Londinium Blog
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L1 build – this is where we are right now
this image was taken about 15 minutes ago. it may not be what you want to see, but this is where things are at based on this image i expect only a few machines will ship this week, but a…
Today
1. fixing roaster – baah! 2. fresh stock of our well received digital scales arrived yday so as soon as i get the roaster back together all of you with scales on backorder will get them filled 3. did i…
LONDINIUM I – the big build – update
i am awaiting an update with specific information, i.e. on this day we will have X machines ready to go i am not aware of any delays or issues we will not try and ship the whole batch on one…
The extraction at a constant temperature & pressure paradigm is dead.
If nothing else I think we’ve established beyond all reasonable doubt that the dominant school of thought that the ultimate espresso needs to be extracted at a constant temperature and pressure is dead. Toast. Finished. Time to expense the large…
More LONDINIUM I feedback, this time from Germany
Hi Reiss I am still really impressed about the L1. The quality of coffee is constantly better than the best shot I ever had with my GS have sold it today.There is only one little problem. Today I changed the…
LONDINIUM I – customer feedback from Amsterdam
Reiss: Had great coffee again this morning. I can now finally understand the ‘taste wheel’ words about fruits and nuts and chocolate referred to in coffee talk. Before I have tremendously enjoyed my coffees already, but in ‘reading’ the taste…
LONDINIUM I – NO boiler taint or your money back
The latest bile from the online espresso forums is that LONDINIUM I is deficient in design because it does not have a cold water feed into the heat exchanger, and therefore your coffee will be tainted as water drawn from…
more customer feedback, this time from Australia
Hi Reiss,I’m loving the L1, I have two force myself to stop at two coffee’s in the morning as I just want to make more. I got the pump version because the position I was going to put it wasn’t…
Pressure-stat on top of boiler compromises longevity?
The ‘source’ for this is a forum clown who really has it in for us – the longer he keeps it up the more isolated and difficult he will find it to extract himself from his entrenched position with his…