[MediumRoastSteam]

An update to my Lelit Kate. I found a bug, that is getting on my nerves a bit. Since the grinder is so close to the whole machine and it is actually not in a different compartment, it gets hot when the machine gets hot. That means that if I leave the machine turned on for some time the temperature difference affects the grinder adjustment and it grinds coarser, meaning that the flow of coffee brewed lets say 1 hour later than the first on is 30% faster, which results in a coffee that is not as good as the first one...

Anybody considered putting some thermal shielding inside the coffee machine between the grinder and boiler?

I think that should be something done by Lelit in the first place. If I would not be single dosing, I cant imagine that heat doing wonders to coffee in the hopper...

This "bug" is no news. It's just expected, and, one of the reasons the recommendation is, if at all possible, avoid buying combos. Even with a self-standing grinder unit, completely separate from the machine, if you keep it too close it will get affected by the heat and humidity from the steam. And, in your case, I bet the built in grinder has a considerable amount of retention and, as you single dose, it will be very inconsistent. The grinder is not designed for single dosing. That alone will have some significant contribution to your "30%". It will be all over the show. The heat and humidity is doing wonders to the coffee retained inside, most likely.

The best you can do is to live with it and learn how to compensate by adjusting the grind (very annoying) or increasing the dose to match your expected timings.

PS: this thread is about the Lelit Victoria, not the Kate. 😉

 

[Oliv7]

I got Lelit Victoria just because the price was half off. With full price I would have saved up a bit more to get Lelit Elizabeth. In my opinion the Lelit Victoria is not worth for full retail price, because the PID and pre-infusion are both half-baked.

 

[Matagalpa]

Does the shot timer in the current version of the Victoria count up or down?

 

[rsn4534]

Seems to me folks challenged the pre-infusion demo video as it was done without coffee in the portafilter basket. Also concerning the countdown versus the count up, any decent scale used when pulling a shot works just fine, including the $16 cheap ones.

 

[Wheeksofsteel]

Here is the vid

This has a blind filter. It’s not the same. In the comments for that video if you read them.