CoffeeGeek - Regional: Australia, New Zealand and Asia, Help with Grinding! (Faz/Paul, Please come in!) (#)

„ The response I get  from the PBTB/barista was that "we need to be bit flexibilty with our working enviroment, the 30s rule is not necessarily true... for example in some machines (such as the nouva simonelli) the water flow might be coming down more quicker(so lesser than 30s is okay) than other machines such as the ECM Ven. ones...(which Toby Estates use, and they told me 28s... : P).“
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CoffeeGeek - Regional: Europe, Recommended European dealers? (#)

„The selection of all three stores seems a bit Gaggia/Rancilio-oriented, with a Nouva Simonelli Oscar and some other stuff thrown in here and there for good measure. I'm not sure what I'm buying yet, but at this stage it looks like the Oscar or something even better, so Espressokaffe.dk should start to look really interesting once I give myself the all-systems "go and buy it" signal.  “
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CoffeeGeek - Elektra Nivola - Comparisons (#)

„It probably isn't fair stacking the Nivola up against machines like a Pasquini Livia or Nouva Simonelli Oscar, but when the retail price of the machine is much closer to the Oscar's price than it is to a Solis SL70, it is expected. That said, I recognize that the Nivola doesn't target the same kind of consumer market that the other machines do.“
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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Machines and Grinders, La Marzocco - 15 degree portafilter (#)

„does the WBC use triple or double baskets in their barista competitions?   I own a nouva simonelli VIP 2 group and was curious about upgrading to a triple basket.  Would a La Marzocco fit my group heads?  “
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View topic - Commerical Machine For New Store Help Please - Coffee Forum (#)

„You need to look at Astoria, Cimbali, Pavoni, Nouva Simonelli, and Conti. Even if their 7 to 8 years old, a well maintained machine will run for many more. If it isn't running 220 Volt, don't even bother looking at it.“
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