Hello all! Hiring has been going well. We’ve interviewed 4 out of 8 applicants all of which have been great. We’ll work through the rest of the interviews over the next week and aim to get people started in July.

Hardware

Part design updates and finalization are all complete. We did some redesign of the steam manifold to reduce part count and potential failure modes.

Boiler cap metallic samples have arrived and design verified.

We are currently working through drawing updates in preparation for having the final parts ordered.

Hoping to have powder coated parts back in hand next week and built up for final product photos.

The original order of bottomless portafilters have arrived along with some check valves, allen keys, and other miscellaneous parts.

You can check out the updated checklist here.

The new boiler cap design sample machined to test o-ring squeeze, locking feature, and general feel.

The original batch of 500 bottomless portafilters have arrived and more are in production now!

Software

Continued thermal testing next week for software validation.

Sincerely,

Ross Ainsworth