Lelit Bianca, Dave Neilson

The pressure profiling has saved many shots. Its great being able to adjust the pressure to get a good extraction.
The steam pressure is good and I’m able to produce flat whites just how I like them.
Being able to put the water tank on the side, means the machine tucks nicely under the cabinets without sticking out.

Not really a negative, but the machine comes set with maximum of 12 bar extraction. I adjusted this down to 10 bar. There are good resources online (video’s) on how to do this.
The machine front is somewhat cluttered making it difficult to clean … but that’s the nature of the small footprint.

I took a break from coffee after selling my GS3. The GS3 was an impressive machine, but took up a lot of counter space.

The Bianca is an impressive machine too. I only use it for making one flat white at a time. The steam pressure isn’t the same as the GS3, but it’s very good and I can make good micro foam for my flat white. My GS3 was a volumetric, so didn’t have the pressure profiling paddle. I’ve now learned the benefits of being able to pressure profile to correct a slightly off grind / dose and also to taper off the pressure at the end of the shot to prevent too much blonding. Given I’m only making one shot, it’s important that it’s right … and for that the Bianca is great.

1s-line were good to deal with and quickly replaced the drip tray that had a small scratch.