About a year ago I bought a quickmill carola https://www.quickmill.it/en/products/lever-group/carola-mod-0960/.

In general it’s not a bad machine; I like the E61 system, I’m happy with the PID and it’s compact and looks ok. I absolutely hate the vibration pump, though. It takes 10-15 seconds from activating the pump to get to max pressure which is a significant of my shot time. I havn’t found a great way to deal with it and I’m close to get a different machine just because of the pump.

Does anyone have a vibration pump and is happy with it? Is there some technique you’re using with the E61 to get around it maybe?

  • nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev
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    1 year ago

    A slow pressure ramp-up is probably good for your coffee (especially if it’s a lighter roast) because it’s effectively giving you pre-infusion.