Espresso Enthusiasts

[Scepticalscribe]

My father - deceased a couple of months ago - was the family king of coffee machines. He had several DeLonghi espresso machines and a quality burr grinder for grinding his own coffee, which he would use to make cappuccino for his girlfriend. But for himself he would just do a simple pour-over filter coffee, with the ground Ethiopian coffee he would buy from the supermarket…

RIP Dad.

I hear you.

These memories matter.

My godmother, who was very widely travelled - and who was my mother's best friend, they had first met at their posh boarding school during the latter years of the second world war - knowing that I love coffee, brought me back a Bialetti pot from a holiday in Italy a few decades ago, a gift that I long treasured.

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

My favourite Italian Bialetti stove percolator has taken a severe blow — the metal pin which served as a hinge to the lid on top has come loose, and I’m afraid the next time I try to use it will result in a coffee explosion. Have switched to my backup Bialetti, which is less than perfect because it is a six-shot monster of a thing…

Still persisting with Lavazza Qualita Oro ground espresso coffee, it’s very nice.

There are Youtube videos, like this one --

that show you how to replace the handle. The bit you want is about replacing the hinge pin.

You may have to go to a hardware store to get the replacement pin. I couldn't find any on the Internet. Amazon said they had replacement handles with pins, but when I tried to look it said that the Amazon server was busy.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

My most recent coffee order has just been delivered.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Actually, it is just as well that my most recent coffee order (it comprised coffee from Bolivia, Thailand and Zambia, - the latter, I am dying to try, as I haven't had any coffee from Zambia, it was grown at an impressive altitude, 2300 masl, while the Bolivian is also unknown to me, not least because I haven't had many coffees from that country, as well as some coffee paper filters) arrived today, - granted, I had been notified last night to expect it today - as I had finished the very last of my Ethiopian coffee this morning.

 

[Bodhitree]

In the nick of time!