ericnorby wrote:...The book says that if you don't have a health code concerning coffee shops, it would be a good idea to get the King County [Washington state] health code sent to you, to give to your local health department.

Interesting, that's where I live. There certainly are coffee shops and kiosks aplenty. But on closer inspection, it looks like several of them need to re-read the code. But then we also have the "sex-presso" places popping ( ) up all over the place. Seriously doubt the customers are looking at drip trays and er, wands....

Cathi, with the ubiquity of espresso stands in King and Pierce County I seriously doubt that the health department gets to even a small percentage of them. I make all the espresso I drink at home. We even have a "Bikini" espresso in Bonney Lake. Of course, we have about 10 espresso shop in the area, including Starbucks and Forza. The competition is a bit steep.

Agreed. In a three block area on the main drag we have 2 stand alone *$'s and one in a grocery store. As a matter of fact, the three grocery stores in that same area each have a leased coffee/'spro store within the store. There is also a stand alone coffee shop (independent/local) located in-between two of the three.

Sometimes I like a good hot dog. I always like a good espresso. Hmmm. I never thought of having both at the same time though!

http://www.stokexpress.com/

Yucky.

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http://www.stokexpress.com/

Yucky.

Not so much yucky, more the set up patter for a placebo. Each serving contains 40mg of caffeine, and it warns you that you'll explode if you take more than two. A caffeine tablet (roughly $15 for 200) contains 200mg.

Woa Nelly! You win, Dave.

Oh no... these are all pretty great. The worst of it all might just be the sleezy sexpresso shops.

Since we have a tech in the field servicing drive thrus and shops in the sticks we see all kinds of stuff like this. I won't go into some of the boilers he has opened up or even the dead mouse found in one machine. Eeek!

This thread is great however. Sort of a "what not to do" or "see what can happen" kind of thing. Scare tactics for new espresso machine owners.

Keep em clean.

If I can find more pictures I'll be sure to post them.

I was checking out listings on eBay and noticed this Pasquini. Anyone know what's going on in the doser? That looks really nasty....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0015754997