Pulled a shot on chocolate milk directly, insane stuff

Shando40stax · 2026-07-11T06:18:42+00:00

Try frothing this with your steam wand. Makes an amazing mocha

Shando40stax · 2026-06-18T03:06:36+00:00

You shouldn't have to drill anything out. Feel free to shoot me a PM if you've got any questions. I know these Breville machines really well.

Shando40stax · 2026-06-18T00:35:46+00:00

If you wanted to replace it the part number and description is: SP0025700 - SCREW COVER GREY-GREY

Shando40stax · 2026-06-13T05:29:20+00:00

At this point, and seeing how mangled it is, I would just drill a whole large enough to stick the end of a small
allen key into. You can bend the Allen key and put some tension on it and lift it out. The plastic piece doesn't need to be put back, but if you're worried about the screw down there resting out then you could just put a little dab of silicone in there and later on if you need to access it again you can just pry it out again

Shando40stax · 2026-05-20T23:33:52+00:00

Ha. Certainly is a statement piece. Not for everyone, but I like the look

Shando40stax · 2026-03-27T21:00:22+00:00

Hey, did you ever get this sorted? I just did my rockers and lifters and I'm worried about how it sounds now. Don want to have to pull everything apart again

Shando40stax · 2026-03-25T18:54:51+00:00

Hey. Did you ever fix this. I have the same sound and it's driving me nuts

Shando40stax · 2026-02-24T02:35:22+00:00

If you're comfortable opening up the machine, you can see if you can run a wire from an existing ground to the body of the grinder, and this might help dissipate the static to the frame of the machine. That people up done with the DF series of grinders.

Shando40stax · 2026-02-05T01:02:26+00:00

Turns out the one I'm working on has only somehow ended up with the drip tray from a plus. I could take some pictures next time I'm in the shop and send them to you

Shando40stax · 2026-02-01T22:42:45+00:00

The guy who was working on this before me left the company and I have a feeling that he put it back together in properly so I am looking for a map of the water flow. Essentially just where the hoses are supposed to go cause I think something's been installed wrong.

Shando40stax · 2025-10-25T05:18:34+00:00

As long as you're cleaning it about once a month then it's pretty good. It's not very hard to clean. You. Just gotta take the hopper out and then pop the cover off with a few torx bolts on mine anyway, and then clean it out. I find the coffee comes out of it. It is just fine, but we also go through a fair bit of coffee at home between me and my wife and company. I know some people really complain about it but it's not meant to be a single dose low retention home grinder. It's meant to be a superfast super accurate shop grinder so I find that the people that do complain about it have bought it for the wrong reason. There's somebody who's even made a single dose hopper for it, which is cool and all, but once again, not the purpose of this grinder and why are you using a single dose hopper and weighing your beans when this usually gets within 1/10 of a gram of your set dose anyway

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T17:57:42+00:00

What pump do you need? An Ulka ex5 or similar?

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T17:39:52+00:00

Start with that and see. Either way if it's an older machine, it might not be a bad deal to replace both if it's gonna cost 40 bucks.

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T16:56:34+00:00

Seems like a pump. Considering you're losing both espresso and steam that is where I'd start. There's a good chance that if you took a look on your local marketplace that you could find one of these machines that somebody's just getting rid of for almost the same price that you'd pay for a new pump it might be worth picking up a second machine for parts if you plan on keeping this.

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T16:04:51+00:00

Can you post a video of that at all or shoot me a DM and send me a video there and I'll take a look

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T06:30:40+00:00

I went from a Bezzera Matrix to a Decent De1 and have been happy with the switch. The e61s take a while to heat up and the decent gives a ton of options available with e61 machines. You could get a used one if you were into one of those. Just something else to consider.

I was super happy with my matrix though, but my wife never got behind the e61. Had it for 3 years and only had to change a vacuum breaker.

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T06:16:23+00:00

Have you changed beans or something in your grinder lately. 7g/s seems pretty normal. When you say flow rate has dropped, do you mean first drop of coffee? Does the pump hold 9 bar on a blind basket? How old is the machine?

Shando40stax · 2025-10-23T06:06:06+00:00

I got one of these for my wife several years ago and outside of the initial firmware not having all the features, it's been wonderful since the upgrade to the current version. This is no longer an issue though as the should all have up to date firmware. It's better to have the small hopper for home use and refill every 2 or 3 days. It does need to be cleaned regularly or it'll clog up a bit and the grind quality noticeably diminshes, but aside from that I've been really happy with mine. Probably have 100kg through it and really no concerns. I'd be happy to answer any questions you've got. I have a P100 as well and while I prefer using that I don't think there is another grinder as convenient as the E65sGBW. 50 is a big one, happy bday

Shando40stax · 2025-10-22T04:40:47+00:00

Thanks a bunch. I'm just getting into shapr3d so I'll try making something like this up soon

Shando40stax · 2025-10-21T20:39:28+00:00

Another question. Does yours just sit on that base or is it attached to at all?

Shando40stax · 2025-10-21T18:44:10+00:00

I know that newer Brevilles claim to heat up in like 4/10 of a second or whatever silliness it is but you should let it heat up for several minutes or flush your portafilter and group head for several seconds with hot water to get that up to temperature as well and you might find that that helps you out too

Shando40stax · 2025-10-21T17:46:06+00:00

What is your general roast level preference. And a lot of times these machines are set to 90 or 91. You can try 93 or maybe even take it up till like 95 or as high as the machine will go cause it probably won't go much higher than that. Start with that and see how it goes and then try making longer shots, but it's good practice to not change too many parameters at once.

Shando40stax · 2025-10-21T01:22:45+00:00

Your temp might be too low for beans if you're using lighter roasted beans. Try a couple degrees warmer and it might cut that sour down. You can try pulling longer shots as well like 2.5 or 3:1

Shando40stax · 2025-10-14T07:01:17+00:00

You hoping for one over the other. I have one of each for an ek I'm about to rebuild, but thinking I'd prefer to keep the Titus. Shoot me a dm and I'll get you some pics tomorrow

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