'82 Olympia Cremina Lever...

[BoldJava]

Czarina to B|Java:

"Hon, I know you are excited, but you might as well come in the house.  Peter won't be ready until 12:15 pm . . . "

[mp]

Czarina to B|Java:

"Hon, I know you are excited, but you might as well come in the house.  Peter won't be ready until 12:15 pm . . . "

But Mommy ... I want to play with my B|Lever.

 

[staylor]

Awesome!

[Warrior372]

Uh oh . . . . I think we might have some converts! I believe it was after Dave pulled his 3rd shot on the Cremina (After first grinding much too fine, then dumping the beans into the doser and grinding to coarse) that he said it was better than anything he had ever pulled on his PID'd Silvia. Before they left Bill was talking to me about what lever would be the best to rebuild in true steam punk fashion with all of the innards exposed.

I think they might have been eyeballing the Peppina too John. . . .

[John F]

I think they might have been eyeballing the Peppina too John. . . .

I can feel it slowly slipping away.....  :help:

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

I think they might have been eyeballing the Peppina too John. . . .

I can feel it slowly slipping away.....  :help:

I didnt like the look of it.. its not slipping my way..

and last I saw Dave he was planing to spend the next 72 hours pulling shots.. staying awake on the fruits of his labor...

[BoldJava]

OK, had to head the Honda south to pick up the Swiss Miss in Illionois.  They say a picture is worth 1,000 words.  

[BoldJava]

Warrior didn't think we would show...traffic slowed us down.

[BoldJava]

I asked Warrior to show me how, one time. Mike said, "grind some up -- say 15 grams." (49mm)

I ground too tight, fer shere.  On the next attempt, Warrior tells the truth -- I dumped the beans in the top of the SJ hopper.  Really.  3-ring circus.  Can you tell I am a doserless boy?

[BoldJava]

Wild Bill, JJR, was in charge of grinding.

[BoldJava]

The Conti Pristina is soooooo retro and cool looking.  I think it is '81 model (edit - '91). 110v, 1 group.  Total eye candy.  58mm PF/basket.

[BoldJava]

Conti shot -

[BoldJava]

Ah, the Peppina.  What a simple little fascinating thing (45mm).  This is as clean a sample as I have seen of the Peppina.

[BoldJava]

No pressurized boiler.  The Peppina merely openly boils the water and you supply the bars.  Here is the boiling kettle, from above.  Warrior has an Auber PID ordered to hold the kettle heater at a precise point and then, lever away.

[BoldJava]

...To market, to market, to buy a Swiss Miss,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jiss

To market, to market, to buy Glossy Flossy,
Home again, home again, jiggety-jossy

To market, to market, to buy a sweet rig,
Home again, home again, so black and not too big.