Yes it's an even better deal than it seemed to be before. Herman
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 8:14 PM Rizwan Naveed <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you guys! > > Fun story...I went to check it out. The coffee tech that refurbed it and > was selling it on owner's behalf was standing outside, crestfallen. Turns > out the machine wasnt building up past 8 bar - problem with OPV. Upside - > hes going to replace the OPV and do a full battery of tests again, and then > we agreed I have the right of first refusal. I guess the first thing due to > fail was caught already :P I am hoping he obliges my request to throw in > any used naked PF he might have lying around for my trek... > > Re: calcification - This is in NYC btw - water is soft, previous owner is > in Manhattan so - 10 years of soft water - still calcification still bad > you think? > > I actually looked at the machine and he had it open. What a thing of > beauty. Felt the espresso gods wink at me when I pulled the E61 lever, so > much better than the GCP push button haha. > > The tech replaced the PID, the circuit board, the elements, all the > tubing, the vacuum breaker, and the gaskets too I believe. > @eric - this would make the deal even better right?? > > This is going to be paired with my Vario - which I did the "alicorn" > hyperalignment procedure to align the top and bottom burrs and it produces > some really really consistent grinds - so much I dont see myself paying a > cafe for coffee anymore unless I know they are really really good (see > home-barista "Baratza Vario Super Alignment owner experience" thread) - so > I am REALLLY excited to get this Brewtus and see just how good the Vario > can be!!! > > -- > 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/6b5033cf-ca4a-4d0b-a217-0636c8e04720o%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/CAM9mha3eT%3DzeKcdg8eBTicMHKPdKNs2gV%2B31B14mfe8g7N_Dpg%40mail.gmail.com.
