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  Bacchi espresso stovetop machine (£230 + £20 postage)
  
  By stassinari
  Started October 17, 2020
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  ceado e37s front burron not responding
  
  By megaspan
  Started 8 hours ago
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  Poor crema - please help a beginner
  
  By OmerISR
  Started 28 minutes ago
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  New upgraded Lelit on the block - Elizabeth
  
  By MediumRoastSteam
  Started July 2, 2020
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  Noise
  
  By Emmodd
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  Long time lurker/first time poster
  
  By EmmaC
  Started 10 hours ago
- 43
  
  UK import taxes for coffee gear post Brexit
  
  By BobbyAxelrod
  Started Friday at 15:42
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  Drawing tablet thing for digital artwork
  
  By shanjia
  Started December 22, 2020
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  Hello and thanks for having me.
  
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- Bacchi espresso stovetop machine (£230 + £20 postage)
  
  By AliC · Posted 23 minutes ago
  
  Thanks. Just too far out of the way for me. Best of luck
- ceado e37s front burron not responding
  
  By lake_m · Posted 24 minutes ago
  
  Really sorry to hear about that - I'm sure you'll get it sorted under warranty one way or another. I use the E37s everyday and think it's a great little grinder. It performs much better with a hopper full of beans (do not try to single dose!) - I purchased a Mazzer mini short hopper which fits perfectly.
- Poor crema - please help a beginner
  
  By OmerISR · Posted 28 minutes ago
  
  Hi - Please help a beginner 😪, I bought my first home coffee machine a month ago - an used Silvia V3. Since day 1, the crema is pretty poor and kind of "broken" (I added a picture below). The machine pour the coffee pretty slow and stable. I tried different coffees, different grinding thickness with no luck. What are the next steps that you will take in order to try to fix this problem and make some good coffee for god's sake?! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1302-Zz9S2ZqtbUHH_Wpyqzb7GvnKCV1y/view?usp=sharing
- New upgraded Lelit on the block - Elizabeth
  
  By Del · Posted 38 minutes ago
  
  Here here, but I think @MediumRoastSteam has a lot to answer for too!
- Noise
  
  By Rumpelstiltskin · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  +1 ☝️....yepp welded together....and agree; for the price it's better to replace than trying to fix/bodge the contacts.
- Noise
  
  By allikat · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  If the brew stat has failed, it usually fails closed, so it'll heat up until the thermal fuse blows. Remove the brew thermostat, check it's marked 107c, if it's the correct one, then it has died. Buy new ones, they're about a fiver each, and well worth replacing if they haven't been swapped out for a few years.
- Long time lurker/first time poster
  
  By DavecUK · Posted 3 hours ago
  
  At least yiu get twice as many welcomes to the forum. Elizabeth is a fine machine.
- UK import taxes for coffee gear post Brexit
  
  By Rob1 · Posted 3 hours ago
  
  I'm not sure Indigogo allow VAT deductions for foreign 'donations'. It seems the 'reward' is set for a specific donation value in GBP with UK VAT included regardless of where the 'donation' comes from. I don't know if Indigogo has the option to allow the GBP value to be exchanged to the relevant currency (minus the 20% VAT) and would probably require Niche to list a separate perk with international sipping minus the UK VAT and make sure it can only be processed if the shipping address is outside the UK (another thing I'm not sure Indigogo has the functionality for). The customers in the USA and other countries have been paying UK VAT the whole time so this situation isn't new it just now effects EU customers for the first time.
- Drawing tablet thing for digital artwork
  
  By onkelho · Posted 3 hours ago
  
  I love my XP-PEN Deco 03 wireless drawing tablet and it behaves as if I'm drawing with a pen. Then when I use the pressure sensitivity it behaves like a dip pen. I like the tablet because I'm able to draw on the computer exactly like I do on paper. For example, I can use the brush tool in Photoshop with the brush tool. If find that tablets are great for free-form work. As far as making selections and using dialogues I don't find that its the talents strong point. I find the mouse useful with the pen tool in digital paint programs.
- Hello and thanks for having me.
  
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  Welcome to the forum.
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