Wow, that decade went fast!

After a decade away from fiddling with obsolete coffee machines (dabbling in watchmaking with vintage watches instead, and lots of mountain biking (I'm injured right now so off my bike and a bit bored)) I have dusted off the old X1 machine - reread my own blog as I had no idea what I'd done to it (useful) and repaired the stuck Ulka pump. I cleaned out the LUX grinder and ordered a new temperature gauge and a precision basket - and discovered that I make espresso the old fashioned way, things have certainly moved on. I no longer drink latte, however I made some espresso today, and it was fine. It's not like riding a bicycle unfortunately - this will take some practice to get right. I need to dig around in storage and see if I still have any of the parts I was planning on using for some of the topics I mentioned all those years ago. As of today, I don't much like the sloppy cake the modified X1 makes - IRCC the X3 was better when the adaptor was fitted, so maybe I'll look at sorting out something on that area.

The X1 as it currently lives, in my work office - still going well after all these years.