Petar you may also wish to consider this. https://www.wholelattelove.com/products/breville-bes920xl-dual-boiler-espresso-machine-in-black. It comes in several colors and from a blog here http://espressovivace.com/index.php/education/news/ appears to be an outstanding machine. Good luck! Herman
On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:40 PM, espressofan2015 <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahhh, Seatle! :)) Seattle Coffee Gear - one favorite site and videos to > watch!!! BTW, Gail do not sell Expobar, also Chris Cofffee Service, Clive > Coffe, 1st in Coffee too ... Only WWL among the biggest online stores sells > Expobar. I impressed also that Todd favored "between the lines" Gaggia > Classic vs Rancilio Silvia in a WWL video which also impressed the public > together with his over extracted shot you mentioned. :)) > > Actually, I am from Bulgaria and really we use Cyrillic alphabet as > Russians do. The alphabet is called "Cyrillic" in the honor of St. Cyril > from Thessaloniki who had been Bulgarian. During these ancient times, this > territory had been Bulgarian. Bulgaria is an ancient country founded on 681 > A.C. My native town is Plovdiv which is among the 6 most ancient populated > locations all over the world. :)) > > I love my Rancilio Silvia v4 (with reparable heating element of the > boiler) but when I tasted a shot from Brewtus IV in a local store I decided > that I must have such machine.I have had sweet spot shots very rare with Ms > Silvia, but I never have had produced such aroma and mouth taste as I did > with Expobar. It was funny, because I tasted the Brewtus IV in the store > bringing with me my Mazzer Mini E grinder. Unfortunately, the price of > Bulgarian store was 1560 EURO and that is why I decided to buy the machine > online. That is why I am asking about the durability of the machine, > because I cannot rely on labor service during the warranty, but only to the > spare parts. > > Thank you for the suggested sites. Dan Kehn's HB is one of my favorite > ones. Another one I had not known and I will browse it with huge interest. > > BTW, Please, advise, is it necessary to put some heavy peace of glass into > the water tank in order to avoid the earlier shut off of the machine from > micro switch which is sensitive to the weight of the water in the tank? It > could be not convenient the machine to be switched off at half of the water > tank. > > Regarding the different choices, I seriously consider 3 different machines > as an option to buy: Alex Duetto III (2100 EURO), Rocket Cellini Evoluzione > v2 (1600 EURO) and Rocket Cellini Premium Plus v3 PID (1300 EURO). Honestly > said, I can not find serious argument for business case to neglect Expobar > and pay more money. Only the exterior of the Italian brands has better > finish. But my primary wish is to make as much as possible espresso! I had > times when I thought that buying the Rocket EVO v2 (rotary pump plus water > tank or mains by choice and Sirrai pressurestat) is the best option for me > because of commercial pressurestat which is supposed to be more reliable > than PID controller. BTW, are they frequent failures of the Brewtus PID > being mounted at the center of the front near the boiler? Because Rocket's > PID is mounted at the bottom where is the coldest place of the machine? > > Warm greetings! > Petar > > четвъртък, 8 октомври 2015 г., 16:50:43 UTC+3, bmacpiper написа: >> >> P.s. I noticed the Cyrillic alphabet in one of your last emails--where >> are you? Russia? >> I'm in the Seattle area of Washington, USA. >> Best, >> bmc >> >> Sent from my apple IIe >> >> > On Oct 8, 2015, at 00:01, espressofan2015 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Thank you very much for the prompt replies! You are really great >> community!! I wonder why some European dealers which sell expensibe models >> - Rocket, etc. refuse to sell Expobar claiming for poor quality? Obviously >> Expobar quality is not poor! Rocket do not use Gicar controller for filling >> the boiler(s) of their machines while Expobar uses Gicar it, isn't it? >> > >> > I am not English natibe speker, but an I correct to hear that Tod said >> that Brewtus has made the best shot among all the machine WWL sells: >> > >> > https://youtu.be/K3IUqHdEkR0 >> > >> > Best regards, >> > Petar >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Brewtus" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. 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