I'd had my eye on La Pavs for a little while, and earlier this month I bought one of the two '73 La Pavs lovingly restored by jimbojohn in this thread: https://coffeeforums.co.uk/showthread.php?42247-Pimp-my-70-s-Disco-Pavoni-time-machine
I thought it might be worth sharing my little journey from my Sage DTP to my new lever machine. Even if it's only me who ends up reading it!
I had a go on the day I brought it home, but with no success. I had no tamper, you see. I tried to make do with the underside of a 54mm basket, but oddly enough it didn't work!
So now I have a naked portafilter and a 49mm tamper. I enjoyed a lovely shot of my Costa Rican beans from Gardelli, but then botched the next couple.
Then a bit of a break ensued, because my wife very inconveniently threatened to go into labour eight weeks early. But now that she's home again I've had a go with some home roasted Colombian Suarez (with some luck) and some home roasted Brazilian beans (with little success).
Struggling at the moment with figuring it all out. Definitely a world away from a simple electronic machine like the Sage DTP. Going to scramble through the Lever sub-forum again for pointers to go with JJ's very helpful starter tips.
I thought it might be worth sharing my little journey from my Sage DTP to my new lever machine. Even if it's only me who ends up reading it!
I had a go on the day I brought it home, but with no success. I had no tamper, you see. I tried to make do with the underside of a 54mm basket, but oddly enough it didn't work!
So now I have a naked portafilter and a 49mm tamper. I enjoyed a lovely shot of my Costa Rican beans from Gardelli, but then botched the next couple.
Then a bit of a break ensued, because my wife very inconveniently threatened to go into labour eight weeks early. But now that she's home again I've had a go with some home roasted Colombian Suarez (with some luck) and some home roasted Brazilian beans (with little success).
Struggling at the moment with figuring it all out. Definitely a world away from a simple electronic machine like the Sage DTP. Going to scramble through the Lever sub-forum again for pointers to go with JJ's very helpful starter tips.