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by askay
February 2nd, 2011, 4:22 pm
Forum: Water
Replies: 10
Views: 2418

Treatment for EBMUD water (east bay of San Francisco)

I'm in Berkeley. All I do is run the tap water through a Brita filter; works fine
by askay
January 30th, 2011, 2:49 pm
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 3
Views: 589

Seeking advice on Vibiemme DB Junior and possible PID

Many thanks, Sir Anselm. Quite a saga! Apologies for adding to the noise level here rather than doing a sufficiently thorough search. I'll watch the PID thread with great interest in hope of seeing a successful installation. In truth, though, that do-it-yourself solution may pragmatically be impract...
by askay
January 30th, 2011, 10:47 am
Forum: Buying Advice
Replies: 3
Views: 589

Seeking advice on Vibiemme DB Junior and possible PID

Hi, all. It's time to upgrade from my PID'd Silvia. Money's an issue, of course, but so is convenience; for this to work out, my partner needs to be able to walk up to the machine and create a capp or latte easily. We do low volume and while my taste runs to straight shots, she wants milk drinks. We
by askay
August 30th, 2010, 8:00 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 33
Views: 964

Poor coffee buying experience

+1 I remember when James first started selling coffee at the Saturday Berkeley farmers market, right about back when Taylor started selling as The Fatted Calf as well. James was, and as far as I can tell from my very few recent contacts, still is a nice guy. But I guess he's running a Big Business n...
by askay
July 23rd, 2009, 1:50 pm
Forum: Coffees
Replies: 49
Views: 2645

Blue Bottle - Roman Espresso...Wow! a cherry & blueberry bomb!

This thread's been dormant for a while. Has anyone tried the Roman Espresso recently? And the fellow filling in at the Tuesday Berkeley market said the Jack London Square roasting operation is close to ready to go online, and will house a full retail store as well
by askay
June 24th, 2009, 8:55 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 7
Views: 3445

Making bottomless portafilter for hire

I think I'm ready for one as well, and do have a spare portafilter. Is there someone on the West Coast who does this?
by askay
June 19th, 2009, 12:52 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 52
Views: 64693

Building a Portafilter Pressure Gauge

My $.02: Finally got around to putting together a portafilter pressure gauge last week, using parts from Orchard Supply Hardware. All went well, except the dry gauge vibrated like hell. Returned it, ordered a liquid-filled gauge from Directmaterial.com (DCPB254L -- 2-1/2" Liquid Filled Pressure Gaug...