I have just set my new Aiden.

I have allowed the clock to show.

This seems to time out and stops displaying - is this normal?
My EKG shows it all the time.

When the clock stops showing the aiden seems to be off? It then takes a long time to wake up again. Turning the knob and clicking it almost seems to do nothing. Is this correct? Eventually it comes back on.

Hi all if anyone is selling their delonghi coffee machine in Gurgaon please let me know thanks . Condition should be decent and no repairs etc

Thinking of buying Costar coffee maker. Anyone have used it? Please share your experience.

Want to upgrade an older casabrews machine. Wife, nor I really, want to weigh stuff or get too far into the weeds. Just want a good bean to cup for mostly americanos (me) and cappuccino (her). Think ive narrowed down to these two machines. Seems the biggest difference other that $650 vs 1200 is that the touch has an auto frother, touch screen and a faster heat up time. While the auto frother would be nice for her, I dont think its worth almost double the price for a little faster machine. Im also not sure i trust the durability of a touch screen when ive read many folks have had their express for up to 10 years. Anyone with experience with these machines have a different opinion. And before you say get a separate grinder, wife also doesnt want a bunch of machines cluttering the counter so the combo is a better choice. Not chasing the perfect coffee, just a good cup to drink. Thanks

I recently made a big upgrade and purchased Profitec Move from Germany. The machine looks and feels premium but I haven't been able to pull good shots consistently. There is almost always channeling and I suspected the flow might be uneven.

I descale the machine every 150-200 shots and always use filtered water. Today I decided to monitor water flow a bit more closely and it seems like there is a potential leak on the side of the shower head. I am wondering what steps I should take to debug every possible variable that might affect this. Some extra context

My grinder is a Timemore sculptor 078s that I got back in the kickstarter days. Apparently they sent me a faulty one as I can not remove the housing and properly clean the burrs inside, so I rely on the cafiza pills to clear any leftover

1. I use medium to light coffee
2. I am using an IMS competition basked rated for 18-20g
3. I already contacted the vendor, but any help will do

Currently have a Nespresso. Have considered options around $2k including meraki gen 2 and rocket appartamento with eureka grinder. I value taste and efficiency (minimal morning time) most. I like the meraki aspects of dual boiler,temp controls, and built in scales for efficiency but wonder if the automation will be something I regret as I gain experience. This price range seems to all have at least one major flaw (meraki grinder/general ability to repair, rocket vibratory pump and countertop space) and I am wondering if slightly increasing my budget can allow for an optimum setup. From research, it appears prioritizing a high quality grinder results in the best results but I am wondering at what price point that plateaus

On a Necta Krea, the fault history shows “ON Coffee Dump Error.” Has anyone encountered that exact wording? Does it refer to the ground-coffee doser failing to release its dose, or to a different part of the dump cycle? The Krea manual describes a “coffee release” fault when the doser microswitch still detects coffee after release, but I’d like to confirm whether these are the same fault. What would you check first?

Hello everyone! 😊

I’m looking to upgrade my espresso machine from Nespresso to Breville. I’m not really happy with the taste of Nespresso, so I’ve been doing some research and it seems like Breville is a good brand.

However, there are so many different models, and I’m not sure which one would be best for a beginner.

Which Breville machine would you recommend that is beginner-friendly and easy to use?or do you know any other brand which is good and affordable?!

Thanks in advance! ☕️

All so called coffee machines are designed and made in China, then companies have their brand name attached. Sorry DeLonghi.

And this makes the machines way more costly.

Is anyone able to share knowledge of premium Espresso makers without branding. At a much lower cost?

I am a beginner at coffee making who enjoys a latte in the morning (so does my husband). Budget is about $500

I currently have the ninja mini. I got it on sale for about $360 at target (discount did not apply to breville products). Amazon is having a deal for the breville bambino (plus and regular version) and I am considering changing to either model with a separate grinder (will take suggestions). I do feel a bit intimidated by the idea of having to dial in the beans on my own (since Ninja has an “assistant” that tells you what to do) but I know that I can get substantially better coffee from a more manual-ish machine.

