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  1. Fracino Forum
    Yeah it’s quite a mess indeed. I’ll pop the original back on for now. No word back from Espresso Underground as yet. We’ll see but I might be stuck with it.
  2. Fracino Forum
    I recently bought a shower screen holder for my Fracino Cherub. It was described and sold as a OEM Fracino part, however it looks very different from the one I’m replacing with it. The colour and shape are different, and even though the past wears down with time, it’s considerably thicker...
  3. Fracino Forum
    Thanks mate! I gave the tap test a go. No dice I’m afraid. It still pumps the water out of the tank and straight back in the top of it again.
  4. Fracino Forum
    As of yesterday, my Fracino Cherub no longer flows water through the group head. I noticed that when running the pump thr water is returned through a little valve at the top of the watertank. Could this be a blockage due to scale? Admittedly I haven’t descaled it in about a year of use, but it...
  5. Coffee Beans
    Ok if I must
  6. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I agree. Finding a "best setup" for any reason other than better coffee is a rabbit hole best avoided. I use a setup that most would consider to be archaic and flawed (a 2010 Fracino Cherub heat exchanger machine. No pressure profiling, no PID) yet I'm extremely happy with the coffee I get from...
  7. Coffee Beans
    Hi everyone, As much as I like bright and fruity for my pourover coffee, I just don't particularly enjoy it in my daily espresso. Neither do my guests who almost always drink coffee with milk. I'm looking for a good daily driver which has a classic espresso taste profile of chocolate / nuts /...
  8. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I've tried it at a friend's house yeah. I found it to be inoffensive. It wasn't great, but it was decent. I'm a big fan of going with what you like, regardless of what the prevailing dogma might be. If someone likes the taste of a particular capsule system more than the freshly ground route, my...
  9. 😎😎 Show Off Your Setup 😍😍
    What did you go for?
  10. New Members Section
    If you're planning on grinding manually for espresso, be sure to alternate hands
  11. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Perfect is the enemy of good - with pods you'll get neither. Try just throwing together a quick espresso without fuss in the mornings. Pull a pod shot into an identical cup. Ask a friend or partner to bring you both cups, without identifying which is which. Do a blind test. I'd be confident...
  12. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I drank Nescafé instant for a month while moving house. It did make me appreciate good coffee, but I also started to enjoy it, which made me a little uneasy.
  13. 😎😎 Show Off Your Setup 😍😍
    Hi everyone! I've been a dormant member of these forums for some time now, I thought I'd share my setup. I've had a Fracino Cherub since 2010, which has brought me excellent coffees daily ever since. I've had a Mazzer Mini since then also. The little cloth placemat is to boost the...
  14. Sold
    Not sure if general commentary is permitted in these threads, my apologies if not. I have an earlier version of this machine, bought in 2010. I still use it every single day, and it still makes excellent espresso and milk drinks. The only complaint is from my wife, who moans about the space it...
  15. Coffee Accessories
    Hi folks! I have a mazzer mini timer - a great wee grinder that has given me excellent quality espresso grinding for about 15 years now. When grinding for filter, I usually just lift the lid off the doser and hold a little measuring cup at the chute exit to collect my grounds (I removed the...
  16. Fracino Forum
    Excellent, this is very informative. I'll have a look. I'm not the most handy sort so I may need to pay a fracino repair technician to do this. The machine is about nine years old, so it wouldn't surprise me if it just needs a new vacuum breaker. Thanks a million
  17. Fracino Forum
    Hi folks I keep having an issue with my cherub whereby I need to release air from the steam wand before the boiler can pressurise. The group seems to be already hot before I do this, so hot water is circulating, there's just no steam pressure. The machine comes on with a timer, I come to it...
  18. Coffee Accessories
    I'm in a similar boat to you Dylan with the added caveat that I no longer back crowd funded projects. If the end product turns out to be everything Dave has said of the prototype I'll gladly pay 500 for it next year, clean out the mazzer and put it in storage.
  19. Coffee Accessories
    In that case it'll still be a fine grinder at full price next year when I can have it in black (all being well) Nice one
  20. Coffee Accessories
    If all goes well over the next year or so and I find myself with the cash I might buy this next summer. @DaveC - You mentioned the grind quality is "in a different league" to the Mignon. Would I be right to infer from this that broadly speaking it similarly outclasses the Mazzer Mini (timer) in...
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