Archive for the ‘Tips – Tech’ CategoryNew! Auber PID for Rancilio Silvia
May 13th, 2011
We love this little workhorse, but one of the baddest raps she gets is in regard to her temperature instability. It’s the way the cookie crumbles when you’re working with a small single boiler using a bi-metal thermostat to manage its temp. Folks have been tricking out their Silvias pretty much since day one, and [...]  A fairly consistent customer question is why Rocket Espresso’s Premium Plus models has only one gauge, while the Professional and Evoluzione models have two gauges. Watch Gail break it down for us. Espresso Machine Maintenance with Urnex
April 15th, 2011
Keeping your equipment sparkling clean is just as important as the freshness of your coffee and dialing in your grind & tamp — in fact, without the former, the latter will be an exercise in futility. If we have to tell you that rancid coffee oils will adversely impact the quality of your shot, we’re [...] Testing: Coffee Ground Attrition & Water Content in Frothed Milk
March 30th, 2011
We had a few viewer requests lately around the weight of things, so we produced two videos covering the following questions: How much coffee is left in the grinder after grinding? How much water is injected into milk when frothing? In this first video, we weighed out 20 grams of whole beans and then ground [...] What Makes for a Good Trade-in at Seattle Coffee Gear?
February 28th, 2011
Our espresso machine trade in and recycle program is pretty darn popular, but we often have folks requesting to trade in machines that just aren’t great candidates. The basic rules of thumb are that the machine has to have been manufactured within the past 5 years, is in perfect working order and is one of [...] What’s this White Stuff on my Rancilio Silvia?
February 8th, 2011
There are a couple of questions that we get all the time about the Rancilio Silvia: Why does my machine have two water tubes? The manual only shows one. Why is my machine white? I ordered a stainless steel version. We briefly discuss the answer to question one in this video, but we also covered [...] Metric Plumbing Adapter
January 24th, 2011
To plumb in your Rocket Professional or Evoluzione espresso machines, you receive the connecting hose with the machine but not much else. One of the biggest stumbling blocks we’ve seen is that the end of that hose is a British Standard Thread — a fitting into which US plumbing components will not fit. So you [...] Backflushing with Cafiza Tablets
December 13th, 2010
We have a wide array of cleaning products available — from descaler to milk frothing cleaner to backflushing detergent — and, admittedly, we sometimes get a little stuck in our ways. Machines with a three-way brew pressure release/solenoid valve (such as the Rancilio Silvia, La Spaziale machines, many of the Ascaso machines and any of [...] New! Seattle Coffee Gear’s Guide to Rocket Espresso DVD
November 30th, 2010
We are squealing like a gaggle of teenage girls outside a Guns n Roses concert a la 1989 (yes, we realize we’re aging ourselves here) because — at long last — Seattle Coffee Gear’s Guide to Rocket Espresso DVD is complete! Shot over the summer, sliced, diced and then lovingly molded into something akin to [...] Internal Espresso Machine Parts Now Available!
November 23rd, 2010
If you have been on the long lost search for the perfect O-ring, gasket, steam manifold or thermostat for your DIY espresso machine rebuild project, you’re going to be pretty excited to learn about the new parts section of our site. Admit it, you are. We’re now offering tons of internal parts for espresso machines, [...] |
