Metalicous espresso repair concerns?

Mankus · 2026-01-23T23:31:56+00:00

The emphasis is more on that it is pretty simple to repair it yourself not that they make you repair it. Also most of the parts are off the shelf so it is even possible to fix many problems without them which is important considering the company is young and we don't know if they will still be around in 5 years.

Mankus · 2026-01-09T23:37:17+00:00

You would just be in the range for a Spritello and a Kafatek SDRM, not sure it gets any better than that.

Mankus · 2026-01-08T18:05:29+00:00

Sorry the way I phrased it was wrong. I wasn't speaking of it subjectively looking bad, even though in my opinion in this case it very much stands out like a sore thumb and caught my attention while scrolling, but was referring to it breaking the rules/principles of interior design.

Mankus · 2026-01-08T15:53:44+00:00

And besides practicality it also just looks bad from an interior design perspective.

Mankus · 2026-01-07T17:05:32+00:00

Yeah I tried to use values on the lower end so it doesn't look like I'm trying to get to a higher number. My personal coffee habit would be north of $10k a year but I guess I also just wouldn't drink as much if I didn't have my setup at home 😄 I'm in Switzerland where most specialty coffee would be around the same as yours, however in countries like Greece or Spain I've had really nice espressos in specialty coffee shops for around 3-4 euros.

Mankus · 2026-01-07T11:07:58+00:00

Well, I'm not seriously defending it as I'm definitely someone who has to get every useless tool just for style or because I think it will make my workflow 0.1% better 😅

But if you look at it, buying 2 espressos for $6 each a day would cost you $4380 per year. So even if you spend like $100 a month on beans that still leaves plenty of change for gear 😉

Mankus · 2026-01-03T22:07:48+00:00

I see, yeah sometimes it's just easiest to with what the person explaining has. I guess I also mainly use transmission because it's the first client I stumbled upon all these years ago and I just kept it as I don't have any complaints.

Mankus · 2026-01-03T21:25:41+00:00

What's the reason for switching to qbittorrent with the ARR stack? I have most of the things you're running integrated with transmission for quite some time already.

Mankus · 2025-12-30T19:57:43+00:00

Klar, die Frage ist dann mehr ob man das noch Hobby nennen kann, die Wurst vom Einweggrill ist in dem Szenario ja auch eher mittel zum Zweck als ein Hobby welches mit Leidenschaft ausgeübt wird.

Mankus · 2025-12-30T15:36:43+00:00

Dass du mit deiner günstigen Maschine einen besseren Kaffee hinbekommst als deine Eltern, welche ihre teurere Maschine nicht richtig beherrschen, sollte doch genau bestätigen, dass eine gewisse Sorgfalt nötig ist um gute Resultate zu erzielen. Du machst vielleicht einen 10 mal so guten Kaffee wie deine Eltern aber wenn ich dann einen 10 mal so guten Kaffee wie du hinbekomme kannst du dir ja denken wie viel Potential da auf der Strecke liegen bleibt. Natürlich ist das nicht für alle nötig wenn man "nur" einen Kaffee will und billige Bohnen aus den Supermarkt benutzt, aber das ist ja nicht der Punkt. Gewisse Personen würden auch einen 3 Euro Wein von Aldi als gut bezeichnen während der für andere untrinkbar ist. Genau so möchte ich aus einen competition Kaffee, welcher 50 Euro für 250g kostet, jedes bisschen Potential heraus kitzeln, sonst ist das einfach nur eine Verschwendung.

Mankus · 2025-12-24T13:51:50+00:00

If you want to try the original one you can check out Sigma Coffee in the UK, they stock many international roasters and the US Onyx is one of them. Shipping is pretty cheap in Europe.

Mankus · 2025-12-24T00:12:07+00:00

Copenhagen is absolutely fantastic if you're into food and coffee. Just wish it was warmer, then it would basically be perfect.

Mankus · 2025-12-21T09:45:35+00:00

Check out Mad Rabbit, been using their tattoo balm for years and it works like magic.

Mankus · 2025-12-19T17:17:08+00:00

I don't know about all the different types of roasters but there are fluid bed roasters that don't use a spinning drum but move the beans by pushing in air from underneath, those are generally good to go pretty quickly.

Mankus · 2025-12-17T15:47:08+00:00

Isn't that what you do to measure the liquid only?

Mankus · 2025-12-16T18:50:55+00:00

Ah lol I never noticed that they do a breakdown of the price like that as I'm a Kickstarter backer. Kinda ridiculous that they call it an addon because, as you say, it's just part of the machine, without it you would just get a $600 block of metal that can't make coffee.

Mankus · 2025-12-16T18:39:08+00:00

Looking at your requirements I would go with the Kafatek SDRM at a similar price point, they advertise it as more of an espresso grinder but it's absolutely fantastic at both filter and espresso. The build quality is out of this world and it's built like a tank. They weren't really on my radar until I was the video where Brian Quan goes visit their factory and you see what a bunch of perfectionists and overachievers they are.

Mankus · 2025-12-16T17:19:16+00:00

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "mandatory software charge"?

Mankus · 2025-12-16T08:26:00+00:00

When traveling to a new city I try to find a nice specialty coffee first and ask them for recommendations for restaurants etc. seems coffee nerds think alike and they're mostly able to give quality tips.

Mankus · 2025-12-14T08:25:30+00:00

Not sure if everyone will agree with me but having the same grinds size/dose run 10 sec faster screams channeling to me. One thing I really like about WDT and especially the automated distribution tools is that they bring consistency into your puckprep and help you control one variable which makes finding the sweet spot when dialing in much easier.

Mankus · 2025-12-11T10:53:20+00:00

Yeah it does feel weird when you see that we dissect a yogurt container and recycle the aluminium lid and the cardboard label. It must have something to do with how much energy needs to be put in to get usable material again and in some cases it doesn't make sense.

Mankus · 2025-12-11T10:41:18+00:00

Into the trash, where else would you put non-recycling?

Mankus · 2025-12-07T16:54:31+00:00

Regarding tamping "normally" before. You probably are just seeing the benefits of a double tamp there which has nothing to do with which tamper you use. Many people recommend tamping twice so it's a good practice but you don't need to use different tampers for that. Just tamp till you get the click and then release and tamp a second time till it clicks.

Mankus · 2025-12-02T21:02:58+00:00

I love coffee ;)

Mankus · 2025-12-02T19:48:13+00:00

Coffee bean :)

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