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My PID'd Rancillio Silvia espresso machine is about one and one-half years old. For some time it has been loosing prime between shots. I drink a latte and when I start to make the next one the boiler must fill with water before it will start pumping through the head. I work around this by...

I bought three pounds of Selva Negra green beans because I liked their story and the price was right. I found that it makes a very good single origin espresso and it is now one of my mainstays. Selva Negra is a coffee plantation in Nicaragua owned by the same family for over one-hundred years...

Why is it so much easier to get a good-looking shot from an espresso blend than from a single origin? Bill New Orleans

I have had my Silvia for a couple of months now. My drink of choice at the moment is an americano with 2/1 water/coffee ratio. I am getting consistently good cups of coffee. Better than anything I have ever had at home. Better than most coffee shops serve. The funny thing is: I am less...

When I clean the screen from the grouphead on my Silvia there is a _lot_ of greasy brown crud on the inside of the screen. How does it get there. It is only clean water passing through and the flow and pressure is going the other way. Is it some kind of turbulence during extraction? Is the...

Seems like the tamp pressure would crush the clumps that come out of my grinder. I have stirred them and I have not stirred them to break them up. Since the tamped grounds are a lot denser than the clumped or un-clumped grounds wouldn't they all be the same after tamping? Just asking. . ...

Last night I decided to clean the screen on my 3-week old Silvia. Took it off and was surprised when an extra part fell out. Sort of a washer with a sleeve on it. Wasn't quite sure how it went but put it back with the washer side up, nearest the machine. (Couldn't find the manual, was in a...

Clicking on the wiki link in the nav column upper left gets me a parse error. I'm using current Firefox on current OS X. Bill New Orleans

We will be staying at a Super 8 in Franklin, Indiana for a week. Any good coffee shops in the neighborhood? Bill Laine New Orleans

I brought my new PID Rancilio Silvia espresso machine home last night after waiting 2 1/2 weeks for delivery. I have been cooking my home roast in a French press for 3 months and I was ready to move to the next phase of coffee enthusiasm. I chose the Silvia because there was general consensus...

I have seen the Gene Cafe described as quiet and I have seen it described as noisy. Can you clearly hear the cracks? I sure can't on my I-roast. Bill

I am trying to figure out how to get a thermocouple into an I-Roast. Snake it in or drill a hole? I have a thermocouple meat-type thermometer with a pointed rod on the end of the wire. Will this work? Can anyone point me to pictures? Thanks in advance. Bill Laine New Orleans