Endo's Coffee World

A friend of mine was having some trouble with his Le'Lit PL041. It's about 1.5 years old and has not seen much maintenance (no desca...

I started this overhaul with the intent of getting inside the brew boiler to see if any scale had built up over the last 2.5 years. After ...

Except for a layer of dust, the insides look pretty new. While I have it apart, one area I've wanted to take a closer look at is the fl...

Now that the Cremina is running smoothly, it gives me some time to strip my main machine...my Mini Vivaldi. Here's how she looks just be...

The machine is now fully restored and sitting on the kitchen counter across from my Vivaldi. Time to pull a few shots. The first one I...

So the boiler has now been removed and stripped of asbestos insulation. Now it's time to shine her up. One thing I know for sure, I wo...

I'm not sure what this stuff is on the outside of the boiler. It looks like cement, but from what I read, I'm pretty sure there is s...