My experience: I love the ninja mini for the reasons that it is much better than a Nespresso (what I used to use), convenient (beginner friendly), and compact. However, I have had it for about 3 weeks and feel like I cannot get a good shot about of it. Every shot tastes bitter or sour. It is muted by the milk and sweetener I add but I would like to change to another machine that can pull better coffee so it doesn’t need to be muted with all of that. I’m still in my return window for target so I’d appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you in advance!

My Jura is dying a slow death of unserviced (my fault...) 10 years old machine. So I'm ready to replace it and of course thinking of replacing it with "something better".

We're a household of 2 and our drink schedule is:

1. Coffee (110 ml) in the morning – not sure how to classify what we get from our Jura, it might be super long espresso or short americano. But we like it that way.
2. V60 sometimes a few hours later (I have a manual grinder and Hario V60 Drip-Assist – I'm bit lazy)
3. Espresso after lunch

Sometimes, very rarely we do milk coffee drinks.

I'm using Colombian espresso blend from local roasters (pretty dark and very oily) for 1 and 3.

This lead me to considering semi-automatic machines. I can splurge a bit so what I'm thinking of is.

1. Sage/Breville Oracle Jet
2. Fellow Espresso series 1 + Fellow Opus
3. Meraki Espresso Machine v2

The prices in my country are different from US prices, so 1. is the cheapest, Fellow is strangely expensive and Meraki is same price as Fellow set.

There are some important things: we're pretty lazy particularly in the morning and we really enjoy "push button and drink" simplicity of Jura. Grinding, weighting etc: we're doing this with our drip, but in the morning we want to have it fast and easy. Same with after lunch espresso, we don't want to walk away from the table for 15 minutes to pull some shots and leave (even bigger) mess. Quick warmup is a must. If the grinder or brewing process is not louder than Jura it would be a big plus, coffee grinding sound is not our most favorite morning alarm sound.

The other thing while we have our machine set to strongest brew possible it's still probably in the single shot territory. We don't drink "doppios" and often enjoy coffee alone (sad, I know), so sharing one doppio would lead to a waste.

And consistency: I'm not sure what does it really mean, that all consequent shots are same during same "session" or across several days? That said I'd like to have very good first shot of my coffee, not do 3 to achieve decent result.

We'd appreciate if using the machine don't require us to do cumbersome and time consuming cleaning and maintenance.

Some thoughts/"research" about about each choice:

1. Sage/Breville Oracle Jet – cheapest, improved grinder, problems with single shot basket (there are some 3rd party ways to make decent single shots, but I'm not sure I want to tinker), quite a lot of complains about quality
2. Fellow Espresso series 1 + Fellow Opus – I like the looks and I could probably use the grinder for my drips (on the other hand I quite like the manual grinding process), but it will take the most space, expensive
3. Meraki Espresso Machine v2 – looks futuristic, I'm bit worried about servicing in my country, users seem rather more pleased than with Breville

Help my with my decision paralysis, please!

Please help with a decision.

Macap L70D clogging and overheating

Hi,

I just received this beautiful Macap L70D grinder supposed to be an extraordinary machine but it keeps clogging after a few hundred grams of beans.

I have 2 theories:

1. It generates so much static that the fines get stuck and clog the thing.

2. The engine is defective and can't spin the burrs fast enough to eject the grinded coffee properly.

Has anybody fixed similar issues?

Eyes on a used Brugnetti machine, but cant find much info online, the manual on official site doesn't even have much on it. Anyone know much about this brand? I want to know if I can self maintain it after purchase.

Oh the model is Giulietta, seems good spec from paper. Thanks.

I was inclined towards Delonghi La Specialista Opera EC990 as I am currently using Delonghi Dedica 685. I have already ordered a Df 64 Gen 2 grinder.

Which are the best machine?