Meezo]

Today’s market:

 

 

 

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I want one of these naked portafilters but they are damn expensive, a friend suggested an engineer shop and/or a grinder

[Meezo]

https://www.home-barista.com/espresso-machines/how-to-make-your-own-naked-portafilter-t1437.html

 

Need to invest in a dremel then

[cadenceblur]

Looks good - and a nice looking cup as well - what cup is that?

Thanks it's an Acme. Have a few in different colors and some smaller ones as well. Nice cups

[V12man]

https://www.home-barista.com/espresso-machines/how-to-make-your-own-naked-portafilter-t1437.html

 

Need to invest in a dremel then

Just use a hole saw - from the inside - you can use a rotary tool to clean up afterward but if you have the right hole saw it's pretty clean.

 

Just dont sacrifice a nice looking pf...

[Christie]

Morning coffee fans and gurus. I need hand grinder recommendations. Im looking for a quality grinder that I can travel with in hand luggage - I would prefer local dealer or over www.

 

Hario or Porlex look like the standard options?

Edited April 17, 2018 by Christie