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Welcome to Home-Barista.com™, a site
dedicated to the home espresso
enthusiast!
Our detailed espresso machine reviews and
coffee grinder reviews cover the higher end
of home espresso equipment on the market, but
make only one assumption about you—a love of
espresso! Whether this is the first time
you've considered making espresso,
cappuccinos, and lattes in your home or
you've been drinking coffee for years, you
will find tidbits of information to help you
get the best out of your home espresso
machine.
Just need a quick answer? Then check our FAQs and Favorites for solutions to the most common espresso-related problems.
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Bezzera Strega - Second Look
Although the Strega looks like a conventional lever espresso machine, it's anything but.
Simple and convenient to use, it includes the innovative use of an HX, active heating of the grouphead, and hybrid combination of spring-powered and conventional electrical pump.
Jim Schulman reviews this twist on a classic design.
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Favorite Espresso Blends
For the site's early years, the reviews focused on espresso machines and grinders.
Recognizing that coffee is the most important contributor to exceptional espresso, we expanded the popular Second Look format to include peer evaluations of espresso blends.
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Quotable Quotes
The site announcements contain "quotable quotes" nominated by Team HB and the membership.
This article collects these nuggets of wisdom and quips about the art of espresso.
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FAQs and Favorites
If you're new to HB, you may be
thinking, "I don't know where to
begin, there's too much
information!" To make it easier for
you to get started and to help you
navigate to topics that interest you,
this article contains links to the best
topics all in one place, categorized by
forum and subject area. The article
also recommends a few must-read
introduction and how-tos that form the
basic barista knowledge and techniques.
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Commercial 64mm Espresso Grinders
Espresso professionals and aficionados alike agree that a quality grinder is key to exceptional espresso. The Mazzer Super Jolly is a solid 64mm flat burr grinder used in cafes worldwide and in Starbucks until they switched to super-automatics.
Most grinder manufacturers offer a grinder using 64mm burrs, however information on them is scant.
In addition to the Mazzer, this review covers two other representative models, the Ceado E7 and Quamar M80.
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Home-Barista's Guide to Espresso
New to espresso and not sure where to start?
This introduction by Jim Schulman shares his passion for good coffee and expertise in home espresso.
It covers a lot of ground and demystifies the key elements of espresso preparation.
It is not just about techniques and equipment you'll need to understand, but also about the reasons behind them.
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Buyer's Guide to the Ponte Vecchio Lusso
Lever espresso machines are known
for their compelling simplicity. This
Buyer's Guide focuses on a recent entry to
the US market, the Ponte Vecchio Lusso.
This temperature-stable "newbie friendly" lever espresso
machine will be compared and contrasted
against better known models like the
Olympia Cremina and Elektra Microcasa a Leva.
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