Quick Mill has a different pricing strategy in North America. A Quick Mill machine that costs $1000USD in Europe (not including VAT) costs $1300USD in North America (not including state and local sales taxes). In the past, European manufacturers could get away with the pricing strategy of "American ...

One has to keep in mind history - the traditional espresso parameters are optimized for maximum extraction of caffeine from coffee to keep the Italian workforce energized with 7g singles. If one doesn't have a preference, then lower temperatures extract less caffeine (all other things being equal, e...

Neither machine seems to have been imported into North America so there isn't much discussion. There seems to be more information on European boards like kaffee-netz.de

- Chris Baca, on the Dialed Tamper #hks

A pretty reasonable summary article has been published at phys.org if you're like me and found the original article a bit of a slog with all the genetics terminology. {link} I think that this article better conveys what a potential breakthrough this research may be

I think that the 40011 had programmable profiles and the 40010 did not. My collection of iRoasts are packed up for a move so I can't check

AI-developed coffee blend: - article continues at {link}

Note that this is only(AFAIK) for the "Select" models, which have a switch with half- and full- coffee pot icons. IIRC, other models have a high/low switch for the hotplate and the electric switch has half- and full-filled circle icons. In addition, some models - but not the "Select" - have a manual...

29 minutes long; - review of history for the first six minutes; - 12:23-14:00 for why cone burrs should/must wobble, a.k.a., was James Hoffmann wrong in his Key review? {video}April 1, 2011 announcement of the Pharos: "Pharos manual grinder by Orphan Espresso"

FYI for Canadians: the pre-order is now live at EightOunce in Calgary. $499CAD (same price as the Ratio 6). No free coffee, but a very good USD:CAD exchange rate and about $10 in points off a future purchase from EightOunce (if you sign up to EightOunce's loyalty program). {link}