As a fun thought experiment, please calculate how many microparticles would your body concentrate over 10, 20, 30, or 60 years. Your cells can take them up and they cannot be biologically digested/degraded. Missing information: How many of those are enough to transform a normal cell to cancer cell? ...

- hot water through plastic should be added to list of cons. it's infuriating that they think BPA is the only harmful component in the plastic industry. Well, at least now they accept BPA is harmful

I would also replace the water filter before flushing boilers few times. Most manufacturers suggest replacing water filter after 1 month of no use

$550 Moka Pot? Half of the fun of siphon coffee is ritual

Yeah! They have history of picking winners White chocolate additive is also one of their "innovative" products of the year. Sure, this coverage will result in some temporary spike in sales. If you produce batches of 5, it will be perpetually be out of stock and always "in demand". I think this equat...

Provided that there are significant number of users who use multiple baskets for dose, flow or just convenience, I would say it's a foolish idea for any manufacturer to include this with the machine. I see no benefits whatsoever. But problems, I can make a long list. FWIW, I have been using two diff...

For close to that price you can buy a whole espresso machine with solid stainless steel portafilter that would last you several generations. Cafelat Robot. Coming from WW, I am not surprised. They are master of expensive things you should never need. "Spring Clean"? Now, only if they would make some...

Rationally, Why should we waste so much time and money making espresso? Irrationality is all the fun here. Where would engineering or even physics be if we were making decisions theoretically, without ever setting foot in lab? Yes, you can make testable hypotheses on the basis of prior work, buy the...

Economist point of view: A bigger picture If every coffee drinker in the world cared or not, this 3g saving or loss translates to 3,000,000,000 grams per day of savings or loss every day. Economic and environmental repercussions of this small behavior adjustment is staggering. Add 10 more things a p...

"Can" = Yes "Need" = NO Water temperature is very critical for teas as well as americanos. I make my americanos with 7 oz water at 162F in my 8 oz hydroflask. Anything higher kills the flavors. While heating to a set temperature is possible with steam wand, it is just too much fuss. If you don't have