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  • HB: Counter Culture Coffee newsletter says "Enter coupon code FOURTH8743 at checkout, get $3.00 off any order placed before midnight Eastern, July 6, 2008!" Welcome new sponsor Seattle Coffee Gear and take advantage their summer time savings this weekend only.
  • Quotable Quote:
    "But if the puck's surface looks and feels basically the same each time, I believe you've exhausted the value of 'puckology.'" --Dan Kehn, Wet Pucks
  • HB: Poll - Are you influenced by the poster's espresso setup?
  • HB: Home page poll - How often do you drink coffee? (not espresso or espresso-based drinks)
  • Quotable Quote:
    "An internet coffee theme says, 'Italians may have invented espresso, but they sure suck at it now.' The exhibits in this indictment were HX machines, grinder dosers, wimpy doses, and plastic tampers. Every single thing in this litany turns out to be wrong or misconstrued." --Jim Schulman, Plastic tampers
  • PSA - A little birdie told me that Rancilio has just announced another price increase is going to take effect July 1st.
  • Quotable Quote:
    "For home users, doserless grinders seem to exercise a nigh addictive fascination. I've given up shouting vainly as people sleepwalk towards them. The WDT is Doserless Anonymous for buyers who have hit their clumpy bottoms." --Jim Schulman, Clumping and Tamping
  • Quotable Quote:
    "He doesn't remember what a good shot tastes like and isn't complaining about anything but the way the shot looks!" says Marshall; "...if he was getting really ugly god shots, he'd not have come asking us to help him correct those!" Chris retorts in What am I doing wrong with my Silvia?
  • Quotable Quote:
    "Although Home-Barista.com may not be the best site for your question, you've received some good advice nonetheless. Let me offer one more recommendation to ignore..." --John Weiss, Looking for espresso/coffee machine for mom
  • Quotable Quote:
    "Dirt that the Phoenix Mars Lander scooped recently from the planet's surface may be too clumpy to be analyzed by the machine's onboard system, NASA reported on Saturday." --Marshall Fuss, NASA in Desperate Need of John Weiss
  • Quotable Quote:
    "Kees is a bit of an enigma in the espresso world - one of the first things he said to me was he did not want to be photographed 'as it all was about his work and not himself'. Enigmatic, I would say." --J. Peter de Jong, Sneak peek of the Speedster Mk II
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I bet there are some interesting stories behind many of the logins, here's mine: Full Sack Jack was a tag-line for my grandfather's fuel and coal business, started in 1903. Coal companies were notorious for shorting their customers on delivered quantities, sacks..." --Doug 'Fullsack' Jamieson, What's your story?
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I didn't expect to get much feedback from [a bottomless portafilter] because I was an experienced, distributing and tamping genius... I thought. Boy, was I wrong. During the first pours the number of visible channels could rival Venice." --Bas Feenstra, Freshness of hopper vs. hopperless (OT)
  • Quotable Quote:
    "Wow, that is incredible. Something has to be done to stop it. If this machine comes to market, it will destroy families and cause incurable espresso machine envy." --Rob, Kees van der Westen one group Speedster
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I am just a computer guy, not a PhD so I have a much simpler set of guidelines for aging: 1. all coffee ages, 2. freezing slows aging, ... 7. if your coffee is all stale, drink tea or beer and plan better next time." --Dave Stephens, Rate of coffee staling
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I think that the hot water dance or whatever is stupid. In my opinion one ought to be able to walk up to an espresso machine [...] and make coffee with the same flavor profile of the next shot and the next and the next... with no particular machine operational expertise required." --Greg Scace, Dalla Corte Qs
  • HB: Poll - When did this espresso extraction go blond? (slow motion video)
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I think some manufacturers are absorbing the exchange rate loss simply to stay in the U.S. market... How long before they say 'enough is enough' and start passing the cost directly to the U.S. consumer is anyone's guess." --Dan Kehn, Sinking value of the US Dollar
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I've got two kids and a wife, so I can't spend all my money on rebuilding the Elektra," Mark sighed. "You would be surprised how happy kids are eating just macaroni and cheese or hotdogs for a few weeks. Food is overrated, drink good coffee," Dave helpfully suggested. --Excerpt from Elektra T1 is mine
  • Quotable Quote:
    "<sheep> Baaa! I got a Silvia! Baaa! I got a PID! Baaa! I got a Super Jolly! </sheep>" --Sherman Chong, Post a pic of your home espresso setup
  • HB: Poll - Do you use the Weiss Distribution Technique (WDT)?
  • Quotable Quote:
    "If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet it would be until the looting started." --Original author unknown
  • Quotable Quote:
    "I sipped the entire remainder into my mouth and tasted an explosion of very ripe cherry syrup. I took my dog out and started our walk into the forested mountain, tasting those cherries for at least an hour. Some days are so much better than others." --John Haley, Intelligentsia Black Cat- different again
  • Quotable Quote:
    "All other things being equal, going from ristretto to normale to lungo increases the average extraction temperatures... going from a 100% ristretto to a 50% normale lowers the extraction temperature through the 'heart' of the extraction by about 12F!" --Andy Schecter, Brew ratio vs brew temperature
  • HB: The Announcements "corkboard" returns! As you can see below, I add 'quotable quotes' from time-to-time and site-wide announcements; members can also add their own contributions by posting to the special Announcements forum.
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