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Postby bamaster on Wed May 04, 2011 5:03 pm

I stopped by a local coffee supplies distributor today. Picked up a new Mini Vivaldi. While I was there they demonstrated the machine for me. Gave me a run down of the controls and even pulled a shot.

Anyways, I suppose this is where they do some repairs. Surrounded by old machines, I suppose they use for parting out. I thought it was kinda neat!

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Postby Randy G. on Wed May 04, 2011 6:25 pm

HAND ME THE TOOLBOX AND STAND BACK!
Thanks for sharing that. Looks like my kind of candy store!
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Postby truemagellen on Sun May 08, 2011 4:14 am

Ahh PVC air lines...no longer OSHA approved...possibly grandfathered in but it is a ticking time bomb even if it was installed properly.

Where are the levers? :twisted:
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Postby DrDregs on Sun May 08, 2011 5:09 am

Interesting. And is that a little Marzocco languishing away on the bottom shelf in the second pic? Bit of a waste if it's not completely shagged.

But I'm with Jason. Where are all the proper machines. Not a lever in sight. Obviously they must all still be in service or are all too valuable to be in a graveyard.
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Postby Boldjava on Sun May 08, 2011 7:05 am

truemagellen wrote:...

Where are the levers?


They are pics of graveyards. Levers don't die.

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Postby peacecup on Sun May 08, 2011 9:48 am

Where are the levers? :twisted:


In the shop room at the Good Coffee Company in Seattle. It looks like what the shop pictured above would have looked like 50 years ago.
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Postby bamaster on Sun May 08, 2011 10:34 am

truemagellen wrote:Ahh PVC air lines...no longer OSHA approved...possibly grandfathered in but it is a ticking time bomb even if it was installed properly.

Where are the levers? :twisted:



In that fourth pic, the PVC pipes were running water. That's what they used to fill my water tank. That's my Vivaldi in middle.
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