Marcje schreef: vr 31 aug 2018, 17:50 Tadaa!
Flink aan het testen nu... we hebben al hartkloppingen!

The machine performs very well. The high boiler pressure results in a better than usual pre-infusion. The air pocket between piston and water is highly compressed or this air is somehow pushed out altogether as can be felt by the 'hard' resistance of the lever at the end of pre-infusion, much like one feels when using the Strietman lever espresso machine.

Shot volume is then also more than I normally get from a La Pavoni.

The group needs a warmup flush (about 30ml) once the boiler is up to pressure and a very brief warmup flush before the first shot. From then on multiple back to back shots can be served to visitors with a full bodied and sweet result, not too hot, not burned in taste

The entire machine gets very hot, inclding the base/foot since the extra tube from the boiler moves around the base before cutting upwards into the neck of the brew group. Therefore I switch off the machine when I am away for several hours. I would not want the wooden tabletop of the beautiful vintage table to get impressed with a burnt or whitened 'footprint'of my pimped vintage machine.