plugging espresso machine into timer?

Originally Posted by floydpink

2 Guages on the Brasilia. I was reading on a Brasilia UK forum about people filling the resevoir through a hole in the cup warmer and recommending a funnel as it can make a mess without.

I'll know for sure in a few days.

The two machines do look a lot alike and I like the fact that neither has the plastic rocker switches.

Question; did you have to adjust the expansion valve for your brew pressure or was it set right?

It was set correctly for me, but, at least on the Anita it isn't that difficult to adjust, and it only takes a couple of minutes to take the shell off.

I went to the website and took a look at the pic of the top of the machine, and I can see what you're talking about with the hole in the cup warmer tray. I, personally, would remove the tray so that I can see the reservoir while I'm filling it. The inside of the machine is a whole lot of empty space, and if you miss with the water you'll be spilling water all inside where the wiring and electronics are.

[Mister Moo]

Gauges? We don't need no stinking gauges. How do you all find time to make coffee between polishing all that chrome and reading all those gauges? WTH?

Yo Fl'ink - moving my machine around for filling is an issue for me, too. I never plumbed mine in. I got a $1.99 thin roll-up plastic "cutting board" at WallyWorld to place the machine on and scissors-trimmed it to size just matching the Oscar footprint. The rubber feet of the coffeemaker grab the plastic but the underside of sheet slides easily on countertops. It's invisible but it's like the machine is on wheels.

[floydpink]

Oh crap, that's right! I also have to figure out how to make coffee from this thing once it arrives.

I woulda plumbed mine in, but don't have that option, I think.....