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    "Develop your barista skills, invest in a great grinder." --Chris Tacy, More thoughts on dosing
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    "The Elektra seemed to laugh at me. Spray was reduced... I think. It was as if she said, 'Ha! Who do you think I am, some wimpy little prosumer espresso machine? Come closer, let me burn you!'" --Nicholas Lundgaard, Elektra T1 is now mine
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    "I can't imagine regretting either [the K10 or Robur] from a taste perspective, but I also didn't walk out regretting that I'd bought the Macap even though walking in I'd feared I might." --Hugh Howards, Compak K10 WBC vs. Mazzer Robur taste test
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    "Intelligentsia has taken the lessons learned by corporations such as Starbucks (and even General Motors) and has gone the completely opposite direction. I am proud of them." --Matt Belcher, Intelligentsia goes to custom brewed coffee
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    "The vast majority of coffee drinkers in the US drink coffee for pharmaceutical reasons." --Chris Tacy, Coffee in Italy isn't amazing
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    "Single baskets are very challenging. The shape is non-optimal for great extraction as a general rule. It's not impossible - it's just hard." --Chris Tacy. "To say that one is in general more difficult than the other is refuted by this basic Italian drill [of preparing them as needed]" --Jim Schulman, Dosing the Italian way
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    "Got the coffee from Germany quite a few months ago but it says its okay until 09/09" and "Don't know the roast date but the date printed on the bag is 30/08/2010" and "The coffee I think was roasted around 2 months ago but the airtight package was opened just 2 days ago." --unattributed descriptions of coffee freshness
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    "Been trying the soapy water and instant coffee method. Works somewhat, but boy it tastes terrible. I don't know how you guys can stand it. I'm going back to milk and espresso for my cappas." --David Lynch, Learning latte art with steamed soapy water
  • HB: Poll - Which is better: Roaster's cafe or their best client's cafe?
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    "I have to admit becoming a bit spoiled since the Titan Grinder Project. Yes, the Robur is huge, but it's a good kind of huge." --Dan Kehn, Zassenhaus vs. Macap
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    "...with or without PID there is NO machine in the price range which can produce a better shot." --Alan Frew. "But it simply isn't competitive in shot clarity with inexpensive HX machines like the Expobar, Bezzera BZ, Oscar, or any of the E61 single boiler machines." --Jim Schulman, Rancilio Silvia vs. competition
  • Quotable Quote:
    "Then one day, while observing my wife doing the laundry, I had an epiphany - the household dryer! The many advantages of converting a dryer to a home roaster were suddenly obvious to my espresso infused brain..." --Ken Day, The Ultimate Home Roaster Project
  • Quotable Quote:
    "So you think my espresso sucks? Let me be the judge of that!" --Jim Schulman, The Ultimate Home Espresso Accessory
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    "Having acquired an espresso machine as good as a solid e-61 and a very good grinder, your incremental dollars will be best spent on either buying truly badass coffee, or setting up a roasting setup yourself that with lots of effort will allow you to produce high end roasted coffee." -- Ken Fox, What options...?
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    "I am sorry, your information is askew. The Green Sharpie is under ripe and will have a grassy flavor; the red is ripe and ready for use. The blue is a new cultivar, but I hear it is good this year provided you get it from a high grown source." --Dave Stephens, Myth Busting
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    "Personally, I find a great espresso to be a nearly orgasmic experience." --Marshall Fuss, How many sins does milk really hide?
  • HB: Homepage poll: What's your favorite espresso drink?
  • HB: It's great when HB sponsors get well-deserved recognition. Congratulations to PT's Coffee, Roast Magazine's Roaster of the Year AND Klatch Roasting, Roast Magazine's Micro-Roaster of the Year!
  • HB: Intelligentsia says "We believe that great coffee is inherently produced by sustainable methods. We only work with growers who think long and hard about economic, social, and environmental conditions of their farms and communities." Their flagship Black Cat Espresso is now 100% direct trade coffees. Way to go!
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    "I don't know about the rest of you, but my plea for more maturity is way better than Marshall's. Its clarity is off the charts, and its unrivaled stability is unquestionable." --shadowfax, A Plea for Intelligent, Adult Machine Discussions
  • PSA - Congratulations HB-sponsors Counter Culture Coffee and Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea for being named among Saveur magazine's 9 Great Coffees!
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I expected to see some shot degradation with the smaller 51mm tamper piston used with a 58mm basket (most likely a donut extraction). The pour was a bit too fast, on the lungo side. But no spritzies, donuts, or other evidence of an uneven extraction." --John Weiss, Tamping Twaddle
  • HB: Scott and John put together an instructive video "Learning latte art with steamed soapy water"
  • HB: Poll - How important is tamping?
  • Quotable Quote:
    "As I've now learned several times during equipment evaluations, attempts to foretell results based on specifications or preconceived notions of design advantage is a fool's errand." --Dan Kehn, Do you suffer from upgraditis?
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