What’s happening?
Before Londinium I, our spring lever espresso machine, arrives we thought it was a good time to give the factory a bit of an Olympic spruce up. July-August is the window of opportunity in our business as things slacken off…
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Londinium I – after sales service & support
One of the drivers for offering our own machine and having it made in England is we want to be able to offer world class customer service. How? We intend to have all the parts that can break or wear…
Schematic diagram for Londinium I
a quick diagram to illustrate that a lot of the ‘extra bits’ that appear in the E61 diagram are not required with the lever, specifically a non-return valve on the feed out of the boiler into the thermosiphon is not…
Londinium I – primary objective
Our primary objective when deciding what kind of lever espresso machine we needed to build was; one that was easy for anyone who is already making espresso to use. i.e. anyone who is already grinding beans, dosing, tamping. While we…
Dipper versus thermosiphon group configuration
A thermosiphon gives you a lower water inlet temperature entering the group, compensated for by a higher group temperature at idle throughout the group. Assuming it is correctly engineered, this should give you a more even group temperature, reducing the…
There’s a reason why we haven’t posted many videos on this blog
â ¦it’s because the guys who know what they’re doing, like our customer Roland below, make our efforts look woefully inadequate anyway, from a wringing wet mid-summer london, we hope you appreciate the beauty in this clip as much as…
Londinium I – twin spring development
What we are trying to do, and we might not succeed, is see if we can get Londinium I to work with the even higher loading that a twin spring configuration of the group brings. This secondary spring provides even…
Londinium I – toggle/joystick controls on both water tap & steam wand
the production model will feature these kind of controls on both the hot water tap & the steam wand as conventional taps seem phenomenally unpopular with most of you the entry level model will have black nylon toggles as shown…
Londinium I dimensions
The dimensions of Londinium I are approximately; 500mm deep, 375mm wide and 300mm high, plus the height of the leverThe depth may change, but this is what it measures today
Bacchi parts arrive from Italy
Thanks for getting them to us so quickly Massimo.