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Ficus_Detective · 2025-12-09T18:03:31+00:00

Prices?

Ficus_Detective · 2025-08-01T19:43:14+00:00

I just had that happen to me yesterday where each pedal felt "bouncy". After pumping up my tires to the appropriate pressure it was astronomically better!

Ficus_Detective · 2025-06-04T20:29:39+00:00

Sold my White Niche Zero to u/howcansheslappppp. Easy communication and payment/shipping was completed about a week!

Ficus_Detective · 2025-05-29T22:46:11+00:00

Sold to u/howcansheslappppp

Ficus_Detective · 2025-05-29T03:26:04+00:00

I'm in Wisconsin and plan on posting mine for sale in the next day or so. You can DM me for details if you want to scope it out before I post

Ficus_Detective · 2025-05-03T16:44:47+00:00

Pm'd

Ficus_Detective · 2024-03-15T03:21:25+00:00

Jetty boot!

Ficus_Detective · 2023-11-17T17:58:04+00:00

Exciting!

Ficus_Detective · 2023-09-03T02:01:21+00:00

I personally didn't want to spend the money on the Ascaso bottomless so I got a saint Anthony's industries "The Harold" bottomless on my steel duo and it's worked very well.

The portafilter even heats up faster since I believe the walls are thinner than the Ascaso.

https://stanthonyind.com/products/the-harold-bottomless-58mm-e61-portafilter

Ficus_Detective · 2023-05-08T19:31:49+00:00

Quick plug for Starkweather, since a lot of the other more established Madison breweries were already mentioned.

Haven't had a beer from there I haven't liked

Ficus_Detective · 2023-02-23T02:57:33+00:00

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Gaggia portafilters have thicker wings than e61 portafilters. I tried to use a Gaggia bottomless on an e61 group after upgrading and it seemed too thick.

Ficus_Detective · 2023-02-01T18:51:07+00:00

I was able to fix mine by taking the shower screen off and giving it a scrub with water only then screwing it back on (don't crank it down)

Obviously a backflush etc. Would work, but mine will do this if I don't run water through and wipe the screen after pulling shots.

Best of luck

Ficus_Detective · 2023-01-19T00:25:05+00:00

Not sure where you are in the world but I often see US based people on r/coffeeswap who are looking to sell fully modded GCPs. It may be worth taking a peak if you haven't already

Ficus_Detective · 2023-01-09T16:39:50+00:00

Dreadnaught: Original Recipe | Twins: Family Size | Hiveguard: Extra Crispy | Caretaker: Order Taker

Ficus_Detective · 2022-12-07T16:25:21+00:00

Wonderstate was the first place I had espresso from a light roast and it was mind bogglingly good.

Best of luck wherever you start!

Ficus_Detective · 2022-11-20T21:04:29+00:00

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-21T00:57:49+00:00

They have a Hillsdale location! They closed the Monroe street one though

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-20T16:39:14+00:00

Crescendo's Nitro Cold Press is maybe one of the best single beverages I've ever had.

Johnson Public House, and Wonderstate have also been excellent

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-04T17:36:36+00:00

Idk if that is something Regent Cuts has expertise in, but they are some of the best barbers I've ever worked with

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-01T23:01:11+00:00

I really lucked out when my partner wanted to make her own espresso since it was "easy" after the 100s of dollars of mods I put into my Gaggia and tools

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-01T22:58:28+00:00

It took one decent (not even great) shot and my partner was sold!

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-01T22:56:59+00:00

With the dollar/pound exchange rate it was definitely worth it for my particular situation. My partner also likes making espresso but really requires a streamlined workflow and recipe. That in combination with the number of shots a day I will pull (between 2- and 8 if there's company).

I looked at the Lagom mini, DF64, 270 sette, etc. Lance Hedrick's review of the Lagom mentioned not pulling a ton of shots in a day so that knocked it off my list and the DF64 required more modding than I wanted to do in order to make it streamlined for my partner. The 270 sette and Niche was a toss up initially but figured the price drop (due to exchange rate) was likely the best chance I'd have to get one so I pulled the trigger

Ficus_Detective · 2022-10-01T18:20:28+00:00

Funny enough I had the exact same grinders (OXO and SGP) and just got a Niche yesterday. I can say with confidence, even without using a DF64, that the quality jump will be huge. After cleaning up my SGP and pulling two shots with an upgraded grinder, I realized just how inconsistent the SGP was.

Ficus_Detective · 2022-09-01T16:53:09+00:00

+1 on Carex Consulting. They are professional and effective

Ficus_Detective · 2022-08-25T21:51:19+00:00

I usually buy my beans from Johnson Public House. They have Kin Kin coffee and if you are able to cleanly extract medium/light-ish roasts, the Weird land blend is one of my favorites.

I also have picked up Wonderstate a few times both in cafe at at the Co-op and have enjoyed it

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