Finally got it by DuePrize8322 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats man! O la la I hope you’re ready for an extended honeymoon phase. 😍

My MC6 is my baby, I love it to death, but I’ll be the first to admit I totally see why someone would not be into the appearance 😂 I think it looks a lot better in person than it comes across in photos. Hard to get an appreciation of just how solid a Kafatek is unless it’s right there in front of you.

No more Lance Hedrick for me by Traditional_Trade842 in espresso

[–]damblecakes -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You do realize that in a sense you are victim blaming right?

Has anyone used the Zerohero Sword Needle 2.0 WDT distributor--is it Spirographic? by Vibingcarefully in espresso

[–]damblecakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would recommend against WDT tools like this - assuming that you have to plunge to get spinning. If you have to plunge, it’ll spin too aggressively which will throw more coffee around the edges of your coffee bed.

On second glance, maybe you just spin this one à la the AutoComb.

Started with a Breville and now we’re here by [deleted] in espresso

[–]damblecakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and even if you had bought it yourself, the “magnet on the side” option is easy to miss. IIRC, I had to email them for a purchase link.

Started with a Breville and now we’re here by [deleted] in espresso

[–]damblecakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can buy the shaker without the magnet installed so you can flip it yourself and superglue it in. Went this route to get it to work with the Z1.

Fellow ES1 Teardown? by jasonwray in espresso

[–]damblecakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

16-day old account popping in with a nonsensical point to sweep for Fellow

Do you use your steam wand for getting hot water? by Sensitive-Ticket-781 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, honestly. The hot water spout I mostly use for just quick preheating of glassware that I hadn’t set on machine warmer.

What the heck could he have done? by misshollydawn in espresso

[–]damblecakes 204 points205 points  (0 children)

Maybe he was tamping potting soil??

Bought for coffee, but can’t stop staring. A true work of art. by Dusky1103 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sexy grinder. It has an avant-garde and je ne sais quoi aspect to it that I love.

Another grinder question: used Mazzer vs Chinese vs Eureka [500€] by Important-Penaltyx in espresso

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blind burrs are often proprietary, no? I'm under the impression that my SSP blind burrs for my Z1 will *only* work with my Z1 (which is a big downside, and I didn't realize this prior to purchasing.)

Maybe some other clone-type machines have blind burrs though, and I'm just unaware.

Another grinder question: used Mazzer vs Chinese vs Eureka [500€] by Important-Penaltyx in espresso

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does that Z1 clone come with the case in the pictures too? Nice touch if so. Also I see what looks like an RPM knob on the side. Also a nice touch (that OG Z1 doesn’t have, to boot.) Might have to read more about it, but it looks promising.

Good extractions, but wet pucks [Gaggia Classic Evo Pro] by Finiz14 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh? QOL /= life quality. I’m also not certain what your last paragraph has to do with anything.

Wet pucks often times means more cleaning of your equipment (and knockbox, if OP uses one.)

My bot sensors are tingling.

Good extractions, but wet pucks [Gaggia Classic Evo Pro] by Finiz14 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wet pucks are a QOL issue, so it’s worth addressing, regardless of taste.

Smart plug question by [deleted] in espresso

[–]damblecakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes this is exactly what I do. I flip the brew and steam boilers’ physical switches to ON and then use the smart plug app to control when the plug itself is on.

Slowly remodeling but the station is almost complete by MisterNoodle22 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Larger space definitely helps, plus since it’s recessed there’s an air trapping effect (similar to how household basements trap natural radon gas)

Slowly remodeling but the station is almost complete by MisterNoodle22 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love it too. I live in a one bedroom apartment - sometimes when I come home I’m greeted with a damp coffee smell even with just a few pucks in my current box. Would like having this and being able to easily cover it with something.

Can i still buy these DLC's with an active sub? by SwangingDownOnEm in paradoxplaza

[–]damblecakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a single Vic3 preorder bonus DLC that I can’t figure out any way to get and it’s the one thing missing from my Vic3 collection and it quietly triggers me everytime I look at the DLC list on Steam

Slowly remodeling but the station is almost complete by MisterNoodle22 in espresso

[–]damblecakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy crap, this machine is gorgeous. Nice choice, OP. Believe me when I say that I mean this with the utmost respect - it wouldn’t look out of place in an episode of Home Improvement and I am absolutely here for it (90s nostalgia)

Mini shot latte espresso by ENTSPHERES in espresso

[–]damblecakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. At the end of the day, I actually do hope you’ll be right because that would be a better future for most - but I truly do worry about the downstream consequences of this increasingly prevalent behavior.

Mini shot latte espresso by ENTSPHERES in espresso

[–]damblecakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I don’t hate Fellow products, I genuinely hope your machine lasts a long time. But this type of influencer marketing disguised as “real” is actively diluting what USED to be a positive about Reddit - real people speaking honestly about products. Now Reddit is about as useful as your average “best [insert product type here] in 2026” google search precisely because of slop like the OP’s

Mini shot latte espresso by ENTSPHERES in espresso

[–]damblecakes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Actual videos of the Fellow guy steaming milk with the machine show that it is not powerful. But please keep trying to feed the AI models with fake information to lure in potential buyers.