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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Psyd on Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:32 pm

timo888 wrote:Dimensions in inches: 49.4 x d.15.35 x h.13.80

http://www.espressoparts.com/product/DALLACORTE_MINI/


Maybe it was a typo, I got "Dimensions in inches: length: 10" x depth: 15.4 x height: 13.8" when I went to the site. Ten inches sounds wrong, too, though...
OTOH, the odd part was the sheer number of on-board 'systems' to create 'brew-units' for consumption experiences'. *sheesh*
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:17 pm

Psyd wrote:Maybe it was a typo, I got "Dimensions in inches: length: 10" x depth: 15.4 x height: 13.8" when I went to the site. Ten inches sounds wrong, too, though...
OTOH, the odd part was the sheer number of on-board 'systems' to create 'brew-units' for consumption experiences'. *sheesh*


Typo got fixed. I do believe the 10" [as the width]

I understood the "brew unit" to mean a 'group'; i.e. the text was taken from a description of the DallaCorte product line, which includes commercial multi-group units. There are plenty of 'systems' -- my favorite is the Milk Control System which "makes constant perfect milk froth for every kind of milk possible" -- it's the "possible" that gets me :)

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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:28 pm

And someone please tell me that PROOF OF TASTE is not imprinted on the front of the machine :roll:
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Psyd on Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:29 pm

timo888 wrote:Typo got fixed. I do believe the 10" [as the width]

I understood the "brew unit" to mean a 'group'


I really didn't spend too much time or attention to the obvious marketing gobbledy-gook. I'm almost sure that it is completely meaningless, and even more worried that it mightn't be! It may be the next GS3, for less than a third of the price, but I refuse to buy from someone that doesn't respect my intelligence enough to not try to baffle me with BS.
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by zin1953 on Wed Dec 26, 2007 11:55 pm

timo888 wrote:And someone please tell me that PROOF OF TASTE is not imprinted on the front of the machine :roll:
What's worse? Having that put on the front of the machine by the manufacturer, or having it put on the machine/photograph by the vendor?!?!?
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:34 am

I hope it's PhotoShop.
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by zin1953 on Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:50 pm

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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Niko on Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:29 pm

Sorry.
It really says that! I saw someone post a pic of their machine in Europe and it says that.
Wow, that machine is quite pricey.

Here's another crazy thing I saw this morning:
http://www.sonofresco.com/roaster/
Makes me want roll up a letter and shoot it to the neighbor with a push of a button :lol:
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:18 pm

Hard to believe the person in charge of product aesthetics would have allowed any slogan to deface the machine. But look on the bright side --maybe we'll be seeing steeply discounted DallaCorte Minis at TJMaxx in the Designer Paraphernalia section.
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Bushrod on Sat Dec 29, 2007 12:38 pm

Nick Cho pulling the shots at murky arlington.

Hurry down. Who knows how long he'll be here...
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by HB on Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:01 pm

From Why not Synesso? Adds new meaning to "espresso toys for barista girls and boys."

pdx wrote:I actually made him a half-scale toy Synesso for christmas. The group & steam levers move & the pf is held on by magnets.


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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Nick on Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:41 am

Bushrod wrote:Nick Cho pulling the shots at murky arlington.

Hurry down. Who knows how long he'll be here...

Oh c'mon! :x
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by jamoke on Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:16 am

timo888 wrote:Hard to believe the person in charge of product aesthetics would have allowed any slogan to deface the machine.


This from the good folks at Pasquini, whose slogan has "defaced" many a fine machine:

With patience and fortitude we have mastered the perfect slogan that fits our company so well, "For music-Puccini for art-Bernini for espresso-Pasquini"

This, of course, is no mere generic slogan :wink:
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Fullsack on Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:12 pm

The HotTop slogan, on the "B" control panel, reads: "Making your life so easy."

I think my HotTop is great, but it never made my life or anyone else's so easy.
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Jacob on Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:10 pm

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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by djmonkeyhater on Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:46 pm

We have a little setup at work. Yesterday, one of the users goes to tamp a shot and does what I have not seen before.

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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:47 pm

jamoke wrote:"For music-Puccini for art-Bernini for espresso-Pasquini" This, of course, is no mere generic slogan :wink:


Reminds me of an old chestnut "... and for ecstasy, a melon."
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by kinkbmxco on Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:05 pm

http://gizmodo.com/343826/handpre...feine-fix-anywhere
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by Fullsack on Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:56 am



When did this shot go blonde? B
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Link to "The craziest %#*$ing thing I've seen all day..."by timo888 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:37 am

For you Versalab and GS3 owners, if you have a few $$ leftover ...

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