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by shapeshifter
February 12th, 2012, 1:21 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 85
Views: 44853

Quick look at Breville Dual Boiler Espresso Machine

You beat me to it AM. I love love love these handles, they are silky smooth and fit my hand so well and the colour, well I was blown away, it is divine and has a sheen that I can only hope to capture with the camera
by shapeshifter
January 13th, 2012, 6:08 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 85
Views: 44853

Quick look at Breville Dual Boiler Espresso Machine

Hi all, some of you might remember me from such places as I just thought I'd get the information out there that I have so far posted on my blog/website about the BES900, workings and additional extras that are now being made {link}
by shapeshifter
May 27th, 2011, 3:41 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 32
Views: 14846

Breville BES900XL Dual Boiler

Jim you have to remember that this was just a 'launch review'. There were many people there, all fiddling and changing things. I spent some time with Dave Gubbin, who is the Brand Manager and Coffee Specialist for Breville, going through how the bar pressure gauge worked and what needed to happen to...
by shapeshifter
May 26th, 2011, 8:01 am
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 45
Views: 91252

Spong Coffee Mills: A Grinder for the 23rd Century

I have two Spongs and one Salter yet to come. We love using them. I am going to put them up against a Breville Smart Grinder shortly (yes I realise I've posted about Breville again LOL, my OH wants one, he's an engineer and likes it), anyway I have got to find myself a set of sieves, harder
by shapeshifter
May 26th, 2011, 7:44 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 32
Views: 14846

Breville BES900XL Dual Boiler

Sorry about that, the first posting of it was actually on Breville Food Thinkers facebook page, after all that is who invited us and who we did the review for, I'll remember for next time I'm definitely not a shill, I have been accused of it though on an off topic part of a dog forum I'm
by shapeshifter
May 26th, 2011, 5:59 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 32
Views: 14846

Breville BES900XL Dual Boiler

I had the same concern with the noise as I'm not a noise person especially in the morning, and yes those videos definitely had me worried as I was quite excited about the prospect of the Dual Boiler being the espresso machine we are after. The videos must have had the camera microphone up really rea...
by shapeshifter
May 26th, 2011, 3:04 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 32
Views: 14846

Breville BES900XL Dual Boiler

sorry about that, see below, basically all the photos look very similar to Marks on CG 1 - I don't think that question was ever asked or answered, Chris from Talk Coffee who is probably around here somewhere, might be able to answer that question since he had one in his possession for a few days. qu...
by shapeshifter
May 26th, 2011, 1:21 am
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 32
Views: 14846

Breville BES900XL Dual Boiler

Hi guys, I'm one of the lucky people that have been able to have a play of the new Breville Dual Boiler. I'm only a home user but you might be interested in the short review that my partner and I did when we attended the launch in Australia. We were lucky enough to be invited to the