Thread: Which is better Off Road a D3/4 or a late model Defender? ... Puma 110

Originally Posted by Celtoid

I've got a Rancilio Sivia ..... the bloody thing started rusting (frame) after a few months. They obviously don't make them like they used to.
Makes great coffee though.

That's interesting. We bought a Silvia and Rocky grinder almost ten years ago and neither have missed a beat in all that time and no rust. Touch wood no issues, just regular cleaning.

Amazingly the price for the machine/grinder package is actually $100 cheaper than 10 years ago.

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

That's interesting. We bought a Silvia and Rocky grinder almost ten years ago and neither have missed a beat in all that time and no rust. Touch wood no issues, just regular cleaning.

Amazingly the price for the machine/grinder package is actually $100 cheaper than 10 years ago.

Scott

I think that's the issue Scott. Mine is only a couple of years old.


It rusted near the water tray at the bottom .... only on one side, so I suspect a perforation in the paint/finish.


I always clean both the grinder (with a brush .... and toothpick to get the beans out of the screw holes) and the machine and never leave water in the tray. So I was a bit disappointed.


Easy fix .... WD40 arrested the issue. Coffee has never tasted the same since though ... LOL!!! Kidding.


What amazes me, is the fact that you can run a supermarket grade bean through the machine and you'd struggle to find a better coffee in the CBD.


Better beans just lift the bar .


Back on LR but to your point .... I paid less for more D4 4.5 years after my first one. Both new.

I've kept quiet til now, but since we're going all out on Defender vs D4, latte vs God knows what

Real men hand grind, HG1
Real men use a lever, Londinium L1
Real men drink double ristretto


Oh yeah and being the geek I've over complicated and arduino' a hottop roaster

Double espresso no sugar.....followed by another. Best breakfast before jumping into a truck......or the office
Really gets the heart rate going

Too right, see deefer and D4 drivers can have something in common

Originally Posted by ozscott

I love using the big commercial - 11 litre boiler. Great temp stability. Fantastic when the whole family is over and the hot water tap is the business for tea through the day.

Yep, can't beat a commercial machine for hot water delivery and steam.
I repaired a friends 3 group Boema a few month ago.
A new group solenoid, boiler element and boiler sight glass/level.
I used the two group element to reduce the current draw so we could use a 15amp GPO and it still delivers copious amounts of steam and stinking hot water.

I did a baristas course a few years ago and we used open baskets so we could easily see the consistency of our tamp and polish.
I'd never seen them used until then, I thought that was a great idea.

BTW there were only four of us on the course which was great, and we all used the same beans and grind, so only the tamp/polish, maybe the dose slightly and we were doing the extraction manually by watching the crema and every persons shot tasted different. They were all good, but different.
Yes, I was the only crazy tasting them all.

Coffee snobs is a great board, although haven't been on there for a very long time.

Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

My parents have coffee bean trees, and I went full caveman one year and processed my own beans.
After countless hours seeding them, and fermenting the pulp off, I tried to roast them in a popcorn machine. Without doubt it was the worst (and most time consuming) cup of coffee I've ever had.

So these days you just wander down to Adimi's instead ?

Rick i do my own work maintaining my 30 year old machine also. I have done the rotary pump, pressurestat, solenoid, group seal, new flared copper pipe for the volumetric feed, serviced seals for steam wands, replaced blow off safety valve etc. I also lagged the boiler years ago and doubled the time it takes for the pressurestat to kick in.

Great fun. Mine runs on a 15 amp GPO.

Ĺove the microfoam from that boiler!

I too like naked PFs to watch the pours and check on dosing and tamping.

But for the general reading public...the first port of call for better coffee is good boutique roasted beans or well done home roasted (better after practice).

Cheers