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Thanks for the checking, delivery is too much. GLWS

Do you know the weight of cappuccino cup+saucer? To calculate the difference of delivery to Ireland.

By my experience, you will need to grind finer. Everything else the same.

What is wrong with v3? I have a v1 and happy with it, but was thinking about the upgrade to v3 in the future...

It will. Even works with a stock one. But you may consider to change your gasket from 8.5mm to 8mm. Otherwise a bit hard to lock at 6pm.

I didn't change my process to get them again, and to make a photo.

You can drop a post to a wanted section as well, so if someone is thinking about the upgrade or in the middle of some refurbishment project you will get the first call.

Yes, as option. Currently, I make 1 cappuccino per day. I have 2 cloths, replace them daily. After wiping the shower screen, basket, steam wand it goes to a lower rank, and becomes table/drip tray wiping cloth and replaces the one from yesterday, which goes to washing. Thought, that is enough to keep the workflow clean.

Some guys like @ratty @MartinB @FairRecycler refurbish them, and the price normally is around 200-250£. And you can make sure that these ones are ready to go(cleaned, sealed, descaled etc). I would recommend you to check for sale/sold sections to have some idea.

Probably you are right, I use the same cloth to wipe the shower screen and basket after the shot and to clean the steam wand.

Just checked that thread. Not really, I have a few of them, from 1 up to 3-4 only, they don't look like such sharp/narrowish. Had to make a photo... Also I don't get them always, once in a few days. Tried to steam with a water, all clean. Will try to make a photo next time.

Started to notice that sometimes I have 2-3 pieces of 'coffee color' (black/dark brown) particles in the milk after steaming. I backflush weekly, remove the shower screen and shower plate to clean them etc. The last descaling was 1,5 months ago, and I use a bottled water with 60ppm. Wondering is it just a coffee or need to check something else? Do you have the same?

I'll take at the asking price + difference in shipment to Ireland, if that works for you?

I agree, I tried with a different temperature as well, when I had a 6bar, 86/90/95 didn't make any difference. That beans are gone, but I have a well dialed in beans at the moment, will try them with 6bar.

My main issue with 6bar was that I couldn't increase the body/bitterness, doesn't matter how finer I was grinding. Shots were sour/weak, tried a different yield. Beans were new for me and the result of my alterations was not as I expected. That's why I thought may be something related to the temperature or methods.