If you don’t think LMs are very reliable, you’re completely out of your mind.
I have one built in 2007 that still pulls a couple thousand shots a day. And that’s just one of our machines.
I appreciate the math. I will also say we have one machine that produces over a million dollars a year in revenue alone, and I find some of the insinuation in this thread that LMs are unreliable to be completely insane.
Yeah, I worked in a place that had a commercial La Marzocco and the amount of absolute slop that came out of that machine was awful to watch. Very few cleaned up after use etc and the grinder was never dialed in. Shame really but just not fit for general office life
Everyone is telling you to get a bean to cup machine, but I think it depends a lot on your company and who works there. I work at a big tech company, and we have plenty of manual Simonellis and LMs which seem very popular. I think there are instructions available for people to learn how to use them. That said, we also have bean-to-cup machines for people who don’t want to learn to manually pull shots.
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Hoping the picture would increase my credibility when I say this. Having a La Marzocco in no way saves you money. Between heating the machine, water, maintenance, etc. You'll be lucky to break even after 5-7 years. With that said, it is a single joy of my life; I wake up every day looking forward to pulling a shot. I made a deal with my wife for the next 10 years; she doesn't need to get me anything, no birthday, anniversary, Christmas, etc. Let's say that's a great deal. I'm a picky person to get gifts for, and this saves her and me time and effort. Best of luck with your decision.
The sensor just fails to register that there is water and owners like to say it's because you should used distilled water with those espresso third wave water additives. Of course, that's pure bullshit since a water level sensor should just check if there is liquid in the tank or not and water level sensors are not new technology.
Non resistive sensors do not need minerals. But that is not the issue since the La Marzocco sensors fail in tap water with plenty of mineral content.
They are just either poor quality or badly designed. Tons of household, commercial, and industrial equipment have water level sensors that will not need a specific mineral content. This includes coffee machines.
I see a lot of people on here thinking non prepared water will fuck up machines, and it makes them sound like naive 14 year olds.
But that was my original point. La Marzocco owners will use a lot of pseudoscience and ignorance to defend their shitty purchase decision. Just like HI FI enthusiasts that buy a 1000$ power cord not understanding that the wiring in their walls would invalidate that purchase.
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