Glad I helped. Mine came from expressoparts and I'm on the east coast. It only took a few days so the service is great. Like I said I just got mine so I'm learning but I think you'll be pleased. Good luck. Herman
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Tegespresso <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Ben and Herman for your replies.....both were extremely helpful. > > Well.....you had me at hello:-). I think I will simply take the "buy once > and cry once" approach and spend the necessary money on the Foam Knife > upgrade. As mentioned, I have done an exhaustive search and all leads to > the Foam Knife as being the best option. It is a bit spendy, but I rather > upgrade with the right equipment. > > Especially since, David Schomer the espresso guru out of Seattle, has been > using this tip for years and swears by it. So much so that he pulled his > previous DVD's and videos because it recommended the older 4-hole tips. > BTW: some awesome videos if you dig through the internet. Some of the > material is a bit dated but still worth watching. David has some of the > best tips & tricks in my humble opinion. > > To that end, do you recommend the Foam Knife 1 or the newer Vortex 3-hole > Steam tip? Also, I have the Brewtus IV, so do I need to upgrade the wand > too? Lastly, where;s the best place to purchase...EspressoParts.com? > > Lastly, I must thank both of you again. The steam trick of turning on the > steam wand until the red light goes on and then turn off and letting the > steam boiler build up to 1.4 bars just until the light goes off really > works. I run the boiler, while the light is on, just short of 1.4 bars and > the steam boiler holds like a rock at 1.3 bars while I steam. The steam > boiler literally goes forever with this GREAT advice.....what a > difference. Wish I had read about this earlier. > > Anyway, first call tomorrow is to order the Foam Knife. > > I must echo what others have stated, Ben is terrific and all that help in > this forum to make our Brewtus's working better and better is invaluable. > The reason why I do more "lurking" and less typing with this forum is > because my knowledge is limited to the past two years and I am still > learning. But I do read every single post and continue to learn form all > those that take the time out to help others......THANK YOU1 > > All the best....Tony > > > > > On Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 8:26:49 AM UTC-5, Tegespresso wrote: >> >> As many of you already know, and has been discussed ad nauseam here, I am >> struggling to get good "consistent" microfoam from my stock single hole >> steam tip. >> >> I've had my Brewtus IV for roughly 2-years now (absolutely LOVE this >> machine) and been practicing making good microfoam ever since. I've done >> exhaustive searches on the internet and watched numerous Youtube videos and >> frankly I think it is time for a steam tip upgrade. >> >> To that end, I have it narrowed down to the 2-hole "new" Isomac tip, the >> Pasquini 4-hole tip and the Foam Knife 1 tip. The Foam 1 Knife tip being >> the leader right now, but with the $100+ expensive along with a wand change >> at roughly $40 is really putting a damper on that decision. >> >> Sooooo, does anyone have any suggestions before I purchase an upgraded >> steam tip? >> >> Many thanks to all that have contributed to this wonder Google Group and >> thanks in advance to anyone that can shed some light form their experiences >> with upgraded steam tip on their Brewtus machines. >> > -- > 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.
