I just got (what I think is) a pretty dang good deal on a small load of coffee house equipment in prepartion to start my own. I have a two questions for those who have experience with commericial espresso.
The guy I bought this equipment from mentioned that one of the espresso machines had a 'siphon' feature where I didn't have to be plumbed in to a water line but I could use two buckets, one for fresh water and one for drainage. I flipped through the manuals but I couldn't find anything about it and I want to practice at home without adjusting my plumbing (for now). The machines I got were a
Rancilio S27 and a
Laranzato Club ME. I'm not sure which (maybe both) has this feature and if I need to do anything special to get it going. I browsed on the internet briefly but I could find anything and 'siphon' searches kept leading me to Yama products (big surprise
). Advice?
Also, one of the grinders I got was a
Fiorenzato T80, which I haven't heard much about. Anyone had this machine before and what did you think of it?