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Calgary Highlander · 03-29-2021, 11:14 AM

After drinking instant for years and years, purchased the ECM Mechanika V Slim and the Niche Zero from Indiegogo. There was definitely a learning curve but after about a year of making espresso, definitely have the hang of it. Score bonus points with my wife everyday by making her a heart on her latte every day. Hasn't gotten old for her yet

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I would recommend buying from Espressoworks if you're in the market for an espresso machine. I didn't purchase from them, but only because they didn't have stock for the machine I wanted. Servicing is also discounted if you purchase the machine from them.

I did end up taking it in to them for servicing after messing up my grouphead rebuild. I was backflushing and lubricating way too often and also had scale build up from using BWT pitcher filtered water (which I assumed was enough). The service was more expensive because I didn't purchase the machine from them (~$250) but was worth it for the maintenance advice alone. I have an ECM inline filter now and also only do a detergent backflush once a month which doesn't require regular lubrication.

03-29-2021, 11:14 AM	#185
Calgary Highlander Scoring Winger Join Date: Oct 2008 Exp:	After drinking instant for years and years, purchased the ECM Mechanika V Slim and the Niche Zero from Indiegogo. There was definitely a learning curve but after about a year of making espresso, definitely have the hang of it. Score bonus points with my wife everyday by making her a heart on her latte every day. Hasn't gotten old for her yet . I would recommend buying from Espressoworks if you're in the market for an espresso machine. I didn't purchase from them, but only because they didn't have stock for the machine I wanted. Servicing is also discounted if you purchase the machine from them. I did end up taking it in to them for servicing after messing up my grouphead rebuild. I was backflushing and lubricating way too often and also had scale build up from using BWT pitcher filtered water (which I assumed was enough). The service was more expensive because I didn't purchase the machine from them (~$250) but was worth it for the maintenance advice alone. I have an ECM inline filter now and also only do a detergent backflush once a month which doesn't require regular lubrication.