Tyrone thanks so much!! This community is also one of my motivations and confidence behind buying this puppy :) the insides look like...a grandmas basement, but I wonder if that’s just the norm for espresso machines - I’ll probably need to ask you guys how you get your copper boilers so shiny, a nice DIY project in the future!
On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 4:14 PM tyrone edge <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Naveed, > > I think these are great machines for the money. They are definitely built > to a price, but they have a lot of features for the money. Buying from a > tech sounds like an excellent idea. > > The fact that you can be sure about boiler temperature allows you to > eliminate an important variable. It’s going to allow you to make repeatable > great espresso. > > The biggest difference to me was switching to a really great grinder. I > purchased a Rocket Fausto grinder, and it was OK, but a used Versalab M3 > came up for sale locally and I jumped on it. The Expobar can make really > good espresso. I was able to outdo my local roaster’s espresso about 50% of > the time on my home machine- at least with their B-list barista on the bar. > It’s a very capable machine. > > I’m going to hang onto mine for a while but I’m in the midst of rebuilding > a lever machine. They require a lot more skill to use, but they’re fun. I’m > not letting the Expobar go for a while though! > > I’ll check out the photos on Google, but it sounds like you should pull > the trigger on this deal ASAP. > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 10:55 AM Rizwan Naveed <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thanks Tyrone! The guy I’m buying from is the coffee tech, he did a >> refurb (not full rebuild like WLL) and replaced everything that wasn’t >> working, replacing piping, some electronics etc so im quite confident that >> the machine is in good working condition. >> >> I wish I could post photos because I have them on imgur - google groups >> keeps deleting my posts with hyperlinks, but if you google “imgur NY44vlX” >> (you’ll see a reddit and home barista post) you can see the machine and >> with shot of internals, if that helps >> >> May I ask Tyrone, how long more do you plan to have this machine?Trying >> to predict my own pathway with it :p >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/d8b28d31-46f4-4be6-82c6-1474e07c61e0o%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAMg0VkFAun4jFdVVUA2R_Lg2nomkt%3DJhvEZun2xuXTuahR-KRA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CAMg0VkFAun4jFdVVUA2R_Lg2nomkt%3DJhvEZun2xuXTuahR-KRA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Rizwan Naveed* - [image: McKinsey & Company]McKinsey & Company <https://www.linkedin.com/company/mckinsey?trk=profile-badge-company> - [image: University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School]University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School <https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-pennsylvania---the-wharton-school-19329?trk=profile-badge-school> View linkedin profile <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rizwan-naveed?trk=profile-badge-cta> ✆ +1 973 874 3658 ✉ [email protected] -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/brewtus/CADG0g%3DKvJa6cvu9v7VbpZjU%2BrC6tcuz04bZyat-OmQF6YpQMog%40mail.gmail.com.
