The S1 Cafe - Helping Your Espresso Dreams Become Reality

WELCOME TO THE S1CAFE
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General Q&A
General Questions and Comments that fit no specific category.

Suggested Improvements
What would you change about your LaSpaziale espresso machine?

Swap Meet
For S1Cafe forum members only. If you are looking for an item for your S1 setup and/or have an item you'd like to swap or sell to another Forum Member, you may post it here. Please no links to the post from outside the forum. Please send private e-mail to admin once an item is sold so that it may be removed. Thanks!

Tips & Tricks
Tips and Tricks you have discovered with your S1, VII, Mini-VII, Dream, or Dream T that lets you do any aspect of coffee making, steaming, maintenance, etc better.

Pursuit of the God Shot
For generic information on making espresso alt.coffee, coffee geek, Sweet Maria's web site and many others excel at this tutorial level of information. However, if you've been there and done that but have specific questions and concerns about getting the best espresso on the S1/VII/Mini-VII/Dream/Dream T, post those topics here.

Pride Page
Post photos and descriptions of your S1 V1, S1 V2, and/or S1 Dream coffee set ups here.

Vivaldi Video Villa
S1 Video Forum

Dream and Dream T Common Feature Discussions
Forums below are for discussions of Dream and Dream T specific issues. However, both machines have as much, if not more, in common than they have differences. This area is for information sharing and questions that you think apply equally to both machines.

Dream T General Q&A
General questions, comments, and discussions about the Dream Tank version. New owners post your impressions of your Dream T - likes, dislikes, and any other comments.

Dream T Day One Issues
Did you have an issue or question about operation of your Dream T tank machine on Day One right out of the box? If so, report it here and also keep us abreast of the resolution.

Dream T In Warranty Issues
If you have any problems with your Dream T tank machine where it worked fine out of the box but sometime later something happened during the 2-Year warranty period, ask about it here. Once fixed please keep us posted on what had to be done to resolve the problem.

Dream General Q&A
General questions, comments, and discussions about the Plumbed Dream machine. New owners post your impressions of your Dream - likes, dislikes, and any other comments.

Dream Day One Issues
Did you have an issue or question about operation of your plumbed Dream machine on Day One right out of the box? If so, report it here and also keep us abreast of the resolution.

Dream In Warranty Issues
If you have any problems with your plumbed Dream machine where it worked fine out of the box but sometime later something happened during the 2-Year warranty period, ask about it here. Once fixed please keep us posted on what had to be done to resolve the problem.

Mini General Q&A
Post general questions about operation of your new Mini here. Due to many similarities with the original VII you should also check the VII forum.

Mini Day One Problems
Did you have a bad "out-of-box" experience with your Mini? Describe it here and report back with the final resolution.

Mini In Warranty Issues
Did your new Mini work fine initially but have an in warranty (year one) problem later. Post here for advice. Later report on your fix. Posted photos documenting repairs are encouraged.

Mini Out-of-Warranty Issues
Post your out-of-warranty issues here. Once fixed please post want was required to repair including cost and source of required parts.

VII General Q&A
If you have a question or comment specific to the VII that doesn't fit in any other VII category, submit it here.

VII Day One Problems
Did you have a bad Day One "Out-of-Box" Experience? Ask about it here then later report back with your final resolution.

VII In Warranty Problems
Did your new VII work fine initially but have an in warranty (year one) problem later. Post here for advice. Later report on your fix. Posted photos documenting repairs are encouraged.

VII Out-of-Warranty Problems
If something breaks post warranty, let us know about it. Tell us how you fixed it. Let us know how much the parts cost.

S1 General Q&A
If you have a question or comment specific to the S1 that doesn't fit in any other S1 category, submit it here.

S1 Operational Problems
Did something go wrong? Ask about it here. Later report and document the resolution here including out of pocket costs for replacement parts.